Thanks for all of your feedback on our “Isolating sites and multiple online identities <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.privacy/XQza_CmYDr4>” thread.
Fast forward two months, we’ve collaborated with Aislinn Grigas to conduct a user research session. Our goals were twofold: 1. Learn about our user’s methods to manage multiple accounts 2. Test account switching using an add-on <https://getmultifox.com/allaccounts/> that works similarly to our existing design The research findings and next steps can be read here: https://mozilla.box.com/s/3qvwn74hmesoogbdz1zveq9ewhd04tqw This morning, we (Aislinn, Steve, Tanvi, Javaun and I) talked about two possible angles to package our site isolation and multiple identities feature. One focused mainly on *convenience*: can we reduce the time that you take to switch between accounts from 20–30 seconds down to 2–3? One focused mainly on *privacy*: can we align private browsing with user expectation for it to be meaningfully more private than regular browsing? *Convenience* <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers> I want to switch between multiple accounts to the same website as fast and simply as possible. - Potential solution: switch between accounts in the same tab - We switch cookies on toggle, but can only show one set of cookie at a time - Great addition to password manager - Interim solution before container lands, which will allow us to open many accounts simultaneously on different tabs - Challenges: - Under the current interim solution, it will be easy to switch between account, but user can only open one account at a time - Challenge when storing non-cookies objects? IndexedDB, etc. - Migrating from current solution to future solution will be tough *Privacy* <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Private_Session> I want private browsing to be meaningfully private. I don’t want sites I browse privately to track me. - Potential solution: enhance private browsing to be even more private - Each private window invokes a new session - Each link opened from that window stays the same session - Learnings can be applied to future container account switcher product - Challenges: - Many different possible models to choose from: - Each window is its own session (current design) - Each tab is its own session (a la Safari 8 on Yosemite) - Each site is its own session (a la Multifox/AllAccounts) - Child’s session inherits parent’s (even if child is opened in new tab or window) _______________________________________________ dev-privacy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-privacy
