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Re: Container Tabs

#11

Post by altano » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:08 PM UTC

This is awesome. Microsoft's identity system is a nightmare so switching between my Office 365 email account and my OneDrive/music accounts is always annoying. I'd love to be able to contain each and stay logged in to both accounts.

At work I test lots of user accounts on the same site and make heavy use of Chrome profiles for that. This would fill a similar role.

But while I'm glad to have them, no average user would ever understand any of these concepts as presented in these screenshots.

Re: Container Tabs

#12

Post by Timshel » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:08 PM UTC

grenoire wrote: post #4

I would love this feature and it would actually get me to switch to Firefox in a heartbeat. I'm currently using Chrome just because of the the (subjectively) better developer tools, but this is a feature that would make my life so much easier!

I use it every day with de developer edition you just need to switch the following in about:config :

`privacy.userContext.enabled` `privacy.userContext.ui.enabled`

The pref might be avaiable in other version too.

Re: Container Tabs

#13

Post by oblio » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:11 PM UTC

scrollaway wrote: post #10

grenoire wrote: post #4

I would love this feature and it would actually get me to switch to Firefox in a heartbeat. I'm currently using Chrome just because of the the (subjectively) better developer tools, but this is a feature that would make my life so much easier!

Firefox tab management is lackluster compared to Chrome; container tabs won't change that :/ Every time I try using Firefox I pretty quickly hit the limitation on selecting tabs. Chrome lets you select tabs like files in a file manager: Shift click for ranges, ctrl+click for adding/removing single tabs. You can then drag & drop the group in or out of various windows, close all at once, etc. Container tabs imho won't…

Firefox's default tab management might be worse than Chrome's, but once you add something like Tab Mix Plus into the mix, Chrome starts looking like a Ford Model T next to a Ferrari.

Re: Container Tabs

#14

Post by iokanuon » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:12 PM UTC

scrollaway wrote: post #10

grenoire wrote: post #4

I would love this feature and it would actually get me to switch to Firefox in a heartbeat. I'm currently using Chrome just because of the the (subjectively) better developer tools, but this is a feature that would make my life so much easier!

Firefox tab management is lackluster compared to Chrome; container tabs won't change that :/ Every time I try using Firefox I pretty quickly hit the limitation on selecting tabs. Chrome lets you select tabs like files in a file manager: Shift click for ranges, ctrl+click for adding/removing single tabs. You can then drag & drop the group in or out of various windows, close all at once, etc. Container tabs imho won't…

Try the Tree Style Tab addon for Firefox. Managing 100+ tabs in Firefox is a breeze. I can't bring myself to use Chrome now.

Re: Container Tabs

#15

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:12 PM UTC

scrollaway wrote: post #10

grenoire wrote: post #4

I would love this feature and it would actually get me to switch to Firefox in a heartbeat. I'm currently using Chrome just because of the the (subjectively) better developer tools, but this is a feature that would make my life so much easier!

Firefox tab management is lackluster compared to Chrome; container tabs won't change that :/ Every time I try using Firefox I pretty quickly hit the limitation on selecting tabs. Chrome lets you select tabs like files in a file manager: Shift click for ranges, ctrl+click for adding/removing single tabs. You can then drag & drop the group in or out of various windows, close all at once, etc. Container tabs imho won't…

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Re: Container Tabs

#16

Post by richardboegli » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:13 PM UTC

scrollaway wrote: post #10

grenoire wrote: post #4

I would love this feature and it would actually get me to switch to Firefox in a heartbeat. I'm currently using Chrome just because of the the (subjectively) better developer tools, but this is a feature that would make my life so much easier!

Firefox tab management is lackluster compared to Chrome; container tabs won't change that :/ Every time I try using Firefox I pretty quickly hit the limitation on selecting tabs. Chrome lets you select tabs like files in a file manager: Shift click for ranges, ctrl+click for adding/removing single tabs. You can then drag & drop the group in or out of various windows, close all at once, etc. Container tabs imho won't…

I've haven't used Firefox since moving over to Pale Moon, but I'd suggest trying out Tree Style tabs to help you manage your tabs.

Re: Container Tabs

#17

Post by richardboegli » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:13 PM UTC

iokanuon wrote: post #14

scrollaway wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox tab management is lackluster compared to Chrome; container tabs won't change that :/ Every time I try using Firefox I pretty quickly hit the limitation on selecting tabs. Chrome lets you select tabs like files in a file manager: Shift click for ranges, ctrl+click for adding/removing single tabs. You can then drag & drop the group in or out of various windows, close all at once, etc. Container tabs imho won't…

Try the Tree Style Tab addon for Firefox. Managing 100+ tabs in Firefox is a breeze. I can't bring myself to use Chrome now.

Great minds think a like ;)

Re: Container Tabs

#18

Post by richardboegli » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:15 PM UTC

altano wrote: post #9

hkjgkjy wrote: post #2

As a user, I actually just want my browser to contain less features. Vendors add and add and add features. If I want different user profiles, I already have many users on my OS - I just switch between them. When Chrome came out, I and many others switched to it just because it was lacking so many features. It was great!

Chrome actually already has this feature in the form of profiles. See the top-right icon.

Yes it does and I have been using this. But it seems to be per window not tab. Unless I've missed something?

Re: Container Tabs

#19

Post by Timshel » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:20 PM UTC

thewisenerd wrote: post #7

why isn't "Saved Passwords" and "Saved Search and Form data" separated between containers? There have been autofill/form-data attacks in the past[0] and there was a story recently on HN's front page showing the same[1]. I'd like to point out that mozilla already has a configuration option to disable form data saving on https sites, 'browser.formfill.saveHttpsForms'. Why?[2] > Right; the idea is to eliminate "opportun…

Probably because of usability, they are still exploring how to integrate it in the browser (it will probably stay hidden behind a pref for a while). Right now no configuration screen is aware of the container feature.

Re: Container Tabs

#20

Post by gtirloni » Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 3:21 PM UTC

richardboegli wrote: post #18

altano wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chrome actually already has this feature in the form of profiles. See the top-right icon.

Yes it does and I have been using this. But it seems to be per window not tab. Unless I've missed something?

It's per window and it remembers the last profile used. I find it hard to manage as other apps will open links on the active window, which might be in the incorrect profile I want to use at that time.

I like this new feature in Firefox. OS-level profiles being the slowest method, Chrome profiles being faster but with this annoyances (for me)... Firefox new container tabs look like a more lightweight/faster method for context separation.