Guest sessions already exist in the profile menu and is a separate feature. Guest doesn’t save history/cookies/etc locally but also doesn’t use your existing history, extensions, bookmarks, settings, etc. It’s intended more for an actual guest user to sign into temporarily.
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uuhhhhmmmm@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I was always curious why is it called Incognito or Private mode? Temporary or Guest session would make more sense: “You’ve entered a Temporary session. Your browsing history and cookies will not be saved.”
Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Rediphile@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I don’t believe it was ever called ‘private mode’, or am I wrong on this?
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 9 months ago
Private Browsing, for browsing private parts.
Buck@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Private Browsing, at your service youtu.be/G5VEftRH12Y?si=w1iKyRrA1Gu-TZbh
GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Private Mode is on Firefox.
FoxBJK@midwest.social 9 months ago
Safari and Brave also both call it a private window
T156@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Internet Explorer also called it “InPrivate”.
Octopus1348@lemy.lol 9 months ago
On Firefox it’s called Private, on Edge, it’s called InPrivate mode.
red@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
private browsing term appears in desktop and Android. Apple also uses the term.