Don’t leave a trace: Private Browsing in Firefox不要留下痕跡：私人在Firefox瀏覽

Today, a major feature was added to the pre-release versions of Firefox 3.1, called Private Browsing.今天，一個主要特點是增加了預發布版本的Firefox 3.1 ，所謂的私人瀏覽。 I’ve been working for quite some time on this, so I thought it may be a good time to write about what this feature is and how to use it.我已經工作相當長的一段時間這一點，所以我想這可能是一個很好的時間寫什麼這個功能和如何使用它。

As you may know, while you browse the web, your browser usually records a lot of data which will later be used to improve your browsing experience.您可能已經知道，當你瀏覽網頁，您的瀏覽器通常記錄了大量的數據，稍後將用來改善您的瀏覽體驗。 For example, it records a history of all the web pages you have visited, so that later if you need help remembering a site you visited a while back, it can assist you in finding that site.例如，它記錄了歷史上所有的網頁訪問過你，這樣，以後如果你需要幫助記住你的網站，同時參觀了回來，它可以幫助您找到該網站。 Now, that is great, but there is a downside: those data can be used to trace your online activities.現在，這是巨大的，但是有一個缺點：這些數據可以用來跟踪您的在線活動。 For example, if your coworker sits at your computer, she can view all of your browsing history, which may not be what you want.例如，如果您的同事坐在你的電腦，她可以查看您所有的瀏覽器的歷史記錄，這可能不是你想要的。

Suppose you’re doing something online, and you don’t want your coworkers know about it.假設你正在做的東西上網，和你不喜歡你的同事知道。 An example scenario would be looking for a new employer while at work!一個例子情景將尋找新的雇主工作時！ One option would be to do your work, and then clear the data that Firefox has stored for you, such as history, cookies, cache, ….一個辦法是做你的工作，然後明確的數據， Firefox已經為你儲存，如歷史記錄， cookies ，緩存， ... 。 But the problem is that this action will also remove the parts of your online activities data which you don’t want to hide, so the history that Firefox records can no longer be used to find a web site you had visited a month before.但問題是，這一行動也將取消部分您的網上活動的數據，你不想隱瞞，所以Firefox的歷史記錄再也不能被用來尋找一個網站，你訪問了前一個月。 Private Browsing will help you here.民營瀏覽將幫助你在這裡。

Private Browsing aims to help you make sure that your web browsing activities don’t leave any trace on your own computer.私人瀏覽的目的是幫助您確保您的網頁瀏覽活動不會留下任何痕跡在您自己的計算機。 It is very important to note that Private Browsing is not a tool to keep you anonymous from websites or your ISP, or for example protect you from all kinds of spyware applications which use sophisticated techniques to intercept your online traffic.這是非常重要的地指出，民營瀏覽不是一種工具，讓你匿名網站或從您的ISP ，或例如保護您免受各種間諜軟件的應用，使用先進的技術來攔截你的在線流量。 Private Browsing is only about making sure that Firefox doesn’t store any data which can be used to trace your online activities, no more, no less.民營瀏覽只有確保Firefox沒有儲存任何資料，可以用來追踪您的在線活動，沒有更多，沒有更少。

So how does one actually use this feature?那麼怎樣一個實際使用此功能？ It couldn’t be simpler!這不能簡單！ To start, just select Private Browsing from the Tools menu.若要開始，只需選擇瀏覽私營企業從工具菜單上。

You will see a dialog box which asks you whether you want to save and close all of your current windows and tabs, and start the Private Browsing mode.你會看到一個對話框問你是否要保存並關閉所有您當前的窗口和標籤，並啟動專用瀏覽模式。 Click Start Private Browsing to start your private session. 單擊開始私人瀏覽 ，開始您的私人會議。

After you do this, your non-private browsing session is closed and a new private session is opened, showing you the screen below.完成此操作後，您的非私營瀏覽會議結束和一個新的非公開會議上被打開，顯示的畫面如下。 (Before you mention, the ugly icon you see there is something I created as a placeholder! This icon will be replaced in the final release of Firefox 3.1.) （之前你提到，醜惡的圖標你看到那裡是我創造一個佔位！此圖標將被取代的最終版本的Firefox 3.1 。 ）

As you see, not much is different in the Firefox window inside the Private Browsing mode, except for the (Private Browsing) text added to the title bar at the top of the window.正如你看到的，沒有太多的不同，在Firefox窗口內的私人瀏覽模式，除了（私人瀏覽）文字加上標題欄上方的窗口。 That is intentional: after all, if you’re doing something online that you don’t want your coworkers to know about, you don’t want to raise their attention with a big sign saying PRIVATE as they pass by and glance over your shoulder.這是故意的：畢竟，如果你做一些線上，您不希望您的同事知道，你不想提高他們的注意，一個大的跡象私營說，他們經過與您一目了然肩膀。

At this stage, you can start browsing web sites, without ever having to worry that Firefox might store something on your computer which can be used to tell which pages you have visited.在這個階段，您就可以開始瀏覽網站時無需擔心火狐有可能存儲在計算機上可以用來告訴你的網頁訪問。 Once you’re done, just uncheck the same menu item in the Tools menu to close your private session.一旦你做，只要取消同一菜單項中的工具菜單上關閉您的私人會議。

This action discards all of the data from your private session, and will restore your non-private browsing session, just like it was before entering the Private Browsing mode.這一行動丟棄所有的數據從您的私人會議，將恢復您的非私營瀏覽會話，就像是之前進入民營瀏覽模式。

Now, as I mentioned at the top of this post, this feature is available in pre-release versions of Firefox 3.1 (what we geeks call nightly builds).現在，當我提到上方的這一職務，這一功能可在預發布版本的Firefox 3.1 （就是我們每晚愛好者呼籲建立） 。 This feature will be included in Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 which will be released soon, so if you want to try it, you can give it a shot then.此功能將包括在Firefox 3.1 Beta 2版本將於不久後公佈，因此，如果您想嘗試它，你可以給它一個然後開槍。 And of course, it will appear in the final release of Firefox 3.1, so if you’re not the type who test beta software, you can wait until Firefox 3.1 is released.當然，它將會出現在最後的Firefox 3.1 ，所以如果你不是那種誰檢驗測試版軟件，您可以等到火狐3.1發布。

As many people seem interested in knowing this, there is a way to make Firefox always start in Private Browsing mode.正如許多人似乎興趣知道這一點，有一個方法，使Firefox的啟動總是在私人瀏覽模式。 Go to the about:config page, click I’ll be careful, I promise, type browser.privatebrowsing.autostart in the Filter text box, double click the entry to make its value true.轉到約：配置頁面上，按一下我會認真的，我保證，鍵入browser.privatebrowsing.autostart在過濾器文本框中，雙擊進入其真正的價值。 After doing this, the next time you start Firefox, it will start in private browsing mode automatically.經過這樣做，下一次啟動火狐，將開始在私營自動瀏覽模式。 To turn this off, use the same steps to change the value of this preference to false.要關閉此功能，使用相同的步驟，以改變價值偏好，以虛假的。 There is a plan to provide an easier method to set this option in the final release of Firefox 3.1.有一個計劃，提供了一個方便的方法設置此選項在最後的Firefox 3.1 。