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Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by strogonoff »

Made a jump to Firefox as primary browser on macOS this month. My setup involves heavy use of the new containers feature and a tree-style vertical tab panel, which AFAIK is unique to Firefox and offers neat visual browsing history.

Extension rundown:

— kesselborn’s Conex, a Spotlight-like quick container switcher/tab finder. It’s set to auto-hide tabs not in the current container, and I use it to routinely create one-off containers for specific tasks

— piro’s Tree Style Tab, with a workaround setting to make it play well with Conex and a couple of custom styling rules

— MarsCat’s Switch Container, which allows to re-open a tab in another container (used with caution)

What unblocked the switch for me:

— There’s now a working tree-style tabs extension in Quantum

— The new Web Authentication API removes the need for Keychain integration in the long run

I’m wary of getting too used to a heavily customized setup, and am still figuring out the best way to back up my Firefox profile. Previously I relied mostly on stock Safari and Chrome, which is still great for its developer’s tools.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by Flenser »

tptacek wrote: post #101

Is there an advantage to this over Chrome Profiles, a feature built-into the browser?

This is install and forget. With Chrome Profiles you have to change your behaviour. i.e. opening a new window in the right profile before you open facebook. Also, one slip up with chrome profiles and you could end up with a facebook cookie in the wrong profile.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by kodablah »

strogonoff wrote: post #351

Made a jump to Firefox as primary browser on macOS this month. My setup involves heavy use of the new containers feature and a tree-style vertical tab panel, which AFAIK is unique to Firefox and offers neat visual browsing history. Extension rundown: — kesselborn’s Conex, a Spotlight-like quick container switcher/tab finder. It’s set to auto-hide tabs not in the current container, and I use it to routinely create one…

> tree-style vertical tab panel, which AFAIK is unique to Firefox

For the major browsers, yes. Some Chromium off-shoots have them though.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by gnicholas »

strogonoff wrote: post #351

Made a jump to Firefox as primary browser on macOS this month. My setup involves heavy use of the new containers feature and a tree-style vertical tab panel, which AFAIK is unique to Firefox and offers neat visual browsing history. Extension rundown: — kesselborn’s Conex, a Spotlight-like quick container switcher/tab finder. It’s set to auto-hide tabs not in the current container, and I use it to routinely create one…

Does using containers improve performance with many tabs open?

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by sammorrowdrums »

sammorrowdrums wrote: post #354

They have a newer version that can handle custom isolated tab groups not just Facebook. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/multi-account...

For the record I've been using this for separate Amazon, Google and Facebook browsing amongst others. It works really well.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by strogonoff »

kodablah wrote: post #353
strogonoff wrote: post #351

Made a jump to Firefox as primary browser on macOS this month. My setup involves heavy use of the new containers feature and a tree-style vertical tab panel, which AFAIK is unique to Firefox and offers neat visual browsing history. Extension rundown: — kesselborn’s Conex, a Spotlight-like quick container switcher/tab finder. It’s set to auto-hide tabs not in the current container, and I use it to routinely create one…

> tree-style vertical tab panel, which AFAIK is unique to Firefox For the major browsers, yes. Some Chromium off-shoots have them though.

I stand corrected, also I should’ve added “on Macs”. I’ve been keeping an eye on Doogie[0], but its maintainer doesn’t have the resources to maintain another build.

Curious if anyone can weigh in with similar alternatives available on macOS.

[0] https://cretz.github.io/doogie/

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by Nagyman »

joosters wrote: post #303
yAnonymous wrote: post #272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, but blocking third-party cookies does break a whole lot of sites. Apple can do this, because they have a limited yet consistent market share that mostly consists of their own customers. But Firefox? If they block third-party cookies and Chrome does not, they might just end up losing even more users.

What sites are broken by Safari because of its default cookie options? I haven't encountered any.

I think it's more nuanced than just blocking ALL third-party cookies. If you have visited the site before (e.g. facebook.com), my understanding is that those cookies are allowed. It's only blocking third-party cookies from sites you have never explicitly visited before.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by Lio »

dkasper wrote: post #46
jackgolding wrote: post #35

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When you mentioned reddit I thought you were talking about their "install the app" pop up. They have by far the worst mobile experience out of any site I've use more than once in the last 2 years.

Fortunately it takes one tap to update your preference to have it stop nagging you to install the app. https://www.reddit.com/r/redditmobile/comments/6hk9ot/androi...

That assumes you want to log in and be tracked.

It's annoying to follow a link from a search engine and not notice it's Reddit only to be hit with the "INSTALL OUR APP. EVERYTHING WILL BE BETTER!" shtick every time.

Re: Facebook Container for Firefox

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Post by LowDog »

pritambaral wrote: post #338
LowDog wrote: post #312

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Yeah, the American people elected Trump in an extremely rare case of the public taking back the election from corporate behemoths. But let's pretend that Google hasn't had enormous sway over the White House and hasn't been rubbing shoulders with Obama and other Democrats [1][2][3][4]. Let's also ignore the fact that much of Silicon Valley publicly supported Hillary and opposed Trump, with big outspoken critics includ…

This is off-topic, and your idea of how Trump got elected is not the only — or even one of the popular — view. Closer to the topic: what Facebook enabled was far more effective targeting, by agents not authorized by the targets, on a massive scale. That's a lot different than the "bunch of Russians locked away in some computer lab single-handedly elected" rhetoric.

It's as on topic as the parent comment. I have to yet to see even a single fact to back up your claim. If someone is going to spread disinformation and not present any facts, then I am going to post a sourced rebuttal. Feel free to change my mind with actual facts instead of undermining the voters who disagreed with your political outlook and then blaming the results on some ludicrous notion of a bogeyman.
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