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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 nsomaru »

cassepipe wrote: post #68
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…

I always wondered why there was no easier way to change profiles in firefox than about:profiles. I am not sure what your solution is though, would you mind going into details ? Thanks in advance

You can create a shortcut which will launch with the profile of choice: https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1171685

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by fsflover »

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…

If you care about security through compartmentalization that much, you should try Qubes OS. It allows to use different VPNs for different VMs with a pretty good UI.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by detritus »

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.

Your decision to be a dismissive smartarse really annoyed me, because of course i'm not that much of an idiot.

Turns out that like another respondent here, animesh, I had 'browser.proton.enabled' set to false too from an attempt to fix my tabs last time FF buggered around with things. Setting that to TRUE has got the colours on.

So, only slightly an idiot...

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by lucideer »

c1yd3i wrote: post #53
SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

The main Firefox Containers extension has a nicer UI but quite a lot of missing features. Mainly the ability to edit the site list directly, and the fact that the way it registers a site against a container means it can't support adding a redirect to a container, nor (related) having separate Google services in separate containers (e.g. a Youtube container and separate Gmail container).

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by lucideer »

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?

Anon browsing allows max 2 separate simultaneous contexts: the anon session and your tracked session. This allows many different anon sessions. It's also a nicer more consistent integration if you already use (permanent) containers.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by croutonwagon »

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?

i think tweaking browser.proton in about:config will break this. Saw this on Reddit a while back when looking at why my containers were bugged (for a totally different reason.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by loudtieblahblah »

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…

Use FoxyProxy in conjunction with containers.

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by gnufied »

Personally I love containers and I can't imagine using a browser without them. Though one issue which has been long standing for me is - tab search ('%') only works for current container. This is a big problem if you have 10-15 tabs open in different containers. Switching to tab you want is not easy. I wish mozilla prioritized and fixed - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479858

Re: Guide to Firefox Containers (2018)

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Post by amphitheatre »

tsjq wrote: post #22
amphitheatre wrote: post #11

One issue I have when using containers is that if I have a non-containerised tab and I click a link in it that leads to Twitter, which I have a container for, a new tab opens in the container, but the current tab also switches to a Twitter tab with the click, clobbering my session/history. Is this a bug or conflict with another setting or add-on?

this doesn't happen for me. what's the other add-ons you have ?

I have things like CanvasBlocker, uBlock Origin, Tree Style Tabs, etc, and disabled third-party cookies. But nothing that should actively interfere with it. wrt containers, I have Multi-Account Containers, Containerise, and Temporary Containers. It happens every time I go to a URL that has an associated container I've made (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook etc).

I might try resetting my container plugins to see if I can clear it.

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