GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 736333
Add desktop action for new incognito window
Last modified: 2014-12-12 15:49:53 UTC
I want to see in the context menu in the shell to see 'New Incognito Window'. For this we needs to add to epiphany.desktop something like this: [Desktop Action Incognito] Name=New Incognito Window Exec=epiphany --incognito-mode OnlyShowIn=X-Messaging Menu;
I use epiphany only in private browsing mode as I'm not too keen on bring tracked by some websites (Facebook) or don't want my login/session information remembered (internet banking), so it would be great if a second desktop file was installed by default. I think a better name for it would be "Private Web" or "Incognito Web". Additionally, I think this would vastly improve the discoverability of incognito mode. When I temporarily use someone's computer and that person is not involved in software, they are always surprised about the existence of private browsing and don't know what it does. I think that incognito mode is something which should actively be promoted and it deserves a place next to the normal session in the Activities overview.
Each application in GNOME 3 should have a 1:1 correspondence with a desktop file , but adding a desktop action to the existing desktop file, as requested in comment #0, would be fine. Also, a tip: each web application you create will have a separate profile with no access to any of your usual browsing data. But keep in mind that neither this nor incognito mode will actually protect you from tracking.
Created attachment 292538 [details] [review] Add New Incognito Window desktop action This will appear when you right click on the Epiphany launcher in GNOME Shell >= 3.12.
Review of attachment 292538 [details] [review]: I like this, let's do it.
Attachment 292538 [details] pushed as 5b25f91 - Add New Incognito Window desktop action