Multi-Account Containers
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I was amazed when I found Vivaldi, a browser that supports window tiling in one window. Found out that my most used extension 'Multi Containers' on Firefox I did not find an equivalent for Vivaldi. The tiling is an extremely nice feature but for me it's kinda useless without a multi containers equivalent. Hope it will get implemented in the future then I'll switch to Vivaldi, but now I'm sticking with Firefox. Very nice browser though, so add me to the list of those who requests it
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@LonM
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@emvaized this request had not been implemented yet. If you would like to vote for it, do so on the post at the top of the first page.
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Ghost browser appears to have this functionality and is Chromium-based.
I'd love to see this in in Vivaldi.I've been a long time Vivaldi user, trying to at least keep facebook in its own container via profiles. That got way too messy with multiple windows.
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@brandonkal I fully agree with you. The multi-login feature in Ghostbrowser is fantastic and an essential part of the browser itself. I would also love to have this in Vivaldi. It would make a lot of sense and brings it one step closer to the perfect "power-user" browser. I need this every single day for my job as a software solution architect. At the moment I am using the "SessionBox" chrome plugin...but it feels not good...not native. It work's very good but I am not a fan of browser-plugins at all because of security and privacy concerns. This is one of my most requested feature since I am a Vivaldi user. I have got a statement from the development team that this is currently not on the roadmap...and maybe never will...because it seems to be difficult and time-consuming to implement. But this is such an incredible thing to have. From my point of view: I use the SessionBox plugin every single day and this is one of the last 3 plugins I could drop. I think a lot of users would also benefit from this. Any idea, how to increase the relevance for this request? I mention this whenever I communicate...but of no avail. I think this is way more than "nice to have"!
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This feature is absolutely important for those people who still mainly use Firefox and want to switch to a Chromium-based browser. However, because this feature is nearly Firefox-only, they(include me) don't switch browsers yet.
As a result, I've hard to recommend friends and other people to use Vivaldi because this feature is unavailable on almost all Chromium-based browsers.
Multi-Account Containers in Firefox is not just a light-weight isolated session environment but can also use for tab management(see also:Simple Tab Groups – Firefox).
I love Vivaldi, if let me list the top-3 browsers l liked, the order is: Vivaldi, Firefox, and Edge(Chromium-based). So even Vivaldi have so many features I liked, I have to use Firefox because the container feature is too useful for me.
If Vivaldi finally implements this feature, I promise I can let over hundreds of people who use Chrome/Edge/Firefox know how Vivaldi a perfect browser as it.
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@Martin-Storch said in Multi-Account Containers:
@venix
A web browser should keep the data in each tab separate from other tabs in general - like a sandbox. And only allow communication between tabs on request and with the users permission.Or is that the case already (in Vivaldi/Chrome)? How many information can a website sniff out form another website in a different tab in that same browser?
A bit late to the party, but what you are suggesting I like a whole lot better, which is basically automatic containers unless one specifies to have 2 or more tabs share their data. This would certainly put Vivaldi a head of the game where containers are concerned.
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For me having this great feature request implemented is as important as having the true portability implemented (wanna-have priority №1).
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I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi... most of the time.
The one thing that I still use Firefox for is "Containers". The Firefox implementation is awesome and combined with it's Facebook (don't track me around the web) feature is one of the things that makes firefox the no.1 choice for many people.
I would absolutely love to see these built into Vivaldi. This would be at the top of my list for features wanted in Vivaldi.
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Peppermint Linux made an application for their operating system Called ICE, that creates SSB's (Site Specific Browser instances). This application does more that what I am a going to mention here, but one of the functions is to create containerised browser sessions.
For the purpose of this thread, this isn't as convenient as having Containers built into the browser. Though they built it for a slightly different purpose, which it does very well.
Side Note for Linux users: I believe that ICE can be installed on other Ubuntu based distributions. I also know that Linux Mint are also working on their own implementation of this called their "WebApp Manager" which also works wit Vivaldi and can isolate the browser session.
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@ardhill nice I'll def have a look. Thanks
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I think containers are a very cool thing, but also quite complex, Vivaldi can start from a private tab ( https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/24395/private-tabs ) - it's probably easier to do, but this function partially replaces containers.
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@tverye said in Multi-Account Containers:
I think containers are a very cool thing, but also quite complex, Vivaldi can start from a private tab ( https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/24395/private-tabs ) - it's probably easier to do, but this function partially replaces containers.
Not even remotely the same thing. How private tabs / windows behave are COMPLETELY different to how containers behave.
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I recently started to try Vivaldi and find it quite good. Lots of intuitive and useful features.
BUT, without something like container tabs, I can't switch from Firefox. Container tabs are a necessity for private and functional browser. I don't think I can ever go back.
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For the moment the lack of this feuture is the only thing stopping me from using Vivaldi as my main browser.
Its also the only thing that stops me from recomending this browser to friends,family, Co-workers and people i know on forums.The lack of multi-account containers is sadly a deal-breaker for me.
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@macaroni said in Multi-Account Containers:
For the moment the lack of this feuture is the only thing stopping me from using Vivaldi as my main browser.
Its also the only thing that stops me from recomending this browser to friends,family, Co-workers and people i know on forums.The lack of multi-account containers is sadly a deal-breaker for me.
Exactly. Found this feature on Firefox a week ago and cant miss it anymore.
Those arguments "Its hard to.." cant take it serious, because other browsers CAN.
For example transparent Titelbar and Containers. -
Also looking forward to this useful feature
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I'd argue that the contextualIdentities API is the biggest development in browsers in the recent years.
I mean there are a lot of developments but most of them often don't really focus the user but rather the website owners. Tons of stuff like notifications, payments and whatsoever is made possible but there has been almost no development on the user side of things. In terms of "make the browsing experience better and less annoying for the user". This includes simple usability stuff like "Don't force me to accept or deny a notification permission popup" up to privacy und security issues.contextualIdentities API is great in Firefox but has some drawbacks as of now (December 2020):
- history is the same for all contexts
- bookmarks are the same for all contexts
- and some TLS exceptions and other security related stuff (see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers#What_is_.28and_isn.27t.29_separated_between_Containers )
I always thought that Chrome (and hence Vivaldi too) could solve this by just making it possible to use different Profiles (yes the ones that were mentioned in the 2nd and 3rd post of this thread) in different tabs. So in other words: There would be no need to open another window with a different profile, but instead you could just open a tab with a different profile. Would be an awesome feature and solution.
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@UwK9hITH1PB6kzpE said in Multi-Account Containers:
but there has been almost no development on the user side of things. In terms of "make the browsing experience better and less annoying for the user". This includes simple usability stuff like "Don't force me to accept or deny a notification permission popup" up to privacy und security issues.
Not even remotely true. And before you ask I'm not going into detail, cause the current state of the Vivaldi browser speaks for it's self.
