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Temporary Containers by stoically

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Response by stoically

Developer response

posted 7 years ago
Glad you like the Add-on. A better way to "unbreak Isolation" than just setting the whole "Source-Page" to "Never" is definitely needed and already on the list, you can follow progress here: https://github.com/stoically/temporary-containers/issues/104

It'll work by also giving a way to "exclude target Domains" from Isolation. In this case, if you type a new URL into the address bar it'll still get "isolated", unless it's one of the explicitly excluded Domains. Differentiating between an explicitly typed into the address bar navigation and a navigation triggered by click or from the tab itself is, afaik, unfortunately not that easy possible. Feel free to comment on the GitHub Issue if you feel the planned changes aren't enough or you have other ideas about how to solve this.
280 reviews
  • by Firefox user 17346999, a day ago
    Thanks you so much for it. It worls very well.
    Options ar a little complicated but once setup it's a dream. And ALT+i for some online payment
  • by Firefox user 14499003, 2 days ago
  • by Hollytryx, 6 days ago
  • by Andy, a month ago
  • by PANICBUTTON, a month ago
    really helps me not get detected by fingerprint.com
  • by adamhybel, a month ago
    Temporary Containers is a fundamental privacy enhancement for Firefox, automatically isolating your browsing activity to minimize tracking.

    - Automatic Isolation: Opens websites, tabs, or clicks in new, disposable containers by default.
    - Reduces Tracking: Significantly limits cross-site tracking by preventing cookies and site data from following you across different websites or sessions.
    - Effortless Cleanup: Once the last tab in a temporary container is closed, the container and all its stored data (cookies, local storage) are automatically deleted, leaving minimal trace.
    - Simple & Automatic: Installs and works seamlessly in the background. Excellent privacy protection right away with smart defaults, yet offers configuration for specific needs.
    - Trustworthy & Open Source: Free, open-source, and dedicated to enhancing user privacy without compromises.

    That's it! Keep it enabled for a significantly more private browsing experience. Temporary Containers provides a powerful layer of compartmentalization with virtually no user effort required. A huge thank you to the developer(s) for creating and maintaining this essential privacy tool. Highly recommend.
  • by Ricky, 2 months ago
    works very well when i have auto fill info or when i just want to have history without persistent cookies
  • by Firefox user 18885841, 3 months ago
  • by elitesustenance, 4 months ago
  • by Firefox user 13866866, 5 months ago
  • by Tempdirz, 6 months ago
  • by firuz, 6 months ago
  • by UsernameTaken017, 6 months ago
    can you please please please add a dark mode to the settings page? Thanks
  • by djerius, 8 months ago
  • by Firefox user 18609881, 8 months ago
  • by Ak, 9 months ago
  • by Tucker, a year ago
    Works great! It'd be cool if there was a shortcut to convert temporary containers into permanent ones for when you create a new account that you want in a separate container.
  • by drk001, a year ago
  • by eriador, a year ago
    I love this addon and have been using it for 5 years now, but recently I noticed a weird issue: when I open a few links from my bookmarks in rapid succession, the tabs get stuck and I can't switch tabs anymore or do anything else. It doesn't happen when this addon is disabled.
  • by Firefox user 18433470, a year ago
    Fantastic add-in that I use daily for both personal and work-related needs.
  • by Arno, a year ago
    One of the best privacy addons I've installed in the last years
  • by geeknik, a year ago
  • by Durg, a year ago
    Rest in peace @stoically. This is a wonderful piece of work. If any eager coders out there can lend a hand in forking this project, I and many others would greatly appreciate that. My use case is to set the isolation behaviour on middle click to "always" so you can continue browsing within a given container, while opening new tabs in new ones.
  • by Benjie, a year ago
  • by Valentin Gatien-Baron, 2 years ago
    Works great.

    Due to "helpful" changes in firefox around the end of 2023, you may want to set `browser.link.force_default_user_context_id_for_external_opens` to true in about:config . Doing this ensures that links opened from other applications doesn't end up in some existing temporary containers. Details here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1874599 .