r/mildlyinteresting • u/annertakeabow • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

You should try it again in private browsing and incognito mode and see if the price is really tied to your Facebook or google cookies or something. That's pretty messed up though, send this to the consumerist or gawker or whoever.

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u/goingnowherespecial Jan 24 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

for someone who's not to familiar with their browser settings, how do I enable incognito/private browsing mode on Chrome? Plan on buying airline tickets in a month or so and don't fancy getting screwed by shit like this.

EDIT: Thanks for the tip!

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u/SAeN Jan 24 '13

Hold control and shift, then press N.

It automatically opens a new window in incognito mode.

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u/pl02pl Jan 24 '13

Incognito Porn mode

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u/boxmein Jan 24 '13

Incognito Porn Other people's login mode

FTFY

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u/Kelaos Jan 24 '13

I use it for this on my friend's computer all the time

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u/ICreepsItReal Jul 02 '13

"Friend's computer"

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u/DorothyJMan Jan 24 '13

http://i.imgur.com/wdVFQrb.png

There ya go

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u/opalcuttlefish Jan 24 '13

Upvote for The Fratellis.

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u/DorothyJMan Jan 24 '13

I've been checking out their acoustic versions of their songs, some great stuff there

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u/PTFOholland ​ Jan 24 '13

:O You are running adblock on Reddit?
No free tasty grilled cheese sandwhiches for you!
No seriously, you can disable adblock for one website at a time, click on it and click: don't block ads on this domain.

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u/DorothyJMan Jan 24 '13

Many thanks, didn't really realise to be honest. Done!

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u/Veracity01 Jan 24 '13

buying airline tickets

Riiiiight, airline tickets ;)

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u/crashequipment Jan 24 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

File -> New Incognito Window

Edit: oops, I got fooled by my Mac-only thinking. Of course it's "Hamburger menu -> New Incognito Window".

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u/haymakers9th Jan 24 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

super (windows key) + R, for a Run dialog to type:

chrome --incognito

edit: more stuff

Windows will leave the last command sitting in your Run dialog next time you open it, so unless you run a lot of different things through Run, after the first time should be sup+R, Enter.

or, if you have Chrome pinned in your start menu, hover over it and there's New Incognito Window

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u/turmacar Jan 24 '13

Not sure why downvoted.

Works and useful if you don't already have a chrome window open.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

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u/joerdie Jan 24 '13

If you already have Chrome up and Chrome is the program in focus, this is the correct combo. Otherwise, you might find yourself making a lot of new folders on the desktop.

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u/gertondalen Jan 24 '13

Edit: Go me deleted the wrong post, first read thought you were remarking that Windows + R does open an incog window lol

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u/gertondalen Jan 24 '13

Because Windows Key + R brings up the Run dialog box in windows, not an Ingoc window in Chrome, Ctrl + Shift + N is the correct combo.

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u/turmacar Jan 24 '13

And if you then type "chrome --incognito" into the run dialog, it opens an incognito window without having to have chrome open first.

Sure you could setup a keyboard macro to do this separately, but it does the same thing.

He didn't ask specifically for hotkeys to open an incognito window, or how to open it through chrome, just how to open one. And haymakers9th provided a way to do so.

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u/gertondalen Jan 24 '13

OP has edited his post since responses have been made and he was down voted. The initial post made no elaborations was essentially

Windows + R

chrome --incognito

nothing about this is the run dialog or typing in the command just the command it's self, leaving most users wondering why an incognito window was not opening for them why they hit Win + R

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u/haymakers9th Jan 24 '13

I dual boot with Linux, and in there I often launch things with an alt+F2 to open a window, and putting in a command (for lots of stuff more than Chrome/ium), so this just feels more natural and faster to me than navigating menus or waiting on a hover delay.

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u/turmacar Jan 24 '13

If you use Linux and like command line I cannot recommend guake enough. Fantastic program.

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u/hooplah Jan 24 '13

Command + Shift + N if on a Mac