"ask in which container" -> "private browsing tabs"

[smichel17]

I use this feature for things like confirmation links from email, which are rife with tracking that I'd like to avoid to whatever extent possible. Currently, my workflow is:

1. Click the link (opens conex intercept window)
2. Copy the url from the conex window
3. If the url is ellipsized, go back to my email and copy the link there
4. Click "private browsing tabs", which apparently closes the tab and nothing else.
   • I'm not sure if this is intended or a bug.^[1]
5. <Ctrl-Shift-P> <Ctrl-V <Enter> to open the tab in a new private browsing window.

This is pretty easy/great (a huge improvement over having to avoid accidentally clicking links in email instead of copying them!), but step 3 is still kind of a pain. Depending on what the intended functionality is, this issue is either:

• A bug report — choosing "private browsing tabs" does not actually open a private browsing tab or
• A feature request — one of these (best to worst for my use case):
  • Actually open the tab in a new private browsing window
  • Automatically copy the url to clipboard when "private browsing tabs" is selected
    • This would need descriptive text on the button, just below "private browsing tabs".
  • Add a button for copying the url to clipboard
  • Do not ellipsize long urls (so I can select-and-copy without switching back to my email client.

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[1]: My best guess, based on #61, is that it's supposed to choose a container called "private", which conex one-time creates. I'm guessing the behavior I see is because I don't have a "private" container (I must have deleted it at some point). If I'm right, does conex do anything special for this container, like clearing session data when tabs are closed, or is it just another normal container?

[kesselborn]

ah, yes ... that actually annoys me as well :)..