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[-] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Agreed. Amnesia mode would be a much better name, but I feel if Firefox changed to it some uninformed users might thing Chrome's Incognito mode was somehow safer.

[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

Yeah, naming things is really difficult!

The most truthful thing to call it would be "Temporary Session" but that name requires an understanding of what a 'session' is, in terms of a container that scopes your locally-stored browsing data. It's immediately comprehensible to tech-types, but probably meaningless to the average user.

There's not really any name that can accurately and succinctly describe what Incognito or private browsing actually does in a way that a normal person will understand from the name alone, but Amnesia mode is a good suggestion at one!

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