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Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by fbender » Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 9:14 AM UTC

inferiorhuman wrote: post #703

fbender wrote: post #640

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Please describe the behaviour you're seeing vs. expecting. Is the session not restoring the URLs in the right container? That sounds like a bug to me. The container names (if you change from default) should be stored in the settings – if not, something is wrong on your machine. If you want to always open some specific URLs on start, pin those tabs.

I updated the container names, colors, and icons. Opened a few tabs here and there. Installed a user agent switching plugin. Restarted to enable said plugin. While the session was restored, including the containers, the non-default container names/meta info were not. Tabs in non-default containers showed up with no labels, and there was no apparent way to open up a new tab in one of the custom containers. Also, chang…

Please check and file these bugs here: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers – I assume you are using this extension?

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by geekamongus » Sun, Nov 19, 2017, 12:53 PM UTC

jonathankoren wrote: post #600

geekamongus wrote: post #346

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Pinboard seems to be minimally maintained. I've tried contacting the developer (it is just one guy) and have had no response. A bit concerning, if you ask me.

You can always try Pocket. It's both mobile and desktop browser base, and supports search and tagging. Oh, and it's and it's built into Firefox now. DISCLOSURE: I work for Mozilla, and Pocket in particular.

Thanks...since Firefox Quantum blew me away the other day, I have been playing with Pocket. It's actually pretty cool.

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by idle_processor » Sun, Nov 19, 2017, 10:58 PM UTC

callahad wrote: post #503

idle_processor wrote: post #498

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> 3. Firefox also has completely separate profiles, in addition to container tabs. The UI isn't as polished as in Chrome, but it works: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-... Chrome allows users to simultaneously run multiple profile instances, each with it own profile. Firefox didn't seem to support that. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... (or a similar addon) mi…

Firefox does support multiple isolated instances, just without a prominent UI. You can use the Profile Manager ( https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-... ) or command-line flags to launch and manage separate profiles. The UX around multi-account containers is still being worked on, but the contextualIdentities WebExtension API ( https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/AP... )…

In case anyone comes back and sees this thread, instructions for launching different profiles simultaneously can be found here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Opening_a_new_instance_of_Firefox_...