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Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by kashug »

abacadaba wrote: post #19
msdrigg wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use containers to only use some google services while signed in. For instance I use gmail signed in but I google search in a separate container to not log that data in my account. I may be fooling myself and google can identify it anyway through my IP or something but it feels like I get a little extra anonymity.

duckduckgo is a thing, just sayin

But the search is not as good. Or good might be subjective in this case. But I tried using DDG mutliple times, but every time I end up just doing the same search on google becouse it is much better at giving me the result I want.

But this is just my personal experience.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by anonymousab »

mech422 wrote: post #12
UI_at_80x24 wrote: post #7

One downside that I had hoped containers would fix was multiple accounts on AWS. Because of the way AWS handles the URL's for logging in I get: company1.signin.aws.amazon.com company2.signin.aws.amazon.com company3.signin.aws.amazon.com BUT FF only seems to remember the login/password for 1 of these at a time. I had hoped that putting them all in different containers would fix this but it appears that FF only matches…

I use different profiles for that... basically, I have multiple Firefox shortcuts, each using a different profile. You can also use containers with the profile to segregate things even more.

I wish Firefox had better (chrome-level) support for containers. There's various small QoL things that add up to make them a much more usable feature.

At the very least, exposing them via webextension APIs would let developers take care of it themselves.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by c1yd3i »

SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #26
thrwawy283 wrote: post #16

The real gem is this extension: Temporary Containers https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con... Basically every new tab is a new temporary container. Isolation all the time, by default. It's an added exercise for the reader, but you have to go into the settings of the extension and modify some of the mouse behavior. Basically if I want a link I click to share the same container as the parent, I C…

I add Containerize to that: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/containerise It lets you define rules for URLs to allow any URL matching a pattern to always open in a certain container.

How is this different than managing the site list for a Firefox Container? Just that it's a CSV and patterns are supported?

Do you just not define anything in the Firefox Container site list, and rely on this to manage it instead?

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by eitland »

generalizations wrote: post #17
syshum wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TreeStyleTabs... next to Containers, it is the only reason I still use FF, if FF drops support for either TreeStyleTabs or Containers there will be zero reason for me to continue using it.

Sideberry is TST with better perfomance, FYI. Also, right there with ya - treed tabs is the only reason I stick with FF.

For those interested in TST this bug might be worth watching: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1332447

There is also some activity on https://ideas.mozilla.org and I think you can even vote there.

Edit, here is one idea already posted and approved for voting: https://mozilla.crowdicity.com/post/721353

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by KeyBoardG »

thrwawy283 wrote: post #16

The real gem is this extension: Temporary Containers https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con... Basically every new tab is a new temporary container. Isolation all the time, by default. It's an added exercise for the reader, but you have to go into the settings of the extension and modify some of the mouse behavior. Basically if I want a link I click to share the same container as the parent, I C…

Agreed, I love this. Just use a different hot-key to open a new tab that is in its own container.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by scns »

mech422 wrote: post #14

Don't forget, you can still use multiple profiles. I have multiple shortcuts setup, each starting FF with a different profile. Within a profile, I use containers to further partition things. edit: for instance, I have a 'banking' profile with containers for each bank, brokerage, etc. The profile is totally separate from my 'general browsing' profile, so nothing can be sniffed. And the containers allow me to partition…

Good idea, i opened a private window with all extensions disabled for banking and closed the normal window. Like your solution even more.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by lugged »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #24

The only thing I would love to see for containers is some sort of VPN that lets you connect through a different server on a specific container, and potentially isolated web history between containers. Then if I'm live streaming my browser to online strangers, one of the suggestions should be for anything personal (or if streaming to relatives / co-workers you don't expose your online life, which can be problematic to…

You can use profiles for von stuff. Containers only really works for site based state.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by charles-m-knox »

Love seeing mentions of Firefox containers on HN. The native multi-account containers UI isn't able to do things such as container filtering, bulk rename/delete/recollection/etc, so a bit less than a year ago I wrote a lightweight extension to help manage containers here:

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

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by wussboy »

charles-m-knox wrote: post #58

Love seeing mentions of Firefox containers on HN. The native multi-account containers UI isn't able to do things such as container filtering, bulk rename/delete/recollection/etc, so a bit less than a year ago I wrote a lightweight extension to help manage containers here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/containers-he...

Bookmarked. Will try immediately upon arrival at work.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by wussboy »

asymmetric wrote: post #30
ohgodplsno wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might need to get your vision checked. Each tab in a container gets a colored top border. And it's sizeable.

How do you resize the colored top border?

Yes, I’d love to make the colours big and bold. No more mixing dev and production…
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