Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

Post by pvitz » Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 1:52 PM UTC

nickthemagicman wrote: post #49

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…

How is that different from anonymous browsing tabs?

Post by chrisjc » Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 1:53 PM UTC

ohgodplsno wrote: post #15

detritus wrote: post #8

Containers are great! But since the recent v.91 update screwed the tabs up so much, there's no quick visual way to scan and see which container-type each tab is. Great stuff, well done Mozilla! What's the point in being able to customise a container's appearance, including colour, if they're not described on the tab itself?

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

Post by chrisjc » Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 1:56 PM UTC

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…

Post by msdrigg » Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 2:12 PM UTC

abacadaba wrote: post #19

msdrigg wrote: post #6

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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

Post by nsomaru » Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 2:12 PM UTC

c1yd3i wrote: post #53

SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #26

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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?