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I've been thinking: the number of websites I want to stay logged into are quite few, and most of them I don't need to keep being logged into when clicking exter

I've been thinking: the number of websites I want to stay logged into are quite few, and most of them I don't need to keep being logged into when clicking external links. From my point of view, that is what _I_ need cookies for. E.g., I like to be able to go to facebook.com and be logged in, but when I click an external link, I kind a like to open a tab where I am not logged in. Same for hacker news and Youtube and my email. When I'm "outside" those websites, sure, just accept all cookies and delete them when I close the tab I imagine this can be done with Firefox containers and a bit of smarts, but I don't know how.

coffeekid 4y ago
I was looking for this exact setup a couple months back. I found a system that works for me, though not exactly perfect. You can use the extension "Simple Tab Groups"[1] to automatically open some domains in specific Firefox containers like you described, by assigning a container to a group, and then configuring a domain to always open in that group. The downside is that not all groups will be visible at a time, and you'll need to first select your previous group before finding the tab you came from. For me, that's an acceptable downside given the advantages it brings. [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-groups/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-gr...
alrlroipsp 4y ago
Right click link: Open in new container tab. No extensions needed.
nsomaru 4y ago
It’s actually not that hard: 1. Install Firefox container management extension 2. Make some containers 3. Visit websites and add them to only open in certain containers 4. Install cookie auto delete extension. 5. Add exceptions for sites you want to be logged into for each container the first time you visit them. I have some other extension that makes a temp container for each new click that I can’t remember the name of now and I’m not by my PC. Cookie auto delete may be superfluous. Con is google is still broken for me (mainly gmail) because of the web of redirects they do and there’s no way in the container extension to add a top level domain to a particular extension (that I’ve found).
rypskar 4y ago
For facebook you have https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-cont..., it opens everything from meta in its own container and block it on other sites. External links open outside of the container
happymellon 4y ago
This shouldn't require any smarts with Firefox containers. There is a Facebook container which opens any Facebook URL in, and will move you put once it resolves a URL which isn't Facebook.
MzHN 4y ago
The solution is an extension called Temporary Containers. You have to turn it to "Automatic mode", and fiddle a bit with the settings, but I have it set up so that every time I open a new tab it is a fresh isolated session, and will be destroyed when the tab is closed. When I need to be logged in, I use the regular containers in Firefox for each service, or a context like "work", instead of the temporary containers.

coffeekid 4y ago

I was looking for this exact setup a couple months back. I found a system that works for me, though not exactly perfect. You can use the extension "Simple Tab Groups"[1] to automatically open some domains in specific Firefox containers like you described, by assigning a container to a group, and then configuring a domain to always open in that group. The downside is that not all groups will be visible at a time, and you'll need to first select your previous group before finding the tab you came from. For me, that's an acceptable downside given the advantages it brings. [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-groups/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-gr...

alrlroipsp 4y ago

Right click link: Open in new container tab. No extensions needed.

nsomaru 4y ago

It’s actually not that hard: 1. Install Firefox container management extension 2. Make some containers 3. Visit websites and add them to only open in certain containers 4. Install cookie auto delete extension. 5. Add exceptions for sites you want to be logged into for each container the first time you visit them. I have some other extension that makes a temp container for each new click that I can’t remember the name of now and I’m not by my PC. Cookie auto delete may be superfluous. Con is google is still broken for me (mainly gmail) because of the web of redirects they do and there’s no way in the container extension to add a top level domain to a particular extension (that I’ve found).

rypskar 4y ago

For facebook you have https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-cont..., it opens everything from meta in its own container and block it on other sites. External links open outside of the container

happymellon 4y ago

This shouldn't require any smarts with Firefox containers. There is a Facebook container which opens any Facebook URL in, and will move you put once it resolves a URL which isn't Facebook.

MzHN 4y ago

The solution is an extension called Temporary Containers. You have to turn it to "Automatic mode", and fiddle a bit with the settings, but I have it set up so that every time I open a new tab it is a fresh isolated session, and will be destroyed when the tab is closed. When I need to be logged in, I use the regular containers in Firefox for each service, or a context like "work", instead of the temporary containers.