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Temporary Containers by stoically

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Review by Firefox user 14264986
by Firefox user 14264986, 7 years ago
Great extension to isolate user activity without doing much work by the user, in automatic mode. However, I noticed a few problems.
Right click menu on a link does not provide "open in new temporary container"
Dragging a selected text into the address bar, (which I imagine does something equivalent to opening a new tab, putting that text into the address bar and clicking 'go'.) actually does the whole thing in the same container I am in. This prevents the isolation.
Could this be caused by some settings? I use the recommended settings (Automatic mode and global setting of open cntrl+click or middle click into new container.)

Developer response

posted 6 years ago
Thanks! The context menu (right click) on a link should provide that option - and in my case it works. Sometimes HTML/CSS makes text look like links but in fact they are not actually "a-elements" which are needed for the context menu to work. You might want to check at several places and also make sure you didn't deactivate the context menu in the Advanced -> General -> Context Menu preferences. In case the problem persists I'd need more information; feel free to open a new issue on GitHub in this case: https://github.com/stoically/temporary-containers/issues

Dragging text into the address bar is not catched by "Mouse Clicks"-Isolation. You'd need to configure "Navigating in Tabs"-Isolation for that to work. The reason the Navigating-Isolation isn't recommended is that it breaks redirects to 3rd-party domains (e.g. SSO Logins, Payments) which need to be dealt with.
280 reviews
  • by Firefox user 17346999, 8 hours 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
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  • 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
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  • by UsernameTaken017, 6 months ago
    can you please please please add a dark mode to the settings page? Thanks
  • by djerius, 8 months ago
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  • 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 .