Thanks Jonathan. Also, it seems the link to the web extension version of the container addon is broken above. This one works for me:
https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers/releases/latest On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Jonathan Kingston <j...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > TL;DR - containers is going well, we made it a web extension and it will > continue on addons.mozilla.org > > I just wanted to highlight that we have graduated our extension of Test > Pilot Containers to be on AMO: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/ > addon/multi-account-containers/ > > We have had a few confused users about what is happening with containers. > > There is confusion around why the addon doesn't work in 57+ which is due to > it being a legacy addon to support 56, the extension can now be fully > WebExtensions after 57 and to install there you can use: > https://github.com/ > mozilla/multi-account-containers/releases/latest the addons team is > working > on a fix for the website to allow Beta/Nightly users to download there. > > We have also removed in Nightly the ability to use the drawer icon which > was native to nightly as it was a subset of features that were provided by > the extension. > > To open a container: > - Long press on the + button > - Use the file menu (alt+f) > - Use the extension above (ctrl+period) > - Right click links with the context menu > > :bkelly suggested I email here in this bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla > .org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402342 which provides further clarification. > > We have exciting posts coming soon to explain further, I just wanted to > highlight we aren't dropping containers just clearing up experiences for > when 57 is stable. > > Any user of >57 can actually install any container addon to enable > containers: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/collections/jkt/container-addons/ > > In Beta and Stable releases containers is still disabled by default, > installing a container addon will enable them. To reduce confusion here I > have raised: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402608 to allow > users of beta/stable to enable containers through about:preferences also. > > If in doubt feel free to reach out to: contain...@mozilla.com > > Thanks > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
