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Re:Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a littl... by zwayhowder on Friday May 22, 2020 @02:39AM (#23269269)
One significant advantage of the Firefox model is the ability to bind domains to a container. I cannot open my Internet Banking in the same container as the hacking forums I might frequent, it will automatically launch in the correct container. I use Chrome personas a lot (I have 8 on the go currently) because, frankly I like Chrome more, but container URL isolation is a better implementation of workload isolation. IMHO. I'm constantly opening URLs in the wrong container because I just ctrl+T and start typing.

Actually you've inspired me to use a 'timewaster' blocking extension to prevent some URLs from loading in my main personas. Might achieve the same thing.

Re:Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a littl... by egeozcan on Friday May 22, 2020 @03:02AM (#23269385)
I've created a little app for myself that opens the right (Firefox) profile when another application tries to start the browser. It's registered as the default browser so it handles all the cases.

I guess I could also write a userscript that handles the links being opened from the browser itself. Like the timewaster extension you mentioned but also starts the right instance in background.

Re:Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a littl... by antman on Friday May 22, 2020 @03:53AM (#23269655)
That sounds as a good idea, how does that script look like?
Re:Firefox extensions to make remote work and school a littl... by egeozcan on Friday May 22, 2020 @06:29AM (#23270543)
Simple command line program that looks at its arguments and decides what browser to open. Nothing fancy.