{"id":1351,"date":"2012-12-11T20:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2012-12-15T02:02:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-15T02:02:36","slug":"per-window-private-browsing-in-nightly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2012\/12\/11\/per-window-private-browsing-in-nightly\/","title":{"rendered":"Per-window Private Browsing in Nightly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most often requested features in the private browsing support for Firefox has been the ability to open a private window without closing the entire session. Over the past 19 months, we have been working on a plan to rewrite the private browsing code to do just that. I\u2019m happy to announce that the first experimental builds will soon be landing on the Firefox Nightly channel, which you can download here: <a href=\"http:\/\/nightly.mozilla.org\/\">http:\/\/nightly.mozilla.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, let\u2019s look at a couple of screenshots:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1351 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/12\/Private-Browsing.png'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/12\/Private-Browsing-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/12\/Open-Link-in-a-New-Private-Window.png'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/12\/Open-Link-in-a-New-Private-Window-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This feature let&#8217;s you keep your existing Firefox window when you open a new private window.\u00a0 We have also added a frequently requested feature to allow opening a link in a private window.\u00a0 In order to do this, just right click on any link and choose Open Link in a New Private Window.<\/p>\n<p>In order to make this possible, we have redesigned the existing private browsing mode from scratch.\u00a0 This was a huge project, and we received a lot of help from the Mozilla community, without which this would not have been possible.\u00a0 We would like to thank everyone in the Mozilla community who helped us with implementing this feature; and a huge thanks to Ehsan Akhgari for managing this project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most often requested features in the private browsing support for Firefox has been the ability to open a private window without closing the entire session. 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