In FF4 while in Private Browsing mode i am unable to use the back or forward buttons, btw right click and back menu option works, just the buttons near the address bar are disabled at all times (this used to work fine in FF3.X)

Back and forward buttons do not work in Private Browsing mode in FF4. works fin in FF3.x

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so why is this option disabled in the private browsing mode? It can be useful to clear cookies without restarting Firefox!
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[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/957436?esab=a&as=aaq#question-reply link text]
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