Apr 16 2019 07:04 PM
Hello everyone.
One of the things I like in the Firefox is the possibility of using containers.
Mozilla have two containers add-on's, Facebook Container (exclusively to the Facebook) and Multi-Account Containers.
The first is used to prevent Facebook tracking our online activity by creating an isolated and exclusive environment. Where every cookie, every tracking script, APIs that Facebook creates / uses / have, are isolated inside the container.
And the second, is almost the same thing as the first, works by creating an isolated environment as well, but is for any website.
The containers are, a some kind, sandboxes.
I'd like to see the support for this in the Edge.
Microsoft need to bring this to the Edge, but in a natively way without the need of installing any extension.
And the option to create a container tab can be placed next to the profile avatar, for example.
By the way, Chrome/Chromium do not have support for this.
This is a very very useful.
About Multi-Account Containers: https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/introducing-firefox-multi-account-containers/
I do not know if I can put this kind of links, but, if I broke any rule, I'll remove this post.
Aug 08 2019 01:08 AM
Aug 08 2019 05:55 PM
Yes, you are right.
Containers are much more than only privacy.
They are very useful for productivity, like you said.
The problem is, chromium do not support containers. They need to dig in the code and changing a bunch of things and all the relative code.
And, apparently, the Edge team do not have any interest to do that.
So far they have not yet shown any interest.
Aug 29 2019 08:20 AM
Sep 03 2019 02:46 PM - edited Sep 03 2019 02:47 PM
YES!!!
Please, please, PLEASE! With Scroogle actively sabotaging any non-Chromium based browsers to bog down performance for services like YouTube, and outright refusing to support them for something like Earth, I really did not enjoy my recent months with Firefox, even through the rest of the browser works beautifully on every other website.
BUT it is the Container Tabs feature that I found the most fundamental browser extention after uBlock, HTTPS everywhere and similar extensions, especially for those extremely annoying social network "log in with" buttons.
Microsoft is better than Google in terms of privacy, and having container tabs for terrible terrible trackers like them is a must have for Chromium Edge.
We shall no longer be #scroogled! Please bring container tabs to Chromium Edge and restore our faith in online privacy at least a little bit.
Jan 03 2020 02:09 AM
The new Edge does allow you to create multiple profiles and to sign in using an AAD account but it's not the same as containers in Firefox, profiles were meant to distinct between stuff like 'work' and 'personal'... I don't want to create 10 profiles to manage 10 tenants and then have 10 instances of Edge open with each their own settings, synchronization, history, ...
Jan 09 2020 01:31 AM
Feb 10 2020 04:30 PM
I totally agree with this. This is really the key feature that currently keeps me with Firefox over the new Edge, which I feel is a really solid browser so far. If they could add that feature in I would really consider switching over to Edge as my main browser. I already have my other two key extensions available.
Feb 12 2020 12:58 PM
Feb 16 2020 11:04 AM
As many others have said here...
This is really the key feature that currently keeps me with Firefox
As we have progressed though the Insider releases, Edge has continued to improve greatly. I am far and away ready to adopt it as my daily driver except for the fact that it is missing this CRITICAL productivity and privacy tool that I rely on in Firefox daily. Until and unless Edge incorporates equivalent functionality, I do not see the Firefox audience being open to shifting over.
Feb 16 2020 10:05 PM
and now firefox just released another big must-have update to their container feature: container sync. you create containers on one machine, and it automatically syncs everywhere.
Feb 17 2020 12:24 PM
Feb 19 2020 03:40 AM
Mar 15 2020 01:49 PM
Hi,
have a look at this
Use Automatic Profile Switching in Edge to create a Container like experience
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/smart-idea-use-automatic-profile-switching-in-edg...
Apr 02 2020 07:15 PM
May 24 2020 06:24 AM
I second this suggestion.
Eagerly waiting for this feature. This feature was the sole reason for using firefox.
Jun 23 2020 03:12 PM
I'd like to add my vote for container tabs. Incredibly useful in Ops and Development when you want/need to be logged into the same site with multiple credentials.
Jul 03 2020 02:45 PM
This request always seems to fall on deaf ears. Don't know if it is possibly because Chromium is not technically/mechanically able to imitate this SUPER VALUABLE function, or what. Having started using the new Edge since day one of the Edge Insider releases, I have certainly been patient. Edge has come along in these past many months and really is a great browser. However, like many here that have become dependent upon containers, I too have returned to Firefox as my daily browser. Three factors contributed to this decision actually:
Don't plan on giving up on Edge, but it simply isn't functional enough yet to be a default browser. Being put off from using it even more lately due to the constant bombardment of messages to switch to Edge.
Aug 15 2020 09:41 AM
Containers are one of the big keeping me on Firefox right now, tbh. There are other smaller reasons, of course, but Edge seems pretty darn good otherwise.
Aug 19 2020 04:09 PM
Woww, I thought I was the only one. Edge is excellent but I'm sticking to firefox because of that containers thing.