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It's possible to benefit from containers without using the extension: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers#w_for-advanced-users

usr1106 5y ago
What functionality / convenience are you losing by doing so?
- Vinnl 5y ago
  I think the menu in your toolbar that allows you to open a new tab in a particular container (you then have to do it via a long press or right-click on the new tab button), to re-open a current tab in a different container, and this new container-specific VPN functionality.
- bucksfizz 5y ago
  Nothing. The containers support is in the WebExtension API. Firefox's multi-account container extension has no special access, beyond usual extension permissions.
- extra88 5y ago
  Without the extension, you can't set a domain to always open in a particular container, at least I couldn't find a UI to do so. To me, that is a very important part of using containers. You extension also lets you sort open tabs by container but that doesn't sound very useful.
  - troydavis 5y ago
    I experienced the same thing. Without the extension but with these flags enabled, there's no way to bind certain hostnames to certain containers. This is sort of documented in https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers#w_what-you-can-do-with-multi-account-containers https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers#w_what-you-c... #5. That page covers it but doesn't clearly spell out that the itemized features are only possible with the extension. As far as I can tell, the extension is called "Multi-Account Containers" while the feature is called "containers" and readers are expected to know the difference when reading that doc. (Suggestion to Firefox docs maintainers: if that's correct, change all occurrences of "Multi-Account Containers" to "Multi-Account Containers Extension")
    - usr1106 5y ago
      Oh, I had never discovered that feature... So I won't miss it yet. Need to think whether that makes it worth to use the extension again. For now I just enabled the manual configuration and have not noted any differences yet.
d1sxeyes 5y ago
I checked that page, and I don't see how to enable this natively. This page just seems to point people to install the add-on.
- Vinnl 5y ago
  The anchor link doesn't scroll properly for me, but it's supposed to point to the heading "for advanced users". The tl;dr is: > you can set privacy.userContext.enabled to true and privacy.userContext.ui.enabled to true in about:config.
  - d1sxeyes 5y ago
    Thanks!

usr1106 5y ago

What functionality / convenience are you losing by doing so?

Vinnl 5y ago
I think the menu in your toolbar that allows you to open a new tab in a particular container (you then have to do it via a long press or right-click on the new tab button), to re-open a current tab in a different container, and this new container-specific VPN functionality.
bucksfizz 5y ago
Nothing. The containers support is in the WebExtension API. Firefox's multi-account container extension has no special access, beyond usual extension permissions.
extra88 5y ago
Without the extension, you can't set a domain to always open in a particular container, at least I couldn't find a UI to do so. To me, that is a very important part of using containers. You extension also lets you sort open tabs by container but that doesn't sound very useful.
- troydavis 5y ago
  I experienced the same thing. Without the extension but with these flags enabled, there's no way to bind certain hostnames to certain containers. This is sort of documented in https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers#w_what-you-can-do-with-multi-account-containers https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers#w_what-you-c... #5. That page covers it but doesn't clearly spell out that the itemized features are only possible with the extension. As far as I can tell, the extension is called "Multi-Account Containers" while the feature is called "containers" and readers are expected to know the difference when reading that doc. (Suggestion to Firefox docs maintainers: if that's correct, change all occurrences of "Multi-Account Containers" to "Multi-Account Containers Extension")
  - usr1106 5y ago
    Oh, I had never discovered that feature... So I won't miss it yet. Need to think whether that makes it worth to use the extension again. For now I just enabled the manual configuration and have not noted any differences yet.

d1sxeyes 5y ago

I checked that page, and I don't see how to enable this natively. This page just seems to point people to install the add-on.

Vinnl 5y ago
The anchor link doesn't scroll properly for me, but it's supposed to point to the heading "for advanced users". The tl;dr is: > you can set privacy.userContext.enabled to true and privacy.userContext.ui.enabled to true in about:config.
- d1sxeyes 5y ago
  Thanks!