Reviews for Firefox Multi-Account Containers
Firefox Multi-Account Containers by Mozilla Firefox
7,226 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13933031, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13934250, 7 years agoHi Mozilla
Great addon!
Feature request:
1. Please allow RE-ORDERING of container names in the containers context menu once created.
2. Please allow SEARCH of container names in the container dropdown menu. (ie: start typing to filter containers list when in focus)
Thanks! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13440835, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13933619, 7 years agoThis effort, container tabs, seems to be off to a good start. Missing though is that there seems to be no way to verify that container tabs are actually isolated from each other. Also, what advantage is there, if any, to have a window that only contains a single container type , such as "Personal" over a a private window containing the same number of tabs with the same content, where the tabs are not allowed to be container tabs. The container tab idea is great but more documentation and proof of their effectiveness would make them more useful.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Rob Lowe, 7 years agoEasy to use, I really wish I could sync container settings between my computers though.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13932891, 7 years agoSo far I've added three empty tabs and not been able to figure out how to put the tabs I want into the container.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13932783, 7 years agoThis extension works great! Subtle icon, doesn't slow down my browser, and works as expected once it is set up. Note: each website does need to be opened in the proper container the first time to set it up correctly.
I would love to be able to set up website blocks/timers, so I can block going on social media when I should be working. I haven't been able to find the extension I was using for this before. - Rated 5 out of 5by MikeGrace, 7 years agoI really like how well this works and that I'm able to keep my cookies in their own containers.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13635560, 7 years agoVery good! But there are some bugs:
If you are in a container, Alt+Enter (in the address bar) should open the url in another tab BUT IN THE SAME CONTAINER as the currently selceted! Currently it opens the new tab in an empty (non assigned) container. This is troublesome specially when the desired new tab depends on the current container (session cookies, etc)
Another bug: If you edit the color of a container while already having open tabs from such container, the color of those tabs doesn't change (but the color of the icon in the address bar does change).
If you open new tabs with the edited container, they do open with the new color. which may lead to confusion having several tabs with the same container but different colors.
Please fix the bugs ASAP. Thanks - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13902321, 7 years agoThis extension is great for keeping your various on-line accounts separated. In the world of multiple Google, Microsoft, etc. accounts, using this extension allows you to be signed in to all of them at the same time (in separate tabs).
I would like to see a few more features around managing the containers - e.g. being able to re-order them to my liking. Also, allowing custom colors and icons.
I would also like the ability to right-click a tab that is open in the "Default" container and switch it to another container.
Finally, adding the ability to sync my container settings across machines would be the icing on the cake :-)
Keep it up! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13779239, 7 years agoI'd like to have the ability to sort my list of profiles and the ability to customize start page for each profile... and more icons.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13931916, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13437305, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13780863, 7 years agoGreat product! Easy to manage different accout on the same web site without closing any.
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13903666, 7 years agoIt works as advertised. However, if you use multiple computers, then you have to go through the setup process for each account on each computer. Either sync through Mozilla Sync or provide the capability to export/import. Dozens of accounts on multiple computers qualifies as a real pain to get the protections this extension provides. Please fix!
Developer response
posted 5 years agoThe add-on now supports sync! https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2020/02/06/multi-account-containers-sync/ - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13930734, 7 years agoVery useful add-on for limiting social media sites' ability to track your online activity.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13930547, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13930514, 7 years agoWorks well for me as an end user. I believe this really does keep browsing activity contained. For starters, so far I saw no ads relating to my recent surfing history!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13929991, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13929786, 7 years agoI love how easy it is to use. It would be a full 5 stars if you could convert or reopen a tab in the container. Otherwise, it's a great app.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Robert, 7 years agoGreat way to isolate accounts from each other. The 'always open in container' feature is nice. I do wish you could make shortcuts to new tab containers, though. If you've got work & personal accounts for particular services this is a must-have plugin.