Reviews for Firefox Multi-Account Containers
Firefox Multi-Account Containers by Firefox
Review by Moz://FifthAxiom
Rated 1 out of 5
by Moz://FifthAxiom, 6 years ago--------------------------------------
THIS WONT WORK (THE EASY WAY):
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Misleading quote: "Avoid leaving social-network footprints all over the web (for example, you could use a Container tab for signing in to a social network, and use a different tab for visiting online news sites, keeping your social identity separate from tracking scripts on news sites)."
You'll need to add an option to change its behavior. When opening a site in a container (e.g. Bing-search) - clicking a link - the new (unassigned) site will stay in the same container thus enabling tracking. Pretty useless this way. Although useful for using different profiles, it's not secure/private.
Options to add (user-decided behavior):
- Open new unassigned sites in the default container, a temporary container or current container (you can reassign later)
- Switch/assign (via toolbar button) the current site to different container (assign/move/copy to a new container for site)
- Changing to a new container will open a new tab or use the current tab (a new tab to avoid losing *cursing* history)
- Option to open web sites in their own containers without the user assigning a container (auto-created for TLD's) *
- Possibility to select a default container for a site assigned to multiple containers or use last container used
- Possibility to sort container labels
- Add an overview of which site/data is contained in which container
- Try to also use the omni-box for extra functions (assigned container switching) since the container-label is already there
* When reassigned by user the auto-created container is renamed or merged with an existing container
EDIT 1: Rating lowered from 2 to 1 star until problems are solved. Totally wrong implementation (the omni-box becoming useless and is imprisoned by this add-on). I get the idea but it's wrong. Visiting Facebook, then entering a different URL, will keep you in the Facebook container. Track-track-track. Just too much concentration and handling is needed to keep things real secure. For now this extension is just a kind of identity switcher within the same Firefox user-profile. Why not then just create an add-on to switch to another user-profile with a toolbar drop down-menu? At least that's clear and transparent. This surely isn't! For this to work properly you've to create a container for every URL/cluster of sites you visit. We need Firefox Web Clusters/Containers.
EDIT 2: Found out that sites are currently not even linked to containers (only cache/cookie data) which was not my assumption. It starts your selected container and stores data in that container separating data from other containers. The problem here is that selecting a default container for a specific site results in not being able to switch accounts for that specific site. A contradicting (dis)function.
Abstract/Résumé:
- You can switch profiles by selecting containers in the toolbar-button (entering the URL again)
- Ones assigned to a specific default container, you can't switch profiles
- You'll need to be careful entering websites you're not willing to have in the container since this enables tracking *
- To protect you from tracking you'll need (an) extension(s) that isolates Facebook, etc. from all other containers **
* You'll notice you're logged off from web sites (don't log in but start a new container). This extension is (not) for dummies.
** There's a Facebook container that doesn't work i.c.w. other forks (Google, Twitter, etc.). Also you can't switch profiles.
EDIT 3: For a workable solution install these extra add-ons
- Switch Container (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/switch-container/)
- Temporary Containers (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-containers/)
Moz://FifthAxiom
THIS WONT WORK (THE EASY WAY):
--------------------------------------
Misleading quote: "Avoid leaving social-network footprints all over the web (for example, you could use a Container tab for signing in to a social network, and use a different tab for visiting online news sites, keeping your social identity separate from tracking scripts on news sites)."
You'll need to add an option to change its behavior. When opening a site in a container (e.g. Bing-search) - clicking a link - the new (unassigned) site will stay in the same container thus enabling tracking. Pretty useless this way. Although useful for using different profiles, it's not secure/private.
Options to add (user-decided behavior):
- Open new unassigned sites in the default container, a temporary container or current container (you can reassign later)
- Switch/assign (via toolbar button) the current site to different container (assign/move/copy to a new container for site)
- Changing to a new container will open a new tab or use the current tab (a new tab to avoid losing *cursing* history)
- Option to open web sites in their own containers without the user assigning a container (auto-created for TLD's) *
- Possibility to select a default container for a site assigned to multiple containers or use last container used
- Possibility to sort container labels
- Add an overview of which site/data is contained in which container
- Try to also use the omni-box for extra functions (assigned container switching) since the container-label is already there
* When reassigned by user the auto-created container is renamed or merged with an existing container
EDIT 1: Rating lowered from 2 to 1 star until problems are solved. Totally wrong implementation (the omni-box becoming useless and is imprisoned by this add-on). I get the idea but it's wrong. Visiting Facebook, then entering a different URL, will keep you in the Facebook container. Track-track-track. Just too much concentration and handling is needed to keep things real secure. For now this extension is just a kind of identity switcher within the same Firefox user-profile. Why not then just create an add-on to switch to another user-profile with a toolbar drop down-menu? At least that's clear and transparent. This surely isn't! For this to work properly you've to create a container for every URL/cluster of sites you visit. We need Firefox Web Clusters/Containers.
EDIT 2: Found out that sites are currently not even linked to containers (only cache/cookie data) which was not my assumption. It starts your selected container and stores data in that container separating data from other containers. The problem here is that selecting a default container for a specific site results in not being able to switch accounts for that specific site. A contradicting (dis)function.
Abstract/Résumé:
- You can switch profiles by selecting containers in the toolbar-button (entering the URL again)
- Ones assigned to a specific default container, you can't switch profiles
- You'll need to be careful entering websites you're not willing to have in the container since this enables tracking *
- To protect you from tracking you'll need (an) extension(s) that isolates Facebook, etc. from all other containers **
* You'll notice you're logged off from web sites (don't log in but start a new container). This extension is (not) for dummies.
** There's a Facebook container that doesn't work i.c.w. other forks (Google, Twitter, etc.). Also you can't switch profiles.
EDIT 3: For a workable solution install these extra add-ons
- Switch Container (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/switch-container/)
- Temporary Containers (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-containers/)
Moz://FifthAxiom
7,692 reviews
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Zoro, 7 days agoLa verdad me encanto, solo es cosa de acostumbrarte y por lo menos en mac va volando, me gusta mas que safari
- Rated 5 out of 5by igorlogius, 8 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Za_18, 10 days agoFantastico, quello che cercavo! Grandissima idea e realizzazione super efficace!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14443769, 11 days agoA great tool to stay logged in on LinkedIn without sharing cookies to other sites.
NB: Searching google in such a container is not what one might want. It means you visit the results in the same container - so google will follow you. - Rated 5 out of 5by Dan Lee, 11 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by 白天鹅, 12 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19248971, 12 days agoL'unica estensione che funziona bene come multi profilo social, l'ho dovuta usare con la versione 135 perchè con gli ultimi aggiornamenti si freezava sempre il gioco di facebook
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19016004, 13 days agoThe best way to keep work and personal tabs seperate. You don't have to bother with swapping accounts, just open a container and your login info is saved!
- Rated 5 out of 5by jean, 17 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Angelux, 18 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by a8, 19 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19234241, 19 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Marzio, 20 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13874759, 20 days agoAdicionei sem querer uma 'página interna' à lista de sites forçados de um container. Aparece um ícone de globo cinza e nenhum texto. Tentei excluir clicando na lixeira ao lado. O item desaparece, mas a exclusão não é salva. Quando volto a mesma lista, o item está lá da mesma forma. Além disso, uma opção para exportar as listas de sites é um recurso desejável.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Lucas, 22 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Aidin, 23 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Elia, 23 days agoça serais sympas de pouvoir relier les containers à des groupe d'onglet ou de pouvoir cacher les autres container si on le souhaite
- Rated 5 out of 5by tt-qq, 24 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rajneesh, a month agoUsing containers has really simplified my browsing experience - however what would really help is if there was a way to clear cookies, browsing history, local cache etc. for a specific container.