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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.
69 mentions on Hacker News by 55 people: 2 stories, 67 comments · first 2017-03-02 · latest 2024-08-26
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…& build it for myself, but the codebase relating to that was just a mindfuck to work on... [0] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/1566 TL;DR: https://xkcd.com/619
comment by rrr_oh_man · 2024-08-26 · in Fixing a bug in Google Chrome as a first-time contributor -
…Profiles behaves correctly and (AFAIK) is scoped just to that Profile unlike our container friend: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3... I still use them because combined with…
comment by mdaniel · 2023-07-17 · in Ask HN: Why does Firefox have such a low market share anyways? -
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Disabling and Enabling Firefox Multi-Account Containers Loses All Containersstory by susam · 2023-07-12 · 0 comments
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Disabling and Enabling Firefox Multi-Account Containers Loses All Containersstory by susam · 2023-07-11 · 0 comments
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…because Firefox was crashing when I tried sorting 2000 tabs with two different extensions [1]. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/2...
comment by rolandog · 2023-02-16 · in Sorting 400+ Chrome tabs in seconds -
…an open issue for that. [2] [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con... [2] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/2...
comment by flurdy · 2023-02-13 · in Multi-Account Containers -
…to delete data (cache, cookies and local storage) per container. Look for that in a future release. https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/pull/249...
comment by mozillamaxx · 2023-02-13 · in Multi-Account Containers -
…is still no first-party support for resetting the cache or the cookies in a per-container fashion. https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
comment by jhanschoo · 2023-02-03 · in Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now -
…for the browser containers 1: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/multi-account-conta... and https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers#readme
comment by mdaniel · 2022-10-18 · in Firefox Private Browsing mode upgrade -
…year old issue for expanding matching support[1]. Some days I think about trying to hack on it. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/4...
comment by rektide · 2022-05-28 · in Firefox Extension – Multi-Account Containers by Firefox -
…5. https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix 6. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#ublock-origin 7. https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers#readme 8. https://decentraleyes.org/ 9. https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect
comment by Anthony-G · 2022-02-06 · in Play Wordle from Your Terminal -
…in the active container and one of them does not. This is a dealbreaker for me and kills the hype. https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
comment by warent · 2022-02-01 · in Multi-Account Containers Add-on on Mozilla VPN -
Related issue: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/2...
comment by ComodoHacker · 2021-11-26 · in Multi-Account Containers to “Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox” -
…before a release. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web... [2] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/pull/215... [3] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/pull/218...
comment by dessant · 2021-11-26 · in Multi-Account Containers to “Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox” -
…code and publish it yourself. Though possibly you can also just download and install that directly? https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/releases...
comment by Vinnl · 2021-11-26 · in Multi-Account Containers to “Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox” -
…the sync server refuses all write operations and delete call apparently counts as a write. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/1... [2] https://github.com/stoically/temporary-containers/issues/371
comment by avian · 2021-11-26 · in Multi-Account Containers to “Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox” -
…feature, but aren't quite there yet. For example, history is currently not isolated per container: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/1... https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1283320 Multiple browser…
comment by pulsarmx · 2021-10-05 · in Firefox 93 -
…last year on per-container proxy support. Follow this issue for (hopefully soon) progress here: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/pull/190...
comment by mozillamaxx · 2021-08-30 · in Guide to Firefox Containers (2018) -
…unlike every other add-on ... ever. Bug is three years old but maybe we can push it over the top: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/1...
comment by paulryanrogers · 2021-04-09 · in uBlock Origin works best on Firefox -
…and the power thing is not a huge issue if I'm sitting wired in all day anyway. [1]: My criticisms: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/1...
comment by mikepurvis · 2021-03-15 · in Mozilla plans to remove the Compact Density option from Firefox's Customize menu -
…Brave implemented this and did it right (with sorting & reordering) I would consider switching. [0] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/pull/160...
comment by mahalel · 2021-01-19 · in IPFS Support in Brave -
…are a bunch of challenges with regard to what you allow a container to access. Here's one issue: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/4... .
comment by atombender · 2020-12-17 · in Firefox Was Always Enough -
…the setting on a per domain/Container in the UI. Follow along for the root domain issue here: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/1...
comment by mozillamaxx · 2020-09-22 · in Firefox 81.0 -
…you delete the offending data. [1] https://github.com/stoically/temporary-containers/issues/371 [2] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/1...
comment by avian · 2020-06-03 · in Google sued for secretly amassing vast trove of user data -
I didn't see multi-account containers mentioned: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers#readme That one changed my life. It allows me to log into different AWS accounts at the same time. Also different Gmail accounts at once…
comment by jedberg · 2020-05-21 · in Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a little better -
…that includes a "Limit to Designated Sites" feature in the base Multi-Account Containers extension: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/pull/165...
comment by groovecoder · 2020-03-10 · in Firefox 74 -
https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/pull/161... was just merged earlier today that introduces the sync function.
comment by nesl247 · 2020-02-11 · in Firefox 73 -
M-A-C dev here ... We're actually pretty deep into the work of adding sync to M-A-C. https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/pull/161... Predictably, synchronizing data is complicated, so it's taking a while and we're trying to…
comment by groovecoder · 2020-01-15 · in Firefox Multi-Account Containers -
…this and use it daily but am sad that they don’t sync between machines (and the discussion over at https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3... is a bit disenhartening)
comment by rcarmo · 2020-01-14 · in Firefox Multi-Account Containers -
…simplest form of cookie management: Private Windows. I know there's been some discussion on sync: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3... . As of Dec 2019, it looks like some traction will be coming to syncing just…
comment by groovybits · 2020-01-14 · in Firefox Multi-Account Containers -
…if you use multiple computers, you'll be spending a lot of time duplicating the configuration: See https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
comment by acdha · 2020-01-14 · in Firefox Multi-Account Containers -
…accessible with other containers. For example, a Shopping container should have its own history. ( https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/4... )
comment by dmachop · 2020-01-14 · in Firefox Multi-Account Containers -
(3 months ago) https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3... > With #1537, our next release starts to address container-bookmark integration & UX. As @MichaelTunnell points out, it does not solve ALL of the…
comment by floatingatoll · 2020-01-14 · in Firefox Multi-Account Containers -
I love it. Wish container settings would be synced though: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3... #1 most requested feature so there's hope, although it's been open for over two years. Maybe now that the new…
comment by sleepless · 2019-10-12 · in A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store -
…Firefox containers. Per-container or per-tab VPN sessions in a web browser would be neat. Related: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
comment by foresto · 2019-08-31 · in A deep dive into Linux namespaces, part 4 -
I too lost my multi-containers and assignments. I was just reading this (2017) discussion: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3... and noticed mention of file 'containers.json', which I found in my current Firefox…
comment by 8bitsrule · 2019-05-06 · in Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons -
…They basically explain they won't add it to sync data because there is no containers on mobile. https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
comment by lugg · 2019-05-05 · in Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons -
…Containers" extension developed by Mozilla with some default settings for Facebook and Google. https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers
comment by kasbah · 2019-02-22 · in Firefox to Block All 3rd Party Trackers by Default -
I had a look at the github issue, and what worked was this comment: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/8... You can try this if it affects you.
comment by bubblethink · 2019-01-30 · in Firefox 65.0 released -
…the issue on my machine. (By the way, the link includes an extra underscore. The correct one is https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/8... )
comment by snazz · 2019-01-29 · in Firefox 65.0 released -
…was web.whatsapp.com. I think this is the tracker, although I didn't really look too much into it ( https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/8... Edit: fixed link
comment by bubblethink · 2019-01-29 · in Firefox 65.0 released -
…is a shortcut to open a new tab using current container[0]. it would make usage a lot easier. [0] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/4...
comment by fernandotakai · 2018-12-07 · in Goodbye, EdgeHTML -
…close to what I'm after.. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sticky-contai... [0] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
comment by thehenster · 2018-12-07 · in Goodbye, EdgeHTML -
…an issue to add something similar to Multi-Account Containers, not sure what the status is on that: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/8...
comment by hcs · 2018-12-03 · in Firefox Profilemaker -
It is many folks', and we appreciate the feedback. Hopefully things will get better soon: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
comment by tomrittervg · 2018-11-14 · in Private by Design: How We Built Firefox Sync -
…to a certain domain[1]. However, as it functions now, my containers are easily polluted. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/8...
comment by unicornporn · 2018-09-25 · in Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of Chrome browser change -
I am not sure if that'll be the case. The Multi Account Container ( https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers ) seems like it's dead. No new commits since end of March and according to https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-cont…
comment by TheWiseOne · 2018-09-05 · in Firefox 62.0 Released -
…EDIT: ah, well, I found the relevant github issue. Looks like there's years of arguing yet to go! https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
comment by kemayo · 2018-06-26 · in Firefox 61.0 Released -
…containers (again, such a shame). There's an open issue [1], but no resolution yet as it seems. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
comment by dark_ph0enix · 2018-06-26 · in Firefox 61.0 Released -
…because the extension doesn't seem to support the "Never remember history" browser option. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
comment by perennate · 2018-03-27 · in Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you’re being tracked