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The Firefox documentation says to Enable Containers through General Settings -> Tabs [1] but there is no such checkbox [2]. Going into about:config and changing privacy.userContext.enabled and privacy.userContext.ui.enabled to true [3] enables the checkbox in the settings page [4]. This is Firefox Version 116.0.3 under Ubuntu.

I use Chrome and Firefox interchangeably so I don't have a dog in this fight. Containers aka Personalities needs to be made a first class feature in Firefox and not require the above steps to make it useful to the less tech savy end user.

1. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-firefox-contain... 2. https://imgur.com/a/mX1P25J 3. https://imgur.com/a/fNyRnLk 4. https://imgur.com/a/GjxJwIP



Yeah, they're enabled by default only on Nightly. Apparently they're still considered "experimental".

Officially, you enable them through the MAC extension, which also adds some more UI.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

Other extensions (like Tree Style Tab) can also cause container tabs to be enabled.


The checkbox is indeed there for me in 111.x.

Perhaps the documentation needs an update for the latest version if it's been moved elsewhere.

Edit: I just checked in 116; it appears to just be always enabled now.




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