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minkul
Iron Contributor
Aug 02, 2019

Bring Multi-Account Container Tabs to Edge

Elliot Kirk David Rubino 

 

I really hope that Multi-Account Container Tabs feature is in the todo list of Edge team.

 

As you know, Firefox is the first major browser to introduce this innovative functionality for safe and organized browsing experience.  But Multi-Account Containers can also be used by web developers as an important and time saving tool. This can be one of the big differentiating features of Edge.

 

The Problem

While building multi-role web applications we need to constantly logout and login with different user accounts. There should be a better way to improve this workflow.

 

Current Solutions

  1. Incognito mode:
    Gives only one extra session.
  2. Multiple profiles:
    Different profiles are separate instances. Currently it is not possible to sync among multiple profiles. So even profiles allow multiple sessions, it is very difficult to use as a workaround for multi-container tabs. Specially without history, bookmarks, and passwords the benefit of multiple session is very little.

 

Better Solutions

  1. Multi-Account Container tabs
  2. Allow syncing among multiple local Edge profiles.
    Because it is not possible to create so many real online Outlook accounts to get container tabs like benefit.
    • To make it even helpful allow automatically merging data of selected local profiles to one chosen Outlook profile. 
    • Show option to re-create those local profiles when logs into Edge in another machine with that consolidated Outlook profile.

 

Thanks for reading

Minkul

  • Bradley_King's avatar
    Bradley_King
    Brass Contributor
    Aug 08, 2019

    minkul yes yes yes yes yes. this would be awesome! MS please make this happen. This would make edge my go to browser.

  • SpitFire-666's avatar
    SpitFire-666
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 19, 2022
    I'm forced to use Edge at work 😢 (long time Firefox user). Doing stuff (eg O365/Azure) as an admin is painful. I can use incognito mode but it has disadvantages like it doesn't remember passwords/logins and doesn't remember history/URLs (by design). Firefox's multi-account containers do not have these deficits.
    • umibozu's avatar
      umibozu
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 09, 2022

      SpitFire-666  in fact im using firefox for developing powerapps for my customers.... mutliple login, dozen of tokens ecc ecc...

       

      WIth firefox and containers no problem !

  • Jussi Palo's avatar
    Jussi Palo
    Iron Contributor
    May 11, 2020

    Multi-Account Container type of functionality is the only solution. The Profile Switching functionality currently in Edge serves absolutely no purpose, people just don't work like that.

  • thatrobotdev's avatar
    thatrobotdev
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 12, 2019

    Yes! I would love this feature. This is the one thing that is keeping me from switching from Firefox, mainly because I want to keep my school and home accounts separate. Multi-Account containers would be a very amazing feature.

  • do-io's avatar
    do-io
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 16, 2020

    I am in complete agreement to minkul. I've been using Multi-Account Containers with Firefox for a bit now and am realizing how nice it is to have my personal and work accounts separated from my bank, etc.

    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP
      Feb 19, 2020
      Yeah, btw Firefox 75 introduced container syncing so when you set up your containers and websites to be opened in them automatically, they will sync to other devices.
      Microsoft Edge should follow the same path 🙂
  • KibSquib48's avatar
    KibSquib48
    Brass Contributor
    May 10, 2021
    this feature is a must-have, I loved using it with firefox and would love it with edge
  • Racle90's avatar
    Racle90
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 17, 2022
    +1 for containers. They are an awesome feature in Firefox and it's really hard to even consider edge when that feature is missing.