Webmonkey.com reports that Mozilla developers are currently working towards new privacy features for Firefox 3.1, the latest version of the Firefox browser due for a late 2008.

Private browsing, also known as ‘porn mode’, restricts the information that is saved when you visit websites, according to Webmoney. In this mode, cookies are rejected, URLs are kept out of the browser history, and forms are not auto-filled, according to the article.

The article reports that most believes that the major use for private browsing is porn, it can also be used on public computers, when users don’t want confidential information saved such as passwords or banking info.

The idea of private browsers was first developed by Apple’s Safari browser nearly three years ago, according to Webmonkey. The article also reports that the Internet Explorer development team will also feature an ‘InPrivate’ mode, and Google’s new Chrome web browser has an ‘Incognito’ mode.

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