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Re:Containers Come to Firefox Test Pilot by cpeterso on Thursday March 02, 2017 @03:42PM (#13777997)
Why not "Persona"? ;)

I kid, but it makes sense. Containers describes the implementation, not the user experience or benefit.

(Reusing the name "Persona" for any new project is a running joke at Mozilla. :)

Re:Containers Come to Firefox Test Pilot by Pxtl on Thursday March 02, 2017 @06:18PM (#13779274)
I like persona too, or facade, or anything else that shows this is about what you present to the world... but most users won't think of it that way. Theyll think of it a keeping a bunch of sites in a box. They don't think about how the internet sees them, only how they see the internet.
Re:Containers Come to Firefox Test Pilot by grimgrin on Thursday March 02, 2017 @08:27PM (#13780033)
Re:Containers Come to Firefox Test Pilot by Pxtl on Friday March 03, 2017 @09:39AM (#13783103)
I know, but it still works with the idea that a userprofile has multiple personas.
Re:Containers Come to Firefox Test Pilot by nachtigall on Thursday March 02, 2017 @05:18PM (#13778798)
> Containers describes the implementation, not the user experience or benefit.

This. Sure, "contextual identities" sounds too academic, but who knows, maybe Containers (as a word) will become as ubiquious as Tabs are today (very common word in German today): Hey, dude, open a container ;)