Comments on: New Firefox privacy mode released to testers

Privacy mode is coming to Firefox soon. The latest build for testers includes early implementation of this, with a public release just around the corner.

[Seanathome]

Why is Firefox behind with THIS feature? They were always pioneers with the many, other features... hmm.... ;)

[tipoo_]

what were they pioneers in? most of the real innovations came from opera

*puts on flame suit*

[Lerianis]

Well, for once I have to agree with tipoo_. The fact is that most big innovations today are starting with Opera and Safari, and then filtering down slowly to Firefox and IE8.... but Firefox STILL has Opera beat with the add-ons.

[Josh.Lowensohn]

Not sure why Mozilla came behind except that Firefox isn't the only project going on there and there might be some legacy code issues. It's much easier to implement features when you're starting with something new (e.g. Safari & Chrome).

[this1!]

i dont know why ppl keep hammering in this point that opera has this built in, who cares? the fact that i can customize my web browser is what makes firefox soo appealing to me. I can choose how bloated or slim my browser is by controlling what add-ons and features I want implemented.

Opera is a fine browser, but a control freak like me wont give up firefox anytime soon...

[HeavyJim]

I just had to reinstall WinME on a computer, latest firefox won't even work with it. And I still see complaints about sites that don't work with firefox. Seems like isn't keeping up either.

[royc]

@HeavyJim

[i]And I still see complaints about sites that don't work with firefox. Seems like isn't keeping up either.[/i]

The sites that don't work with firefox don't comply with standards. So firefox does not need to keep up with anything. The sites that don't work with firefox use IE extensions that MS added to IE.

[royc]

@HeavyJim

"I just had to reinstall WinME on a computer"

WinME was not a good OS from the start and it hasn't been supported by MS for how long now.

And yet you want the latest version of a program to work with it. :)