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New Web Browser Leaves No Footprints

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-poof-just-like-that-he's-gone dept.

eastbayted writes "InfoWorld reports a new web browser designed to protect users privacy is available for download. Called Browzar, it 'automatically deletes Internet caches, histories, cookies and auto-complete forms.' It also boasts a search engine, which the company will use to generate income. The 264KB application is the brainchild of Ajaz Ahmen, known for creating the U.K.'s first ISP Freeserve. The forthcoming version is for Windows only, but Mac and Linux versions will be available eventually."

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  1. Where exactly is your market niche? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This browser is apparently targeted at people who don't know how to delete their browsing history, or don't know why they should.

    Ummm...aren't those people who don't understand why it's important? Why would those people decide to swtich browsers solely to get something they don't know they need?

    If you're someone who understands why you'd want this, you're already doing it, and odds are you'd rather be in control than having the browser "holding your hand." I do QA for websites that use cookies to track user sessions, so I need to blow away my cookies many times daily. I've never had a proble using Ctrl-Shift-Del in Firefox--does what I want when I want it, and is incredibly easy.

    The people who need this won't understand why they need it. The people who care about this don't need the browser to do it for them (and may prefer to do it themselves). Where's the market?