News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Firefox 91. Parent comment

Re:Firefox 91 by c618b9b695c4 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @10:27AM (#28129248)
Which is still missing a key feature - I want to be able to independently clear history/cookies on a per container basis.

Give me a 'garbage' container for general browsing that is flushed by default, but bespoke Netflix/Github/etc containers that retain cookies forever.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Firefox 91 by cmg on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @10:39AM (#28129407)
I've been using the Temporary Containers addon for this and it's been good so far: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Firefox 91 by skeeter2020 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:20AM (#28129902)
I don't understand why you can't quickly set this up?

To independently clear on a container-basis, why not just delete the container? Stop treating your containers like pets and start treating them like livestock.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Firefox 91 by jdlshore on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @10:34AM (#28129357)
Cookie AutoDelete will do the trick. It has per-container deletion rules.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Firefox 91 by _ZeD_ on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @10:32AM (#28129328)
isn't this already achievable with containers and also private browsing?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Firefox 91 by vetinari on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @10:36AM (#28129379)
At least for cookies, Cookie Manager extension can do exactly that.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Firefox 91 by alksjdalkj on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:04AM (#28129716)
I think you can kind of do this now? The Temporary Containers plugin will create throwaway containers but you can also create permanent site-specific containers.
[ Parent | on HN ]