The next release of Internet Explorer may include a private browsing feature that automatically deletes all traces of a user’s web browsing activity.
Presently Safari is the only well known browser offering such an option, which is sometimes to referred to as “porn mode”, for reasonably obvious reasons…
One obvious use case for privacy browsing modes is surfing the Net for pornographic materials without leaving traces, but other, less unseemly use cases also exist. “Users may wish to begin a private browsing session to research a medical condition, or plan a surprise vacation or birthday party for a loved one,” according to Mozilla’s discussion of a private browsing feature.
