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Re: Firefox Multi-Account Containers

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Post by lovebigmacs »

Someone1234 wrote: post #53
CivBase wrote: post #50

I really really want support for multiple browser profiles in Firefox. Multi-Account Containers are cool, but they don't allow me to change my bookmarks or browser extensions. This is the only thing left Chrome has over Firefox that I honestly care about. The profile manager (about:profiles) comes so close, but it's just not as elegant as Chrome. Starting Firefox with the profile manager also causes issues when the O…

Every time this comes up, everyone always dismisses it by just pointing to about:profile or the launch flags, but in my opinion those are weak excuses. Chrome made profiles a first class citizen and they're an absolute pleasure to use. I literally use them every day. Firefox having a bunch of buried half baked UI isn't really an answer to that. I believe Firefox is a better browser overall. Only this (profiles), the…

The entire Library, Bookmarks/History/the archaic Downloads popup, all just makes me immensely sad. Meanwhile I keep seeing more badges (Pocket, Screenshots, Lockwise, etc) crap popping up in the browser UX...

To add on to what you're pointing out -- they even cloned Chrome's "profile-icon-in-the-bar" model, but didn't actually give you the ability to switch profiles with it! Instead more places to shove more links that I forgot about - Firefox Monitor and Firefox Send.

Re: Firefox Multi-Account Containers

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Post by skrowl »

Firefox Multi-Account Containers are impossible to go back from once you get used to them. Add in Conex (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/conex/) and you have really great tab group switching WITH containerization / "firewall" between containers.

You can't get anywhere near this with Chrome as far as I'm aware.

Re: Firefox Multi-Account Containers

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Post by markosaric »

stkdump wrote: post #60
leevlad wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A few more usecases that I've added to my workflow since discovering container tabs: * Work/personal separation * Multiple AWS accounts Also, I am very impressed with how well they're integrated into Firefox. For example, opening a link in a new tab will preserve the container. CMD+Shift+T will restore a recently closed tab and remember its original container. I really like the color coding too.

I think the reason why it is so well integrated is that it used to be part of the standard installation of firefox and only later moved into an addon.

Containers actually still are integrated in the standard installation of Firefox and can be used even without an addon. You just need to turn them on in about:config:

privacy.userContext.enabled to true

privacy.userContext.ui.enabled to true

privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior to 2

I love using containers with privacy.firstparty.isolate set to true too for extra protection.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers

Re: Firefox Multi-Account Containers

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Post by hosh »

floatingatoll wrote: post #7
hosh wrote: post #5

I use this less for privacy and more for being able to keep all the different account signins straight. I wish there were support in the bookmark where I can define which bookmark targets which container.

(3 months ago) https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3... > With #1537, our next release starts to address container-bookmark integration & UX. As @MichaelTunnell points out, it does not solve ALL of the container-bookmark UX requests in this issue, or in #854 #1142 and #1443. > Container-bookmark UX is a big project, and some of the solutions will require changes in Firefox itself. Any changes h…

Yup. I am waiting for that to happen.

In the meantime, I have been using a hacky work-around that more or less does the core thing that I want: quickly open up a specific bookmark in a specific container. (Actually adding it into the bookmarks and syncing across devices is a pain, but not as painful as not being able to open up bookmarks into specific containers).

Re: Firefox Multi-Account Containers

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Post by captaincole »

sebazzz wrote: post #36

Firefox Multi-Account contains are awesome for software development and testing! At my work we usually work at tools which have three roles: user, reviewer, administrator so I generally have three containers for these user accounts. This means I can be logged in with all the accounts I need for testing in the same web browser without resorting to private mode (which does not remember cookies between sessions anyway).…

Agreed and seconded. I use them mainly for testing and for demo. If I need to switch personas but not have multiple private tabs open it is a game changer.

Re: Firefox Multi-Account Containers

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Post by Dig1t »

I love Firefox Multi-Account containers!

My only complaint (and really this is my biggest gripe with Firefox in general) is that there is no support for syncing containers using your Firefox account. This means every time I set up a new computer I have to reconfigure my containers and for each computer I have to re-associate all the sites I have sandbox with their own containers. This is such a huge pain.

Other than that, I love it.

Re: Firefox Multi-Account Containers

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Post by prions »

sebazzz wrote: post #36

Firefox Multi-Account contains are awesome for software development and testing! At my work we usually work at tools which have three roles: user, reviewer, administrator so I generally have three containers for these user accounts. This means I can be logged in with all the accounts I need for testing in the same web browser without resorting to private mode (which does not remember cookies between sessions anyway).…

Same! I have three (dev, stg, prd) aws accounts. Without containers, I'd need to log in and out to jump between s3/emr/etc buckets between environments. With firefox containers I can run all three concurrently.

Re: Firefox Multi-Account Containers

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Post by sleavey »

Does it work with Firefox Sync yet? That's the only thing stopping me from using containers - I've got multiple machines I would need to sync containers between. Last time I checked (admittedly a few years ago) it didn't and it seemed unlikely to be added any time soon.
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