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Re: Facebook Container Extension

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Post by whazor »

adql wrote: post #9
_fat_santa wrote: post #3

Related: Multi Account Containers - Same thing as the facebook container but more generi - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... Temporary Containers - Same container concept but you can create and destroy them on the fly - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...

I was wondering about it, why the hell they develop 2 different container extensions ?

There is the internal container system in Firefox, and you need an extension to use it. At my work, we use this functionality to login into multiple accounts at once, for the same site.

Re: Facebook Container Extension

#52

Post by anhner »

rendaw wrote: post #21
_fat_santa wrote: post #3

Related: Multi Account Containers - Same thing as the facebook container but more generi - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... Temporary Containers - Same container concept but you can create and destroy them on the fly - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...

After reading about it repeatedly here, I finally tried Multi Account Containers and I'm disappointed. I want to press a button and get site X open in container Y. But as it is, after searching for the container, you then have to search for the website you want to open in it separately. It makes having lots of containers hard, plus there's the risk of accidentally opening sites in your "main container", etc. You have…

have you tried right click > open in container > choose container?

or right click on the tab > reopen in container > choose container

Re: Facebook Container Extension

#54

Post by Timshel »

ajvs wrote: post #47

This is redundant now that Firefox has Total Cookie Protection (AKA Dynamic First-Party Isolation) on by default[1]. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/firefox-rolls-out-total-...

Not really unless I miss something you can bypass site isolation with just some basic chain redirection. In the case of container even if you redirect to facebook you won't have much info unless you are logged in this container.

Re: Facebook Container Extension

#55

Post by plaguepilled »

personjerry wrote: post #29

Does Ghostery do this for me already?

Not sure, but Ghostery is actually not recommended these days as they do a bit of tracking that you might not expect [0].

As a result, multi-tab containers, temp containers, and total cookie protection can be seen as better alternatives.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/fbb9wo/please_reth...

Re: Facebook Container Extension

#56

Post by hysan »

aeturnum wrote: post #33
hysan wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Felt the same exact way. I’ve tried multiple times to give Firefox containers a try, but the UX is just horribly designed. So much so that I don’t think they even care about it as a feature. It feels more like a publicity stunt. If a browser could deliver a usable container experience, I would instantly switch to it.

Oh really? I find them excellent. I don't know how you're trying to use them - but I have a "work" window, which opens new containers in the "work" container (which has all my work accounts). It's a great way to keep accounts separate and it's one of my favorite parts of Firefox.

The last time I tried, which was a while back, two things that bothered me:

- there was no way to make CMD/CTRL+T open a new tab in the same container context as the one you were currently in. To me, this seems like an obvious UX flaw. If you’re browsing in a container, the actions you’re doing should keep you in that container unless you consciously want to switch.

- building on that, there was no option to right click and open a link in a different container. These two features would make container use feel far more natural, and likely make adoption much easier.

If those two features have been implemented, I will give Firefox and containers another go. If not, then I’d like to know what your workflow is and why it is a more natural UX.

Bonus points: make the first option configurable. Extra bonus points, for the second feature, have a right click option to open in a new container.

Edit: since I know I bookmarked it, I went and dug up the bug report for that first feature:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245262

It’s 7 years old and still open. A quick glance shows that discussion is still ongoing today, so I assume it isn’t possible. Given how long it has been actively discussed, I don’t think it would be far fetched to say that my expected use case is not odd.

Re: Facebook Container Extension

#57

Post by plaguepilled »

_fat_santa wrote: post #3

Related: Multi Account Containers - Same thing as the facebook container but more generi - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... Temporary Containers - Same container concept but you can create and destroy them on the fly - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...

I love these two, but I actually have a third, even more paranoid option for you to ponder: LibreWolf with default settings.

It has total cookie protection (meaning tabs don't co-mingle) and u-block origin is on by default. Finally, history is wiped on browser close. This, IMO, is on par with the aforementioned plug ins, but is more "uniform" in the sense that every librewolf install is identical.

Additionally, librewolf has WAY less telemetry out of the box than Firefox, which is always nice.

Re: Facebook Container Extension

#58

Post by ajb »

sfmike wrote: post #30
cypherpunks01 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These extensions are killer, and are the primary reason I use Firefox. No other browsers have similar functionality at all that I've found. For me, it's the best setup I've found in terms of cookie/session management. By default, I do want every new tab I open to come with a clean slate of no cookies, local storage, SQLite, or whatever other storage/tracking mechanisms are invented. If I need to open up a Google serv…

does anyone know why chrome can't do containers, this is also why i use firefox

It does have profiles, which can be used in the same way. Haven't used it in a while, I think the limitation is that you can't use a different profile per tab; you need a whole new window

Re: Facebook Container Extension

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Post by xdfgh1112 »

aeturnum wrote: post #33
hysan wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Felt the same exact way. I’ve tried multiple times to give Firefox containers a try, but the UX is just horribly designed. So much so that I don’t think they even care about it as a feature. It feels more like a publicity stunt. If a browser could deliver a usable container experience, I would instantly switch to it.

Oh really? I find them excellent. I don't know how you're trying to use them - but I have a "work" window, which opens new containers in the "work" container (which has all my work accounts). It's a great way to keep accounts separate and it's one of my favorite parts of Firefox.

Worth noting that Chrome has multiple profile support too, so you can keep work separate if you like. I don't think it's quite as powerful as Firefox containers though.

Re: Facebook Container Extension

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Post by tecleandor »

plaguepilled wrote: post #57
_fat_santa wrote: post #3

Related: Multi Account Containers - Same thing as the facebook container but more generi - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... Temporary Containers - Same container concept but you can create and destroy them on the fly - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...

I love these two, but I actually have a third, even more paranoid option for you to ponder: LibreWolf with default settings. It has total cookie protection (meaning tabs don't co-mingle) and u-block origin is on by default. Finally, history is wiped on browser close. This, IMO, is on par with the aforementioned plug ins, but is more "uniform" in the sense that every librewolf install is identical. Additionally, libre…

Truth is the first time I check this, but theoretically it was also deployed by default to Firefox some months ago (and I see it activated in my Nightly install).

Have any of you seen/noticed a difference when TCP is enabled? I wasn't paying attention when it was deployed.

The history (and other stuff) wiping is something I'm thinking about doing, but just for "health". I tend to accumulate open tabs to review later... that I never review. I started doing it in my cell phone, opening all links by default in private/expendable tabs. If the apps closes, they're gone. If the link is interesting, I'll do the effort of manually saving it somewhere.

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