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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by skykooler on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:53PM (#36078451)
Is there a chrome based browser which has an equivalent to Firefox’s multi-account containers? That’s the main feature keeping me on FF.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by lolinder on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:10PM (#36078556)
Yep. Specifically, the temporary containers keep me there for web dev stuff. People will always recommend profiles in chrome, but that can't replace a single hotkey to spawn a temporary throwaway container.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by adastra22 on Friday May 26, 2023 @01:45AM (#36080451)
How is that different from private browsing?
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by lolinder on Friday May 26, 2023 @01:53AM (#36080514)
I can have 3+ different temporary containers open at once, each with a distinct set of cookies, whereas private browsing gives me only one extra cookie jar.

It's massively helpful for testing interactions between users.

Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by adastra22 on Friday May 26, 2023 @02:10AM (#36080624)
At least on my chromium variant each private window (not tab: window) gets its own isolated environment.

I frequently use this to log into websites with different user accounts for testing purposes.

Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by lolinder on Friday May 26, 2023 @02:37AM (#36080786)
Good to know, I'll take a look!
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by adastra22 on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:12AM (#36084422)
To be a little more explicit, I think you need to spawn a private window from a non-private window to get a new environment. If you do it from another private window it uses the same sandbox.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by skykooler on Sunday May 28, 2023 @05:36PM (#36108029)
And unlike private browsing windows, they persist across browser restarts until all their tabs are closed.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by JenrHywy on Thursday May 25, 2023 @11:33PM (#36079502)
Not that I've been able to find. Brave would be the obvious candidate to implement this, but the impression I get is that they're not all that interested.