Reviews for Firefox Multi-Account Containers
Firefox Multi-Account Containers by Firefox
Review by Firefox user 17647243
Rated 2 out of 5
by Firefox user 17647243, 2 years agoI've been testing this extension out for a few weeks and frankly I'm fed up.
The idea is good but it's just not user friendly nor intuitive.
First off it's unclear whether or not every site in the same container can 'talk' to each other. For example: If I open a Shopping container on Amazon, then another Shopping container for Ebay, can the 2 sites share information with each other and profile me?
I tried looking for this question and answer online but came up empty handed. So to be on the safe side one would have to make a separate container for EVERY site they want to keep isolated. That includes separating domains from sub domains.
Second: Sites that I have assigned to containers don't automatically open in said containers. Navigating to the site via the address bar produces a message asking how I want to open the site. Selecting the "Remember my decision for this site" option does nothing, but perhaps that is due to my Firefox settings or other extensions that block cookies and trackers. You would think though that Firefox would make this extension compatible with their built in privacy options.
Third: It takes multiple steps/clicks to remove a site you accidentally add to a container. For me the "Manage Extension" button is cut off (regardless of how zoomed in or not I am) so it took me even longer than others probably to figure it out.
Many people seem to love this extension but frankly there's got to be a better, more hands off approach to stopping sites from tracking and profiling you. If you aren't looking to have every domain and sub domain separate maybe try it, but I will be looking at other options.
The idea is good but it's just not user friendly nor intuitive.
First off it's unclear whether or not every site in the same container can 'talk' to each other. For example: If I open a Shopping container on Amazon, then another Shopping container for Ebay, can the 2 sites share information with each other and profile me?
I tried looking for this question and answer online but came up empty handed. So to be on the safe side one would have to make a separate container for EVERY site they want to keep isolated. That includes separating domains from sub domains.
Second: Sites that I have assigned to containers don't automatically open in said containers. Navigating to the site via the address bar produces a message asking how I want to open the site. Selecting the "Remember my decision for this site" option does nothing, but perhaps that is due to my Firefox settings or other extensions that block cookies and trackers. You would think though that Firefox would make this extension compatible with their built in privacy options.
Third: It takes multiple steps/clicks to remove a site you accidentally add to a container. For me the "Manage Extension" button is cut off (regardless of how zoomed in or not I am) so it took me even longer than others probably to figure it out.
Many people seem to love this extension but frankly there's got to be a better, more hands off approach to stopping sites from tracking and profiling you. If you aren't looking to have every domain and sub domain separate maybe try it, but I will be looking at other options.
7,809 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19548448, 3 hours agoCannot use the containers without giving a rating so you get one star. Nagging is a shitty tactic.
Edit: A review is not enough. Are you actually forcing people to post on facebook and twitter to gain access to this extension? - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19548434, 3 hours agothe review nag is annoying, but the feature is great and works well
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19539687, 10 hours agoSuper useful extension. Enough for me to switch to Firefox.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Erica K., 10 hours agoI shouldn't have to rate, share, or otherwise promote an official Firefox extension just to be able to use it. Make sure this "feature" gets removed soon so I don't develop a competitor. 📎
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19547770, 12 hours agoGood functionality, but what's the deal with having to review...?
- Rated 2 out of 5by ayan, 14 hours ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19547520, 14 hours agoWhy does this junk app keep asking me to review it?
- Rated 2 out of 5by me18, 21 hours agoThis is very essential basic browser functionality which Mozilla have decided to lock behind a bunch of annoying nags and product promotions. Would be much better if it would just let me use the extension without wasting my time, and also if this functionality was integrated into Firefox.
- Great idea, but buggy when used for youtube and somewhat with google and gmail. Also some lesser problems with facebook and instagram. All these problems relate to trying to have different accounts in different containers. I caused me to come back to Mozilla Firefox. Please
- Good extension, but UX is broken.
the "Open this site in your assigned Container?" page should really allow me to choose which container, rather than having "Current" and "last" container.
its just a bit awkward to use as a developer, when you need to spin up multiple containers quickly - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19545776, 2 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16701147, 2 days agoI used to love this. But now it shows me a "You've opened 100 container tabs" popup every time I open it and insists that I write a review. Well, here's your review.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 6801012, 3 days agoAfter opening 100 tabs through it it turns into annoying nag ware that keeps begging to ratings and sharing EVERY SINGLE TIME you try to use it. Oh, and it only wants you to share through fascist platforms Facebook and Twitter.
Screw you Firefox. And no, don't dare to hide behind 'oopsie, bug'. This infantile behaviour shouldn't have been in here in the first place. Not even once. - Rated 5 out of 5by Nopanun Laochunhanun, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by dd1512, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Xary, 3 days agoThis extension right here is the smoking gun that convinced me to switch over to firefox, it's insanely useful and a great quality of life tool to manage multiple accounts and no other browser has this. I can now open (for example) YouTube with 2 different accounts or in a new container without an account. They can't track between each other, so it is of course a gigantic win for privacy too.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19542949, 3 days agoTake off the popup at 100 tabs and it'll be 5 star again.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19542940, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19542628, 4 days agoExcellent and unique feature of Firefox. Essential