Ability to start with a new private tab in browser when no tabs are open, open with the last tab config

Feature Requests
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All concerning the newest changes introduced to the browser in Verla.

  1. When we first open the browser that has no active or stored tabs before a private tab can be opened, any “regular” non-private tab has to be opened first. I request that we be able to start by choosing the private tab mode right away.

  2. In Kvarken we could be doing private browsing and upong closing and re-opening the browser, it would go right back to the private mode. Not anymore, as it now falls back to regular browsing. I’d like the browser to remember that I was browsing in private the last time and start in a privacy mode if that was the case.

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I was in the process requesting exactly this. I can just second that! :wink:

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Yes, I second both of these requests as well!
Why did they make private browsing so hard in Verla?

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on old sailfish 1 if i create new private tab and close browser, on next start i am still in private mode. super easy, then i just type url or search and i am in private browsing without any pain … - that is exactly how it should act in new versions

in actual version you must have some startup page (what is always visited in non-private tab) or blank welcome page but there is not possible to create new private tab!!!

a little workaround is to set as homepage for example about:networking and then button for creating new tab (private tab) is visible while no real page from internet is loaded…

btw. what is worst in actual version is that if you did not set ‘close all tabs on exit’ and you re-start browser the page is loaded in non-private tab!!! (fix it to exact to this thread title = Ability to start with a new private tab in browser when no tabs are open, open with the last tab config)

please implement about:privatebrowsing or just in settings to “start in private mode”

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What does that help with?
All cool settings are in about:config; which is implemented.

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try it in firefox…
about:privatebrowsing Option to open private browser window

about:config does not help because browser.privatebrowsing.autostart does not work

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I did. I can’t see how that helps one bit. Implementing that would be the same amount (-ish) of work as anything else that fulfills this request.

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i clearly wrote this or settings to start browser in private mode. what is unclear?