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Google Chrome: Incognito Setting

Browsing Privately using Google Chrome

Since Google released the new-kid-on-the-block browser, namely Google Chrome, I have been using it quite often together with my primary browser. Since writing a review about it would require certain amount of time, I would review some features that will be helpful to you. Incognito is absolutely one of them.

If you are familiar with Private Browsing feature in Safari or the new InPrivate Browsing in IE8, the feature of Incognito in Chrome would be more or less the same.

When you open a window in incognito mode (Ctrl+Shift+N), your cookies from the standard session are no longer available and you can easily log in to a new Google account. The Google Operating System has a little bit of description about this feature:
"Webpages that you open and files downloaded while you are incognito won't be logged in your browsing and download histories; all new cookies are deleted after you close the incognito window. You can browse normally and in incognito mode at the same time by using separate windows."


To open this in Google Chrome:
  1. Look at a button next to the address bar that when you hover it you will see "Control the Current page"
  2. Choose New Incognito Window
  3. The Incognito Window will appear
Tips: Keyboard shortcut is Shift+Ctrl+N



Hope this helps.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:14 PM

    Interesting... Well, Incognito mode is at least better than Private Browsing in Webkit. In Webkit (refering to Safari Nightlies, not the engine), Private Browsing applies to all pages, which makes it less useful.

    Anyway, I've heard that 0.4.154.18 brought quite a bit of improvement and features. I haven't tried it myself, having used Chrome only on Fusion.

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  2. @Shards: I would absolutely agree with you.. Incognito is much better than those..

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  3. if my memory don't fail me you can active a option to navigate under a private user name, and the rest of the option will be in private.

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