IE 8's porn mode

[hellknight]

This would really make goobimama, aryayush, Macrocker, sunny & preshit happy.. Microsoft has done it again.. "Redmond, start your photocopiers" banner, which was hanged by Apple at WWDC in 2005, seems to be stuck in Microsoft's head. This time they copied Safari's Private Browsing feature which is to be implemented in the final release of IE 8..

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Now, think of a nice Apple or Google feature which Microsoft will copy next time..

[SunnyChahal]

Chor saale!

[iMav]

Originally Posted by hellknight

Now, think of a nice Apple or Google feature which Microsoft will copy next time..

Well, Apple has also "copied" a lot of stuff. There is nothing like copied. They all do it. If the feature is not present, this product sucks, it doesn't have this, what rubbish! To hell with it! It is crap.

If the feature is added - They are copiers, how dare they, they can't.

Hypocrites. Sigh!

Tabbed browsing was a feature that must've been introduced by some browser for the first time, now all browsers have it. If my info is correct, Mozilla was the first 1 to introduce tabbed browsing. So then according to your highly moral and ethical logic, Apple, Opera & MS copied that too! So did Apple have that banner in mind when they did so?

[CadCrazy]

^^ No Opera was first browser to get tabbed browsing

[iMav]

IN that case Mozilla copied from Opera, how dare they! Now start thinking of other features that Mozilla might copy from Opera next time!

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@Cad crazy, so you accept that Windows & Mac are more fun! You cheat on your wife for your secretary & girl friend. Shame on you. Kuch toh sharam karo, 15 yr bache hain yeh forum pe, kya sanskar de raho ho unhe!
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[chandru.in]

@CadCrazy and iMav

Both of you may be wrong about tabbed browsing. It was IBrowse which had it first. At least Wikipedia says so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabbed_browsing

Considering browsers with any significant usage, it would be Netcaptor.

[hellknight]

hey hey hey.. no flamewars please .. but anyways.. Microsoft did copied GUI from Apple.. and man.. there's a show that will be aired on Discovery after some time.. The True Story of Internet.. watch it Winfanboys... and see how Microsoft copied a hell lot of stuff Mosiac which later became the famous Netscape Navigator and from its ashes Mozilla Firefox was born..

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[chandru.in]

Originally Posted by hellknight

Microsoft did copied GUI from Apple

And Apple copied it from Xerox?

[tarey_g]

^^ Here we go again !

[goobimama]

What's with all the whining? Some things are not copied, but are more like a natural process of evolution in technology (not sure if my grammar is right there). We should all be thankful that IE now has a porn mode and be done with it.

[tarey_g]

I don't like Safari , but highly appreciate the Porn mode for obvious reasons , glad that IE will implement similar thing soon.

For me Opera>IE/FF . Although FF has improved a lot faster then any other browser , i may be using it exclusively some day. Lets see what IE has to offer in next version when it comes out of Beta.

[iMav]

Originally Posted by chandru.in

@CadCrazy and iMav

Both of you may be wrong about tabbed browsing. It was IBrowse which had it first. At least Wikipedia says so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabbed_browsing

Considering browsers with any significant usage, it would be Netcaptor.

Ohk then I shall change my statement again. Now I am not going to type the whole thing again.

Originally Posted by hellknight

hey hey hey.. no flamewars please .. but anyways.. Microsoft did copied GUI from Apple

Half info is more dangerous than no info.

Xerox-> Apple-> Microsoft. Download Pirates of the Silicon Valley for more info.

Originally Posted by chandru.in

And Apple copied it from Xerox?

True.

Originally Posted by goobimama

What's with all the whining? Some things are not copied, but are more like a natural process of evolution in technology.

+1. This my friend is the most sensible post you have ever made in your entire career on this forum.

[thewisecrab]

Why flame over this issue?
If IE would not have this feature (or other features which are the USPs of other browsers)
then they would say IE sucks, if it has incorporated it, then copy cats???!!

[jal_desai]

It doesnt matter whether they copy or not... wat matters is how the are related to the customers.. wat is their relation with their customers... and they dont have to prove others' products to be bad.. they just have to prove theirs' to be best... How does it affect us whether they have copied a feature or not.... Ethical business is just an idealistic notion guys... very very very rare or rather inexistent in reality... Having said that, Microsoft has got hold of its customers and have rather served them welll... help support of microsoft is really really the best and this is wat matters... they are in close touch with their customers and hence Win is Ruling... Lets face it guys... Win is Ruling..

[goobimama]

they are in close touch with their customers and hence Win is Ruling... Lets face it guys... Win is Ruling..

…and you lost me. uh, what?

[SunnyChahal]

Originally Posted by iMav

15 yr bache hain yeh forum pe, kya sanskar de raho ho unhe!

And the Winboy gets started again

[tarey_g]

Originally Posted by jal_desai

and they dont have to prove others' products to be bad.. they just have to prove theirs' to be best...

I remember some company which does not follow this when they have to promote their products.
ya you got it Apple advertisements, that was easy

[hellknight]

Xerox never, ever launched its PC.. and pirates of the silicon valley rocks

[iMav]

Originally Posted by hellknight

Xerox never, ever launched its PC..

The GUI was made for a PC. The company did not launch a product doesn't mean that the one who launched was the one who created it.

[Ecko]

Opera People are innovators
I like them seriously
Thumbs Up guyz nytime u read this thread

[Hrithan2020]

Originally Posted by hellknight

Xerox never, ever launched its PC.. and pirates of the silicon valley rocks

Did u see "Triumph of the Nerds".If so,which did u like better?

[MetalheadGautham]

don't care.
I have this feature in firefox since ages.
I still haven't found a good use for this feature.

[Gigacore]

lol, apple fanboys must be drunk.

[Jayanth.M.P]

lets hope IE8 gives firefox something to cry about.......

then firefox devs will come up with something even more better and WE will make the most profit out of this war.

[chesss]

IE is is so low on features that any feature they implement wld be a copy of something or the other. :roll:
Besides its a feature for noobs, who share their browser their mom.. just install an extra installation of your browser or create a new profile(if the browsr supports it) ,delete the desktop icon assign a hotkey and u r done!

Although casual users cannot see the previous user's search history, authorities such as the police will be able to access it if necessary.

lo kar lo baat

[Indyan]

Wasnt The Internet Works the first tabbed browser?
Anyway, atleast a dozen of Fx's well publicised features were opera innovations. i think opera was also the first to come up with a detailed history cleanup feature which has now been copied over to all major browsers.
So, I think its rather unfair to have a go at MS for adding Private Browsing to IE.

[goobimama]

^^ Too bad its only you and a handful of digit members who use Opera. I think Firefox did an amazing job at promoting the browser and IMO, it was the first one with tabbed browsing.

[hellknight]

^yeah exactly.. before the launch of Firefox.. Opera was a shareware.. costing about 1.5k.. there was a banner above which said "Buy Opera today, make this banner go away"..

[Samir]

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[Ridiculous blogs have interpreted new IE 8 privacy features as "porn mode." That's a dramatic mischaracterization of privacy enhancements that are arguably trendsetting. IE 8 will give users more control over privacy than any other browser. It's not "porn mode" but something much bigger. After deciding to write this post, I IMed my editor: "Someone should send dunce caps to ... every other blogger using that term. Idiots." I wanted to say something else, but, hey, there's nothing private about instant messaging.

Simply put: IE 8 will let its users decide to whom they release information about their browsing habits. There are also security benefits to the new privacy features, which could be useful for limiting increasing malware risks posed by file-sharing or social networking sites. I'll be interested to see how the new privacy features work with parental controls, seeing as how IE 8 also could allow troublesome teens to better hide online activities from parents.

Perhaps some bloggers labeled IE 8's privacy features "porn mode" because of the privacy approach taken by other Web browsers. Firefox lets users easily "clear private data" from the Tools menu or automatically do so when the browser closes. The feature can whack browsing history, cookies, and cached files or images, among other data. Apple's Safari offers a "private browsing" feature that saves pretty much nothing from the session. "Private browsing" could easily be labeled "porn mode." ]

[krazzy]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

don't care.
I have this feature in firefox since ages.
I still haven't found a good use for this feature.

What?! Firefox has a pr0n mode? Where?