Information Madness

Every major web browser has a option called Private Browsing mode, which allows the user to browser privately without leaving any trace in the history or in the cookie of the computer. One thing you might not have known is that you can force your browser to go straight into private browsing mode when you launch it. It's as easy as adding a simple command line switch.

Windows operating system users, just find the shortcut of your browser and right-click it. Select the properties, when the properties window appears, click the shortcut tab. To add your switch click after the .exe and type [space] and then your switch text in the target box command line.

Linux and Mac users may find terminal is the easiest method. for example, you can execute /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome -incognito. Now, on to the browsers

Google Chrome :

Chrome’s private browsing mode is known to be incognito mode. To open chrome in Incognito mode type --incognito. (Note: that's a double dash/hyphen) in the command line switch.

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FireFox:

To force open the Firefox in private mode, just add the command line switch as -private.

You cannot find whether the command is added correctly because firefox does not notify you you that you're using private browsing mode. To check , go to Firefox tools menu and see if stop private browsing is displayed near the bottom.

Internet Explorer:

It is similar to Firefox, just add the command line switch as -private. You will be notified with the InPrivate toolbar image.

Opera:

For opera the command line code is –newprivatetab. As Opera is per tab private browsing, the switch will load two tabs one will be your private browsing and the other will be standard browsing mode with startup preference.

If the command line is added correctly then you can see the active tab titled as Private Tab.