FBfbender·Nov 18, 2017
Please check and file these bugs here: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers – I assume you are using this extension?
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Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs that preserve your privacy. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple identities or accounts simultaneously.
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What it is
Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs that preserve your privacy. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple identities or accounts simultaneously.
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Where it is used
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What people are saying
I Love the Multi account feature. And its related extentions Google and facebook containers. And especially the Temporary Container extension. [1] Only hassle I have is that I…
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
16 sourcesAlthough I have no idea how an interface for something like this would look, it does sound like an excellent idea! Could you suggest it here if it has't been suggested yet? https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues
In An Update on Firefox ContainersI agree this would be awesome, in the meantime they have an extension that gets you most of the way there: push button get new tab in a new container.
https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/#readme
In An Update on Firefox ContainersOr use the multi-account container addon: Which will get you a new container, in a new tab with 1 click.
https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/#readme
In An Update on Firefox ContainersAs I've already remarked here[0] on github, the real problem is that you're forced to choose the container before you decide what you're doing in the new tab.
[0]: https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues/245#i...
In Firefox Multi-Account ContainersNo, but please upvote if you also want this feature ;)
https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues/47
In Firefox Multi-Account ContainersI went searching and found this issue, which is still open:
https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues/245
"Opening a new tab from a container window opens a normal tab and not a
container tab"
I should note that the last comment on that issue was made in July, so I went ahead and commented asking about adding a setting to change the new-tab container inheritance behavior.
In Firefox Multi-Account ContainersWe love getting issues on our GitHub repo:
https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers
And we're asking folks to upvote their favorite issues, so we can point more add-on developers at these lists. Since we can't solve for every workflow and use-case, we really want to enable an ecosystem of container-aware addons. (Some of the other comments here link to the already-growing number of container-aware addons)
And check out https://developer.mozilla.org/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/cont... if you're interested in making your own.
In Firefox Multi-Account ContainersYes, I wish it worked this way! Even if with another shortcut that's ok too.
GitHub issue: https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues/462
In Firefox Multi-Account ContainersYou can still install the github version in addition to that, which should give you that feature again! https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers#readme
In Firefox Multi-Account ContainersPlease share your UX problems on the Containers experiment's GitHub issues! Getting early user feedback is why we're testing more Firefox features as experiments. :)
https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues
In Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS MasksRelevant discussion here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245262 and here: https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues/119.
In Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS MasksAnother good idea. I filed an issue in the repo for this. Add +1's here:
https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues/343
In Containers Come to Firefox Test PilotThe following GitHub issue tracks that feature request. It might be cool to ship a default classification list for common banking and shopping sites so they are already "contained".
https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues/306
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