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Firefox 3 Beta 2 Update Highlights Private Browsing Mode
Sphere: Related ContentMozilla on Monday released Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, an update to its popular Internet browser. The company characterizes the software as a preview release for developer testing. It's available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 54 languages. In a comment posted on an article last month about the development of this release, Mike Beltzner, director of Firefox at Mozilla, dismissed that term. "At this point, I think the only people who are commonly referring to this feature as 'Porn Mode' are headline writers looking to attract attention," he wrote. Mozilla suggests that Private Browsing Mode is "perfect for online holiday shopping!" Replying to an e-mail to confirm that he had in fact authored that comment, Beltzner said he was frustrated with the term "Porn Mode" and that he believes it marginalizes useful cases for browsing without leaving local tracks. Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 also features enhancements to the Clear Private Data tool, which helps make it easier to remove data about online activities that occurred when Private Browsing Mode wasn't turned on. The new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine has been turned on, promising a substantial speed improvement when browsing any site that uses JavaScript. Mozilla claims that the Gecko rendering engine has been improved too.
The updated browser includes the New Private Browsing Mode, which allows users to surf the Web without leaving locally stored records of online activities. A number of news organizations, including InformationWeek, have referred to this as "Porn Mode," named so because it's widely believed that this feature is used for surfing porn sites.
The final version of Firefox 3.1 is expected next year.
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