The Joys of Private Browsing Mode

By Vygantas Lipskas | August 24, 2010 | 13 Comments

In case you haven’t heard yet, “private web browsing” is a feature that allows users to surf the web without leaving any trace of visited sites history.

Well, Mozilla has decided to run a study and publish such feature usage numbers.

The Joys of Private Browsing Mode

Although there is nothing wrong with this slide, next one begs to differ:
The Joys of Private Browsing Mode

Do we really need to comment on this one? Okay, what’s the average time user spends on adult related web pages? Bing :-)

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Vygantas Lipskas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism carrier back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.

  • Chaki

    Or maybe they check on something on a public terminal? :D

  • Armin

    Firefox users only last 10 minutes? :-/

    • http://Operaner.net Andylee

      wanna see opera privacy mode statistics!

      • Armin

        I wouldn’t mind seeing privacy mode statistic for all five top browsers.

      • Grrblt

        I’d show you, but it’s private.

    • Foo

      Hurr durr

      Not everyone puts as much value and effort into singleplayer as you Opera folks do.

      • Armin

        Nice trolling you did there. It’s obviously serious business for you. Funny thing is that I use Firefox myself. :-D

        • Foo

          Nah, just a troll answer to a troll comment.
          Like your “comeback”. =)

          • Armin

            Just poking some fun, including at myself since I use Firefox, but it obviously hit you a bit harder than intended. The truth hurts I guess? ^^

          • Foo

            It would hurt if I’d been one of those that are having 1-16hours sessions and we were talking about them. =P
            … or rather, “sad” is a better description when they don’t have better things to do, isn’t it?
             
            Personally I find it more funny that people think they can make others believe that they never watch porn; or listen, as is the case for blind people. =)

      • web

        oh and remember opera was one of the lastest to receive private mode

  • http://www.GetCocoon.com David Washburn

    Interesting stats!
    If you’re interested in an even more private browsing experience… check out http://www.getCocoon.com it’s a Firefox plug-in that runs your browsing through a proxy and encrypts it all for you. It’s in beta and free if you want to check it out. There’s a bunch of other cool features as well.
    Thanks!
    David

  • http://Operaner.net Andylee

    mine is that in total I spent about 5 minutes in private browsing (one private tab only)  in total. I still don’t find a case where I have to use it -.-

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