That was I thought. So does that mean closing the entire program (browser)
and reopen it and then type in (or paste in) the link to where you were
going? Or is it sufficient to right click a link and select "open in a new
window"?
I would suspect that the former is needed for it to have
They recommend opening and closing a new private window frequently, better
still each time. That way the pages you visit cannot cross-link. They have no
idea where you came from, thus they cannot see a pattern or establish a
record of habituary behaviour to make a fingerprint.
If I read the page correctly it's about opening a new "private" window. Which
means (I think) that page doesn't give access to the history, cookies, etc
from previous privacy pages.
If I might add, Tor Browser actually separates cookies by domain and one
cannot access another pages'
On this wiki page https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/anonymity
There's a link called "First steps towards online privacy" which takes you to
an article which arguments that opening a new window for every page you visit
is a privacy increase, without elaborating on why.