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Contextual Identities on the Web

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Re: Contextual Identities on the Web

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Post by prohor »

amluto wrote: post #17

If we can get Tor Browser's first party origin feature in as well, this will be fantastic! I would love to have the ability to type www.facebook.com and get a context that isn't linked to the rest of my tabs. I also want ephemeral containers so I could open a tab that forgets its cookies when I'm done. Think private browsing but without forgetting my history, requiring a new window, or being limited to one context at…

Exactly, I also want to have private browsing but with persistent history. I'm using Self-Destructing Cookies [1] for that; you can also white-list some domains there for eg. keep me logged in. But would love to have the container as you describe for that.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/pl/firefox/addon/self-destructing...

Re: Contextual Identities on the Web

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Post by gruez »

Monkey0x9 wrote: post #14

This is the way to go for firefox. Instead of copying google chrome, creating new and usefull features.

But chrome had this feature as well, with user switching. The only difference is that user sessions were bound to windows rather than per tab.

Re: Contextual Identities on the Web

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Post by denis1 »

amluto wrote: post #17

If we can get Tor Browser's first party origin feature in as well, this will be fantastic! I would love to have the ability to type www.facebook.com and get a context that isn't linked to the rest of my tabs. I also want ephemeral containers so I could open a tab that forgets its cookies when I'm done. Think private browsing but without forgetting my history, requiring a new window, or being limited to one context at…

Did you try the "Self destructing cookies"[1] extension for Firefox? It is close to your "forgets cookies" requirement. IIRC it has per domain settings and allows you to configure the cookies to self destruct after closing the tab, the browser or never.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destruct...

Re: Contextual Identities on the Web

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Post by red_admiral »

This could not be more welcome at a time when facebook (UK) is displaying a new bar across the top of its page saying that by using it, I agree:

"By clicking or navigating the site, you agree to allow our collection of information on and off Facebook through cookies."

I already have a separate chromium "person" set up for facebook; might give firefox another go when this gets released.

Re: Contextual Identities on the Web

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Post by masklinn »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #6
ScaryRacoon wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would argue that this should be the default behavior for a private tab.

It seems to be so in Safari. This can be unhelpful, though, if you need to have multiple tabs open on the same site.

Yes safari's private browsing goes a bit too far as even opening a new tab from an existing one (e.g. open a link to a new tab/window) isn't linked to the original context. Safari's private browsing also has some issues (e.g. the localStorage quota set to 0)

Re: Contextual Identities on the Web

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Post by hammock »

amluto wrote: post #17

If we can get Tor Browser's first party origin feature in as well, this will be fantastic! I would love to have the ability to type www.facebook.com and get a context that isn't linked to the rest of my tabs. I also want ephemeral containers so I could open a tab that forgets its cookies when I'm done. Think private browsing but without forgetting my history, requiring a new window, or being limited to one context at…

First party origin?

Re: Contextual Identities on the Web

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Post by callahad »

gruez wrote: post #23
Monkey0x9 wrote: post #14

This is the way to go for firefox. Instead of copying google chrome, creating new and usefull features.

But chrome had this feature as well, with user switching. The only difference is that user sessions were bound to windows rather than per tab.

I disagree. Chrome user sessions don't share history, saved passwords, bookmarks, or add-ons. Firefox Contextual Identities do.
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