User Story
As a user, I want to keep some types of browsing activity completely separate from others, so I can conveniently accomplish all types of tasks in the same browser without worrying about privacy.
As a user, I want to be able to to log into a domain using multiple accounts on the same browser, so I don't have to switch browsers or use multiple browsers to manage my multiple accounts/identities.
As a user, I want the option of having extra privacy and separation for chosen sites by default, so I don鈥檛 have to think about it every time or switch to another privacy browser in order to open those specific sites.
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Acceptance Criteria
- I can keep my personal/sensitive data separate from other browsing activities
- I can keep different types of activities separate from each other (e.g. home life vs work life)
- I can manage different accounts/identities
- I can choose to always open chosen sites in a separate Space
vesta0
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Would it make sense for Collections to be Contained Spaces instead? It would add functionality, and not take anything away, as far as I can see.
Edit: It would enable private tabs to use this functionality as well.
opusforlife2
on 30 Jul 2020
Hi @opusforlife2,
I definitely would like containers to be added to Firefox Mobile. However, containers and collections are different functionalities and I don't think they provide overlapping functionality at all so I don't think that replacing collections with containers is reasonable or desirable.
If you are thinking about merging them, so that every collection is saved in a new container, then I also think that this won't work well. For example, I can see how someone might include a site in many collections, e.g. GitHub, and having to sign-in every time a new collection is made would be frustrating.
Also, assuming that when a collection is created a new container is made for it then all existing cookies and data saved for that collection would be lost, or there would have to be a way to copy into a new container and as far as I know even Firefox Desktop doesn't provide that. I don't think this latter functionality is desirable because it opens up a whole new range of possible privacy and security holes.
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madb1lly
on 31 Jul 2020
You make good points. I don't use Collections, so I didn't think about these cases.
opusforlife2
on 31 Jul 2020
From what I understand this would enable Facebook Container to work on mobile.
And that would be GREAT!!!
maverick74
on 2 Aug 2020
Any update on this feature ?
TheRealOsas
on 3 Sep 2020
Any update on this feature ?
We will be making more progress this month now that the release is out of the way. I unassigned myself from the issue to tidy up my list of assigned issues. Probably prototyping this in Reference Browser. You can follow this board https://github.com/orgs/mozilla-mobile/projects/51.
gabrielluong
on 3 Sep 2020
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Hi @opusforlife2,
I definitely would like containers to be added to Firefox Mobile. However, containers and collections are different functionalities and I don't think they provide overlapping functionality at all so I don't think that replacing collections with containers is reasonable or desirable.
If you are thinking about merging them, so that every collection is saved in a new container, then I also think that this won't work well. For example, I can see how someone might include a site in many collections, e.g. GitHub, and having to sign-in every time a new collection is made would be frustrating.
Also, assuming that when a collection is created a new container is made for it then all existing cookies and data saved for that collection would be lost, or there would have to be a way to copy into a new container and as far as I know even Firefox Desktop doesn't provide that. I don't think this latter functionality is desirable because it opens up a whole new range of possible privacy and security holes.
Cheers 馃檪