Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by twapi » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC

Firefox Containers Preview
blog.mozilla.org

Re: Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by vintagedave » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC

Oddly enough I thought Firefox had that a few years ago. I forget what I used - maybe a Mozilla extension? - but it even colour-coded tabs.

Am I wrong? Was it unofficial? A hack?

Re: Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by notatoad » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC

vintagedave wrote: post #2

Oddly enough I thought Firefox had that a few years ago. I forget what I used - maybe a Mozilla extension? - but it even colour-coded tabs. Am I wrong? Was it unofficial? A hack?

> For almost a decade, many of you have relied on our Multi-Account Containers extension to keep work, personal, and privacy-sensitive browsing separate without needing multiple browsers or profiles.

> We’ve heard your feedback and understood the value you find in that separation. Now, we’re bringing the power of the Multi-Account Containers extension directly into the heart of Firefox for all to benefit from.

Re: Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC

vintagedave wrote: post #2

Oddly enough I thought Firefox had that a few years ago. I forget what I used - maybe a Mozilla extension? - but it even colour-coded tabs. Am I wrong? Was it unofficial? A hack?

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Re: Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by NoGravitas » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC

vintagedave wrote: post #2

Oddly enough I thought Firefox had that a few years ago. I forget what I used - maybe a Mozilla extension? - but it even colour-coded tabs. Am I wrong? Was it unofficial? A hack?

It was an official extension, distributed separately from Firefox, but it was so ubiquitous and a dependency for so many other Firefox extensions, that it would be unusual to not have it installed.

Re: Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by Alifatisk » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC

vintagedave wrote: post #2

Oddly enough I thought Firefox had that a few years ago. I forget what I used - maybe a Mozilla extension? - but it even colour-coded tabs. Am I wrong? Was it unofficial? A hack?

Firefox multicontainers I think it is

Re: Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:04 PM UTC

vintagedave wrote: post #2

Oddly enough I thought Firefox had that a few years ago. I forget what I used - maybe a Mozilla extension? - but it even colour-coded tabs. Am I wrong? Was it unofficial? A hack?

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Re: Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by zache6 » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:04 PM UTC

vintagedave wrote: post #2

Oddly enough I thought Firefox had that a few years ago. I forget what I used - maybe a Mozilla extension? - but it even colour-coded tabs. Am I wrong? Was it unofficial? A hack?

The article mentions this extension; it seems like what you're describing: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

Re: Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by ars » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC

I'm a little confused here, I've been using the containers feature already for years now on Firefox. And I have no add-on installed for it, it just works.

So what is it that they're adding?

Re: Firefox Containers Preview

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Post by ars » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC

zache6 wrote: post #8

vintagedave wrote: post #2

Oddly enough I thought Firefox had that a few years ago. I forget what I used - maybe a Mozilla extension? - but it even colour-coded tabs. Am I wrong? Was it unofficial? A hack?

The article mentions this extension; it seems like what you're describing: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

I have containers on Firefox, and I do NOT have this extension installed.