New tabs on firebox - how to remove previous seen websites?

wazza

Am running firefox v13. When i click on 'open a new tab' a new page appears showing which websites i have been on before. How can i prevent firefox from showing what pages i have been on before?

(no i do not visit adult websites lol, just don't want other users seeing what i have been up to on facebook etc ;-) )

santer_2

This should be one way

http://computerlearnhow.com/firefox-13-0-stop-history-showing-on-new-tab

bluesnake

1) on Start button, move the mouse to the edge triangle over where firefox is displayed an choose Enter Private Browsing.

2) on the menu bar under tools select Syart Private Browsing.

3) press Ctrl + shift + p

4) very private browsing - use the tor portable bundle

agrinnall

Just set Firefox to Never Remember History. Or stop being paranoid, why do you think it would show what you've been doing on Facebook, it'll just show that you've been on it, hardly the crime of the century?

Eclipser

As per santers post.

Did this the other day and works fine

Mista_C

Open a New Tab and in the top-right corner you'll see a grid icon, click it.

fwor

agrinnall wrote: »

stop being paranoid, why do you think it would show what you've been doing on Facebook, it'll just show that you've been on it, hardly the crime of the century?

By default, FF 13 shows 9 thumbnails of exactly what was on the screen, so you can literally see what they were looking at - though small text is generally too small to read.

What Mista_C says is true, but anyone (with bad intent) who knows this just needs to click on the grid themselves to get it back!

Having said that, if you've got someone with bad intent sat at your keyboard you're probably in trouble anyway...

debitcardmayhem

fwor wrote: »

By default, FF 13 shows 9 thumbnails of exactly what was on the screen, so you can literally see what they were looking at - though small text is generally too small to read.

What Mista_C says is true, but anyone (with bad intent) who knows this just needs to click on the grid themselves to get it back!

Having said that, if you've got someone with bad intent sat at your keyboard you're probably in trouble anyway...

Problem In Chair Not In Computer springs to mind

Dave_C_2

santer wrote: »

This should be one way

http://computerlearnhow.com/firefox-13-0-stop-history-showing-on-new-tab

Funnily enough I've just had to do this in reverse to get the newpage feature working on upgrade to FF 13 - the thumbnails weren't showing.

I like this feature , especially as my home page is now about:newtab

Dave

wazza

santer wrote: »

This should be one way

http://computerlearnhow.com/firefox-13-0-stop-history-showing-on-new-tab

Thanks it worked a treat