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Temporary Containers by stoically

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  • by Firefox user 14441753, 6 years ago
  • by Firefox user 14432039, 6 years ago
    Options were a little confusing to setup, but overall this is a fantastic extension and it's a shame that this functionality wasn't in the official multi-container extension to begin with.
  • by Fruchtenstein, 6 years ago
  • by claustromaniac, 6 years ago
  • by asras, 6 years ago
    Freaking amazing [idea, implementation, and] use of Firefox's containers. Thank you!
  • by pedz, 6 years ago
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  • by Firefox user 14264986, 6 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.
  • by Firefox user 14145875, 6 years ago
    This addon is exactly what i was looking for. It can be configured to open all sites in their own container and most importantly, removing cookies once the tab is closed and keeping them separate from other containers.

    I found one tiny annoyance however: when using the extension as a default for all new tabs opened and opening a new tab with either CTRL+T or by clicking the new tab icon, the url field is not focused afterwards, so I have to hit CTRL+L or click the field before i can type a new url. The normal behavior of firefox is to focus the url field after opening a new tab, making it easy to just start typing a new url.

    So I just would like an option (or default behavior) that the url field is focused after a new tab is opened, so I can just type the url right after hitting CTRL+T.

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    In Automatic Mode new tabs should get focus since they are just opened by the Firefox Webextensions API - and it works for me. Maybe it was a fluke in Firefox, but if the problem persists for you I'd need more information about your environment and settings - the best way would be a new issue on GitHub: https://github.com/stoically/temporary-containers/issues. Thanks.
  • by Firefox user 13861609, 6 years ago
    So far the best container extension out there I've found to complement Mozilla's original extension. I love how ridiculously specific the options get, and the Alt-X shortcut (opening a new tab in the same container as the active one) has saved me so much mouse movement.
  • by Pavel1114, 6 years ago
    Уже было думал придётся самому изучать и писать расширение для себя. Но, к счастью, наткнулся на temporary containers. Это именно то что я искал. Спасибо авторам!
  • by Firefox user 13962360, 6 years ago
    ok but supercookies in SiteSecurityServiceState.txt are not cleared!

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    Containers don't include the HSTS response cache (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers#What_is_.28and_isn.27t.29_separated_between_Containers) and as such it's not removed when containers itself are removed. Unfortunately no way for Add-ons to clear that cache in any other way. The bug where this decision was made can be found here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253006
  • by mk.pl, 6 years ago
    great. but confusing to configure.
    requires more resources but you can configure it to avoid overuse
  • by wimanx, 6 years ago
    Great for site isolation
  • by grahamperrin, 6 years ago
    Looking good with Waterfox –

    https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/929#issuecomment-394054592
  • by The Beard Below My Chin, 7 years ago
    Magnificent addon! Not a replacement (as I first suspected) but a supplementary tool for Multi-Account Containers and Cookie Auto Delete. Highly configurable, and if Mozilla gets off their ass and fixes bugs we could see an alternative to Private Tab addon. I highly recommend using this with Switch Containers Plus and maybe even Containerise which makes managing multiple containers a breeze.
  • by Firefox user 13876816, 7 years ago
  • by v00p, 7 years ago
    Finally a Container extension with enough parameter to fulfill one's particular needs !
  • by OfficialSWS, 7 years ago
  • by Kiko, 7 years ago
    Very cool extension! I installed it. Kudos!
    - Author of "I don't care about cookies" -
  • by Firefox user 13971475, 7 years ago
    This is a perfect add-on! Works exactly how I wanted the default container application to work - keeping my link-clicking more private by opening links in isolated containers.

    Just a thought for the clear history feature - I know that you cannot clear based on container which would be ideal, but can you clear history items that are newer than the container open time? i.e. if I open clear-history-container at 11AM, navigate to example.com and click around for a while, then close the container, can you delete all example.com* history that happened after 11AM? Then you aren't wiping the entire site from history, just any clicks during the duration the tab was opened.
  • by Firefox user 13998033, 7 years ago