Ugh, same. I thought I was the only one that found these to be impossibly buggy.
The container setup/management UI is glitchy and it often forgets! containers that were created. It feels like a hack week project that got shipped to production.
Despite having containers, Firefox sometimes wants to open the managed website in your current window. Or doesn't ask you at all when you have multiple containers for the same site.
There's a lack of distinction between containerized / non-containerized windows. The colored tabs do not work or break down, leaving you in a mysterious or even dangerous state.
The integration with password management tools is obviously rough. But coupled with the browser's own attempts at session management, plus containers, it's a UX nightmare to log into the right container.
The last time I checked this out was last year. Maybe it's better now? Given Mozilla staffing, though, I'd guess not.
I really want this to work, but the current solution is worse than none at all. I've made do with keeping multiple browsers for different tasks.
Be careful if you use this. It breaks unexpectedly and that can lead to the wrong actions being taken in the wrong accounts.
The struggle is that the container addon does its own syncing, separate from the browser-wide Firefox account sync (that decides the soon should be installed).
Because syncing is a separate step - yet it still happens concurrently/unpredictably in the background - there is no avoiding the default new user flow that creates 4 default containers at install.
I mean there is if they'd fix it :) . Don't sync those 4 if they already exist, don't sync at all otherwise. I would assume if you are smart enough to use sync you're smart enough to know that it will blow away old "local" settings.
The tool needs to get out of the way. People are busy and have a million other things on their minds. Grappling with an obtuse, broken product is a hurdle.
As it stands, Firefox containers are 10x more complicated than regular browsing and it exposes sharp edges.
>>The container setup/management UI is glitchy and it often forgets! containers that were created.
been running it for years, never once has it forgot containers...
>>Firefox sometimes wants to open the managed website in your current window. Or doesn't ask you at all when you have multiple containers for the same site.
ok, so you right click and have it reopen in the correct container, not a big deal. Though I cant say I have ever had this problem either despite using it very day all day, 16 hrs + per say with lots of containers and tabs (often over 100 tabs open)
>>The integration with password management tools is obviously rough.
I use bitwarden, have no issue using it inside of various containers
The container setup/management UI is glitchy and it often forgets! containers that were created. It feels like a hack week project that got shipped to production.
Despite having containers, Firefox sometimes wants to open the managed website in your current window. Or doesn't ask you at all when you have multiple containers for the same site.
There's a lack of distinction between containerized / non-containerized windows. The colored tabs do not work or break down, leaving you in a mysterious or even dangerous state.
The integration with password management tools is obviously rough. But coupled with the browser's own attempts at session management, plus containers, it's a UX nightmare to log into the right container.
The last time I checked this out was last year. Maybe it's better now? Given Mozilla staffing, though, I'd guess not.
I really want this to work, but the current solution is worse than none at all. I've made do with keeping multiple browsers for different tasks.
Be careful if you use this. It breaks unexpectedly and that can lead to the wrong actions being taken in the wrong accounts.