Thursday August 21, 2008
David Shipley - 10:10 AM AST

More "innovation" from Microsoft

From the BBC:

Microsoft is planning a "privacy mode" for the next release of its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser.

By clicking a button, users of IE8 will be able to limit how much information is recorded about where they go online and what they do.

Microsoft watchers have spotted two patent applications covering ways to manage the amount of information a browser logs.

and here comes the crucial sentence:

When introduced the privacy mode will match features found on other browsers.

Nice.

Full story here.

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Once again, Microsoft is bringing in a feature that we already see (for example in Apple's Safari browser). I'm pleased that MS is losing ground to other browsers at last.
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Calvin H., Saint John on 21/08/08 11:40:09 AM AST
Let's not forget about the new meta tag that forces Internet Exploiter 8 to revert back to Internet Exploder 7.
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Chris Smith, Moncton on 21/08/08 01:34:57 PM AST
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