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A comment on Private by Design: How We Built Firefox Sync.

Re:Private by Design: How We Built Firefox Sync by thomastjeffery on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @09:54PM (#18447086)
If only Firefox Multi-Account Containers were a feature, not an addon.

The fact that containers don't sync well is probably my biggest frustration with Firefox at the moment.

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Re:Private by Design: How We Built Firefox Sync by tomrittervg on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:30AM (#18447969)
It is many folks', and we appreciate the feedback. Hopefully things will get better soon: https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/issues/3...
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Re:Private by Design: How We Built Firefox Sync by danillonunes on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:43AM (#18448033)
Containers are actually built-in into Firefox. The addon only manages the user interface.
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Re:Private by Design: How We Built Firefox Sync by thomastjeffery on Saturday November 17, 2018 @11:50AM (#18476241)
Even if that is the case, they are effectively not.

The UI has serious holes, and containers do not work with Firefox sync.

I also haven't been able to find a way to clear the cache or history for a specific container.

At this point, containers are barely even useful. Putting the UI in an addon was an awful decision.

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