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Chrome has this as a first-class feature, "People." I have one window open for personal, and another for each of the AWS accounts I have access to. Sounds from

by jelder 9y ago

Chrome has this as a first-class feature, "People." I have one window open for personal, and another for each of the AWS accounts I have access to. Sounds from your description like FF can do this at the tab level?

kogus 9y ago
Yes, that's correct. The containers feature enables profiles on a per-tab basis. As someone who does a lot of account switching, it's a killer feature for me. I would imagine some users would not really find it necessary.
howoddalien 9y ago
Yea, firefox has profiles as well. Containers are different and apply your browsing context based on the tab. Super useful, you can also configure sites to open in a certain container. I do wish I could just pin an entire window to a container, but overall the flexibility is worth it. (I abhor having more than one window open per app at a time.)
- csdreamer7 9y ago
  I am unfamiliar with it, but the profile manager in FF does not seem to be on the same level as Chrome. In Chrome you can change the profile and reopen your previous tabs by clicking in the top right. With FF, you have to quit FF and type in the terminal 'firefox -P'. They are not at the same level. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles#w_starting-the-profile-manager https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-... Containers are really bad at saving your workspace: tabs with a profile so I can just shut down work at the end of the day or on a weekend.
  - Manishearth 9y ago
    You don't have to quit FF to do this, and you can use about:profiles. > Containers are really bad at saving your workspace: tabs with a profile so I can just shut down work at the end of the day or on a weekend. Sure they are, ensure your "open tabs from last time" pref is selected in settings.
dmlittle 9y ago
Yes and it's color coded so you know what container each tab is associated to. By default all tabs are in the default container. You can long-press the + tab icon to select what container the new tab belongs to (I believe this is FF58+ only) or File > New Container Tab > Select Container. Here's a screenshot of two AWS Management console tabs with 2 different containers. https://i.imgur.com/1gtX1Om.png https://i.imgur.com/1gtX1Om.png
inetknght 9y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think "People" also saves the browser session to a third party server so that you could resume the session from another machine. That's definitely not something I want.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  Chrome has a sync feature that does that with or without using People, but AFAICT People doesn't require using that feature.
- mavhc 9y ago
  Only if you log in and enable sync I think.
Manishearth 9y ago
Containers are different from profiles. Firefox has both. Containers are within a single profile (and thus can be opened within the same window) and let you do things like ensure certain sites get opened in certain containers only (at least, I think that feature is still there). Containers are a first class feature as well, however there is an addon for supplementing their behavior. Firefox also has profiles (about:profiles) but with less UI around it so it's annoying to use.

by jelder 9y ago

kogus 9y ago

Yes, that's correct. The containers feature enables profiles on a per-tab basis. As someone who does a lot of account switching, it's a killer feature for me. I would imagine some users would not really find it necessary.

howoddalien 9y ago

Yea, firefox has profiles as well. Containers are different and apply your browsing context based on the tab. Super useful, you can also configure sites to open in a certain container. I do wish I could just pin an entire window to a container, but overall the flexibility is worth it. (I abhor having more than one window open per app at a time.)

csdreamer7 9y ago
I am unfamiliar with it, but the profile manager in FF does not seem to be on the same level as Chrome. In Chrome you can change the profile and reopen your previous tabs by clicking in the top right. With FF, you have to quit FF and type in the terminal 'firefox -P'. They are not at the same level. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles#w_starting-the-profile-manager https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-... Containers are really bad at saving your workspace: tabs with a profile so I can just shut down work at the end of the day or on a weekend.
- Manishearth 9y ago
  You don't have to quit FF to do this, and you can use about:profiles. > Containers are really bad at saving your workspace: tabs with a profile so I can just shut down work at the end of the day or on a weekend. Sure they are, ensure your "open tabs from last time" pref is selected in settings.

dmlittle 9y ago

Yes and it's color coded so you know what container each tab is associated to. By default all tabs are in the default container. You can long-press the + tab icon to select what container the new tab belongs to (I believe this is FF58+ only) or File > New Container Tab > Select Container. Here's a screenshot of two AWS Management console tabs with 2 different containers. https://i.imgur.com/1gtX1Om.png https://i.imgur.com/1gtX1Om.png

inetknght 9y ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think "People" also saves the browser session to a third party server so that you could resume the session from another machine. That's definitely not something I want.

dragonwriter 9y ago
Chrome has a sync feature that does that with or without using People, but AFAICT People doesn't require using that feature.
mavhc 9y ago
Only if you log in and enable sync I think.

Manishearth 9y ago

Containers are different from profiles. Firefox has both. Containers are within a single profile (and thus can be opened within the same window) and let you do things like ensure certain sites get opened in certain containers only (at least, I think that feature is still there). Containers are a first class feature as well, however there is an addon for supplementing their behavior. Firefox also has profiles (about:profiles) but with less UI around it so it's annoying to use.