Why was private browsing introduced?
While you browse the web, your browser usually records a lot of data which will later be used to improve your browsing experience. For example, it records a history of all the web pages you have visited, so that later if you need help remembering a site you visited a while back, it can assist you in finding that site. Now, that is great, but there is a downside: those data can be used to trace your online activities. Private Browsing aims to help you make sure that your web browsing activities don't leave any trace on your own computer.
Now by default, firefox opens a normal window which will store your online activities in cache. In order to activate private browsing, you need to click Tools->Start Private Browsing or press Ctrl+Alt+P key.
Now that is fine, but what if you want it to be done even faster? If you are the type who can't remember keyboard shortcuts and prefer the quick mouse movements, then a simple toggle extension exists which can quicky toggle prvate and public browsing in firefox.
Toggle Private Browsing extension makes your life simple and straightforward. it sits neatly at the bottom of the firefox browser window as an icon which you can click anytime to toggle between the two different modes. Plus it also adds two nifty options to firefox.
- Auto start firefox in private browsing mode
- Donot show any prompt while entering private browsing mode
Download the extension now from official firefox extension repository.
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