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InPrivate theming
Thank you to everyone's comments and feedback! I think we found some great ideas here that we'll be doing some design iterations and further testing on. Stay tuned, and if you have any other feedback about InPrivate or Edge, you can send us your thoughts through the browser at any time.
Mitchris Thanks for your suggestion! What would you expect to happen if a user also chooses a purple theme in their normal browsing?
ShirleyNg In this arrangement we go back to the starting point. Well, then maybe we should give users a choice? Let's add an option that allows the user to choose what color he wants to have private mode.
Presume that the ability to choose is incorporate, as you request.
Paraphrasing ShirleyNg early question:
What would you expect to happen if a user also chooses the same theme in their normal browsing?
Themes cannot be the means by which InPrivate mode is distinguished from Normal mode. Just because most browsers to date have done it that way does not make it the correct solution. Some variation on the current BIG BLUE "InPrivate" button is a good starting point. Obvious identifier in the browser header (user customizable colors if you like) builds on the idea that users already need to observe their browser header to know what user account they are logged into, whether the site they are visiting is HTTP vs HTTPS, what your chosen extensions are indicating, etc. Some sort if "InPrivate" identifier in the browser header is all that should reasonably be expected.
Exactly. In a browser where you can choose a theme, especially where a default theme option is dark mode, a dark mode theme can't be the indicator for InPrivate.
The chip should be enough. Maybe make the chip do something unique like connect into the main tab area so it calls visual attention to it.
What exactly are we concerned about with InPrivate? There's obviously no concern of someone accidentally using an InPrivate window. I guess its that if you have more than one window to make sure people use InPrivate and not accidentally the normal one?
You're replacing the user chip with a bright InPrivate chip. Should be enough. Maybe design it so that it automatically brightly contrasts with the chosen theme.
Also, listing the number of InPrivate windows when you click the chip is... not useful?
