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An Update on Firefox Containers

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Re: An Update on Firefox Containers

#51

Post by c0nducktr »

nicklaf wrote: post #21

Any reason why new tabs shouldn't create an entirely new, isolated container by default? And then allow the user to close tabs implicitly by performing a merge operation with some existing container (say, dragging with the mouse with a hotkey held down onto an existing tab group representing a single container)? And alternatively, "merging" with the empty container, which would retroactively implement incognito mode…

You might like the "Containers On The Go" addon. It adds a second new tab button which will create a container for the new tab it creates, which then is deleted as soon as you close the tab.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/containers-on...

Someone also made a theme which will color the temporary container windows a different color so you can easily differentiate them from the normal tabs/windows.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/containers-th...

Re: An Update on Firefox Containers

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Post by throwaway613834 »

adrianratnapala wrote: post #50
throwaway613834 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multiple profiles are such a pain. You don't even get the common history and autocomplete that comes with having a single profile. I've used them for a while with Chrome and they're just too annoying to use. This looks like it could turn out really great. EDIT: It seems I was unclear in what I was trying to say. I wasn't criticizing multiple profiles in general; I was criticizing using multiple profiles as a replacem…

Hmm, I find it odd that you want cross-noise in your autocompletes. I use the things for doing personal browsing on work machines and find them very convenient. But on Firefox it seems totally unusable because of near misses in UI. I haven't found a nice menu for switching between profiles, or a way of getting a list of available profiles short of rooting about in my settings. The default profile is can change itself…

I think you misunderstood what I said (might have been since I wasn't too clear on this in my comment). I wasn't criticizing the profile feature itself. Profiles are fantastic for your use case. I was criticizing using profiles for THIS use case (i.e. substituting for containers). They simply don't substitute for the container feature; they solve different problems. One is for separation of concerns and one is for privacy/security. The two sometimes affect each other but they're not the same concerns.

Re: An Update on Firefox Containers

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Post by throwaway613834 »

tomjakubowski wrote: post #47
throwaway613834 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multiple profiles are such a pain. You don't even get the common history and autocomplete that comes with having a single profile. I've used them for a while with Chrome and they're just too annoying to use. This looks like it could turn out really great. EDIT: It seems I was unclear in what I was trying to say. I wasn't criticizing multiple profiles in general; I was criticizing using multiple profiles as a replacem…

Chrome profiles are an absolute joy for splitting between personal/work activities. They also work better for, say, switching between Google accounts than the "inline" Google account switcher, which is often buggy and at least used to have incomplete support (does the Analytics dashboard finally support the account switcher?).

I agree, they're fantastic for their use cases. I'm trying to say this is not one of them, and trying to use them as container replacements results in an awful and painful experience. That's all.

Re: An Update on Firefox Containers

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Post by supermdguy »

rossdavidh wrote: post #52

You know, it's great that they're doing this, but I'm still going to just use multiple browsers.

I've just created multiple chrome people. You can create a chrome person, even without signing in, so you don't necessarily need a google account for each person.

Re: An Update on Firefox Containers

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Post by fish_fan »

gavinpc wrote: post #28
clumsysmurf wrote: post #15

I love this feature, but it seems missing a critical thing. You can say 'always open websites A1, A2, A3 in container Y' but you can't say 'container Y only hosts websites A1, A2, A3'. After time the container gets polluted with cookies from links clicked on website Ax. Hopefully this gets fixed soon. Edit: replaces 1 website with multiple websites Edit 2 : Another useful feature, would be cookie policy per container…

Haven't used the feature, but can you whitelist cookies on a per-container basis? If so, then I'm in. If container Y is only going to open website X, then just block all other cookies.

Yes, you can. The cookie settings are per-container (and there’s a surprising amount of customization per domain, though I wish it had decent wildcard support, it turns out to not be much of an issue).

Re: An Update on Firefox Containers

#58

Post by fish_fan »

tomjakubowski wrote: post #47
throwaway613834 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multiple profiles are such a pain. You don't even get the common history and autocomplete that comes with having a single profile. I've used them for a while with Chrome and they're just too annoying to use. This looks like it could turn out really great. EDIT: It seems I was unclear in what I was trying to say. I wasn't criticizing multiple profiles in general; I was criticizing using multiple profiles as a replacem…

Chrome profiles are an absolute joy for splitting between personal/work activities. They also work better for, say, switching between Google accounts than the "inline" Google account switcher, which is often buggy and at least used to have incomplete support (does the Analytics dashboard finally support the account switcher?).

To my understanding, firefox also has support for multiple profiles at that level, but it may be by app launch, not by window.

Re: An Update on Firefox Containers

#59

Post by fish_fan »

JetSpiegel wrote: post #45
throwaway613834 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multiple profiles are such a pain. You don't even get the common history and autocomplete that comes with having a single profile. I've used them for a while with Chrome and they're just too annoying to use. This looks like it could turn out really great. EDIT: It seems I was unclear in what I was trying to say. I wasn't criticizing multiple profiles in general; I was criticizing using multiple profiles as a replacem…

> You don't even get the common history and autocomplete That's a feature! I have observed dozens of time coworkers using their BYOD work laptpos that autocompleted porn URL. Dozens.

Frankly you shouldn’t ever look at porn on a work machine, no matter how much they encourage you to think of it as your personal machine. It is only a liability.

Re: An Update on Firefox Containers

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Post by 47 »

I have being using Chrome Profile(People) feature since they were introduce. It has been a god send for me. I tried Firefox containers for a couple of days here a couple things that will really help:

* Containers need to be per window. Keeping track of containers at Tab level is lot of mental work.

* Set a different default container per device. For example I want to set different default for an office laptop, home computer, shared device, etc.

Firefox is getting there i feel it is just moving too slow for me to make a complete switch.

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