This was long time ago. It does compartmentalize the browsing info but the history is still accessible with other containers. For example, a Shopping container should have its own history. (https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/4...)
Firefox Multi-Account Containers
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#22This was long time ago. It does compartmentalize the browsing info but the history is still accessible with other containers. For example, a Shopping container should have its own history. ( https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/4... )
If I wanted to completely separate things like this I would use multiple different profiles. The advantage of the extension is that your history, settings, etc remains constant across the containers.
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#23Nostalgic mode: I created a Firefox extension 11 years ago enabling users to have cookie containers by a tab (even when the Firefox API didn't enable this, it was basically a hack). Submitted the extension to the Firefox extend contest but not even a mention there. You can check an old video [1]
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#24What are your favorite ways of setting up containers? At home I have the following containers, each with separate cookies: Banking - all finance related stuff facebook twitter amazon - Amazon + AWS + Zappos Google - google, gmail, maps
I have containers for: Banking, Google (and the few places where I use Google as my SSO provider), Work, and then a general "I'm Signed In" container. I also use the Temporary Containers extension for added privacy, though it's... still pretty rough around the edges, particularly when dealing with sites that use SSO (since kicking out to an OAuth provider causes a new temporary container to be opened, which then mess…
Hadn't heard of Temporary Containers before, I'll have to check it out.
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#25Is there any way to run this on mobile Firefox? I've loved this on desktop and installed firefox on my Android tablet but this addon shows as "not available".
I don't think so, I am set up on mobile to use a password safe for account login, then I delete all cookies and state on log out. So when the browser opens, there's usually nothing in it, and then the signing for the site I want to go to is auto filled making login pretty simple, then I quit on close. That's the best I've been able to do so far.
It sounds like your workflow could be replaced with Firefox Focus: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/focus
Available for Android and iOS.
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#26Easily one of the most useful extensions I've ever used in any browser. My only annoyance with it is that One Tab -- www.one-tab.com -- doesn't remember in which container to re-open saved tabs. I really wish this feature would be implemented in Safari, Edge, and Chrome.
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#27I can forgive the somewhat limited user interface for setting these up that is in the stock add-on, but the lack of automatic syncing of rules to all computers with the same Firefox account is really frustrating to deal with. Putting in the effort to get them all set up nicely and then having them either blown away (I think this happened once...) or needing to get that over to another computer has made me limit my us…
That particular bug (having my container setup get blown away) has happened to me several times along with other bugs like not properly restoring tabs in the designated container when you restart FF to apply an update.
Bugs like that would be forgivable if they'd at least provide a way to export/import setups.
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#28What are your favorite ways of setting up containers? At home I have the following containers, each with separate cookies: Banking - all finance related stuff facebook twitter amazon - Amazon + AWS + Zappos Google - google, gmail, maps
Or if you're a consultant working on mobile apps for different clients, having separate containers for each client allows you to be in all of the client's Google Play Console at the same time in one browser.
(Or in multiple accounts/logins of Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Outlook, etc...)
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#29What are your favorite ways of setting up containers? At home I have the following containers, each with separate cookies: Banking - all finance related stuff facebook twitter amazon - Amazon + AWS + Zappos Google - google, gmail, maps
I combine containers with running multiple copies of Firefox under different profiles. I've been using multiple profiles for years, and I think it still offers some advantages even with container support. The big one is that one instance of the browser can crash or be restarted without any impact to the others. It also distributes resource consumption over multiple independent processes, though I'm sure there's some overhead in this approach. Finally, it allows slightly different settings for each profile depending on need. I manage common settings with a user.js file.
One profile is for logging into various services I regularly use, one is dedicated to day-to-day surfing, one is for local development (there are no addons in this one), one is specifically for webmail, and one is specifically for Trello. Containers are most useful with the first two profiles...especially the first, so that the various services have some level of isolation.
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#30For privacy, I use first-party isolation. The effect is that all domains get their own container. In day-to-day use I haven't seen any sites that don't work with it enabled. https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/firefox-fpi.html
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