FF as the default browser. is it possible to set such that when I open links on other apps, firefox launches a private window for those links?
there seems a similar option but it has a side effect, FF normal launch also becomes private (incognito).
I use duckduckgo desktop browser as my default on Windows and similarly on android, for this reason. You can press the burn it all button as often as you like, but whenever you log in to a website it offers to protect the website from the burn everything button. This builds a whitelist as you go.
I used to have an extension that did that on Firefox but it didn’t get updated and died. In duckduckgo it’s the default behaviour.
On android I use URL Check (https://triangularapps.blogspot.com/search/label/UrlChecker?m=1) which has a lot of utility for unshortening snd dropping parameters as well as opening in a specific app. It can open private or normal, too. It is a bit overkill if you only use 1 browser, but tbh, its super useful for revising links before you open them anyway to remove tracking garbage.
I’m not aware of anything this involved and able to do private vs non-private on Linux or macOS, but it would be neat if Browserosourus (macOS) or Junction (Linux) could add those capabilities.
I haven’t looked too much for solutions outside of mobile. Easy enough on desktop to copy a link and paste in a private window. Not as easy on mobile.
On android, I have “open links in a private tab” turned on. When I open the app, it launches normally and if I open a link from a normal tab, the link opens in a normal tab as well.
On what operating system are you?
On Android, there should be a setting for it.
On a desktop OS, you can probably add--private-windowas an argument into the launcher.
Don’t know what the situation is on iOS…There is an extension that can make externally opened links to open in temporary containers.
Not quite what you want but could work, depending on what’s your workflow and what you’re trying to achieve.
There’s also a software that acts like a browser and handles links, but instead of opening them, it shows you a list of browser’s you have installed and you can choose which one to use. It also has an option to open said links in private windows (incognito) instead of normal windows.
Again, probably not the solution you wanted, but works for me.
Of you like any of the two solutions I listed above, let me know, I’ll send you the links.
I can’t think of any. As a work around you could use a Firefox fork and have it set to always open new tabs in private tabs.
I have Fennec set up that way.
