Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 includes private browsing feature

Mozilla’s public beta version becomes the first Web browser that contains a private browsing mode. The organization had decided to make it official but the change is- its a public beta version that is made available to the general public. Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 includes private browsing mode feature means it doesn’t record browsing history, cookies, and other traces of websites where the user visited, for the duration of the session.

Firefox Private Browsing

Mozilla has made several changes in the second beta of Firefox includes- become more functional with new Private Browsing Mode, support for video and audio built into web pages, new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine is now on by default for web content, associates DOM Worker Threads application, web worker support for more powerful web-based programs and many more.

The first thing you’ll notice is "Private browsing" A little icon indicating that you’re browsing guileful means-the ability to turn off the cache & other private data settings and erase search history, download history, web form history, download history, temporary Internet files & cookies. Another is new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, that facilitates Web functionality. According to the SunSpider JavaScript test noticed that 8% improvement in Firefox 3.1 beta 2 over Firefox 3.1 beta 1.(up to 93% from 89% for an internal build last October).

In the Firefox 3.1 beta 2 here is the addition of "Web workers," a feature that lets the browser process tasks in the background. Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 should be stable enough for add-ons developers to start updating their add-ons for 3.1 compatibility.

8 New features and changes in Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 :

This beta is now available in 54 languages – get your local version and let us know if it looks right.
A new Private Browsing Mode that allows you to browse without Firefox storing any traces of where you’ve been -perfect for online holiday shopping!
New functions that make it easy to remove the history of your past few hours of browsing, or remove all traces of a website.
New support for web worker threads.
The new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine is now on by default for web content.
Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
Removed the new tab-switching & preview behavior based on feedback from Beta 1 users.
Support for new web technologies such as the <video> and <audio> elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, CSS 2.1 and 3 properties, SVG transforms and offline applications.

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is now available for download