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Edge container tabs
I'm of the same opinion of TrafGib. Sadly I think the days of Firefox are numbered. It has been my primary browser practically since it's inception. It is truly the one browser that could do everything for me.
My hope is that Microsoft will push Edge Chromium to the same level of privacy, flexibility and configurability of Firefox. With a few extensions I have been able to approximate the experience enough to use Edge on a daily basis.
As for this request specifically, although not a complete substitute, I have found the SessionBox extension (https://sessionbox.io/discover) to be a replacement for some of the uses of Firefox Containers. Specifically, I need to maintain multiple sessions to some services using multiple accounts, and for this SessionBox works.
So far, the privacy tools they have built into Edge are impressive. It seems that Microsoft has been sensitive to users waking up to privacy concerns and a desire to better manage it. My threat model is not high. I simply want to avoid being tracked for the purpose of tailored adds, marketing, etc. The built in Edge tools, combined with Cookie AutoDelete and uBlock Origin have proven to be every bit as good as Firefox, for that purpose. I tried a few months of Edge with uBlock Origin disabled and I must say that I noticed little, to no, difference in the results. I think it just boils down to which tool you let catch the things you are trying to avoid first. The BIGGEST advantage, I think, comes from using Cookie AutoDelete. Having residual info wiped clean upon tab close, or domain change, pretty much stops sites from harvesting your cookie info for the purpose of profiling and targeting you for ads.
TrafGib Thanks for the tip on Cookie AutoDelete.
From reading Cookie AutoDelete's description, it looks like Cookie AutoDelete might functionally accomplish most of Firefox container's functionality in that respect (frustrating persistent data harvesting by particular sites/domains via cookies), assuming that I close the tabs immediately after use.
Cookie AutoDelete doesn't resolve the problem of multiuser accounts, though, and doesn't allow users to containerize websites that might be dangerous. I'll keep pushing to get Microsoft to add containers to Edge. I think that it is something that Microsoft should pursue.
- I agree. If Edge were to implement containers, it would be a killer feature and a magnet for Firefox users, for sure. However, there have been prior comments to the effect that containers are something that Chromium is simply not capable of doing. If it can be done, especially as a feature beyond the Chromium base code, what a major slam to the Chrome browser that would be!
TrafGib I have also heard that contains is something chromium simply can not do. This, admittedly, made me a bit disenchanted with the chromium project as a whole.
I hope microsoft would change chromium in a fundamental way and make functionalities which were not possible earlier an option, containers being one example.
That, or [VERY LONG TERM] plan a brand new engine written from scratch and migrate users to it once majority of market has been recaptured.
