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If they could just add a decent profile management option, I would switch back from Chrome. Keeping my work and personal accounts separated is the only thing ke

If they could just add a decent profile management option, I would switch back from Chrome. Keeping my work and personal accounts separated is the only thing keeping me using that battery killer

ovibos 10y ago
What's wrong with `firefox -P`?
- drdaeman 10y ago
  Compared to Chrome profiles, it's much less usable in regard to launcher icons and window management. There are workarounds (system-specific), but none I saw worked as nice as Chrome's implementation. Container tabs are (IMHO) better than Chrome profiles, because they don't require one to have a separate window just to open a single site.
- Max_Mustermann 10y ago
  You can also run several profiles in parallel with the no-remote flag.
- odbol_ 10y ago
  You mean compared to just right clicking the top right corner in Chrome? A lot.
asutherland 10y ago
If you're willing to try Firefox Nightly, check out the containers experiment: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Projec... While everything still happens within a single profile, sites in different containers get different storage (cookies, localStorage, IndexedDB, etc.) and cannot see each other.
- bearcobra 10y ago
  That looks way more powerful than what Chrome is doing. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the suggestion
- h2hn 10y ago
  Cool. I've been using a combination of NoScript,Self-destruction coockies,ublock and a personal vimperator script to wipe out all that nasty stuff when I close the window. https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/vimperator/.vimperatorrc#L180 https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/vimperator/.... https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/Scripts/Scripts/clean_firefox.sh https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/Scripts/Scri... By the way firefox is pretty nasty by default and you must do a lot of hard work to evade tracking, in special by google: https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/vimperator/.vimperatorrc#L193 https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/vimperator/.... Of course you must use custom fonts if you don't want to be tracked by google for every single webpage you enter. I think I will play with containers for firefox when I try firefox 50. Something like a new container for every tab, I reckon It must be pretty easy with vimperator(or whatever plugin you like) to make . Put your vimperator/penta/vimium/X to work for you. :)
- BorisMelnik 10y ago
  I think this is great, but is there going to be a simple "sign in" feature similar to Chrome? People just love having their bookmarks / toolbars / etc follow them wherever they go.
  - mbrubeck 10y ago
    You can sign in to a Firefox Account to sync your bookmarks, passwords, history, etc.: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/accounts/ https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/accounts/
BorisMelnik 10y ago
yes, this! I've tried so hard to like FF profiles, I really wish they'd make this better. I still refuse to go to Chrome, but I'm getting lost on these small features.
andimm 10y ago
I use 'firefox.exe -p "test" -no-remote' to open a second window with a different profile. or do you require to have it in the same window ?

If they could just add a decent profile management option, I would switch back from Chrome. Keeping my work and personal accounts separated is the only thing keeping me using that battery killer

ovibos 10y ago

What's wrong with `firefox -P`?

drdaeman 10y ago
Compared to Chrome profiles, it's much less usable in regard to launcher icons and window management. There are workarounds (system-specific), but none I saw worked as nice as Chrome's implementation. Container tabs are (IMHO) better than Chrome profiles, because they don't require one to have a separate window just to open a single site.
Max_Mustermann 10y ago
You can also run several profiles in parallel with the no-remote flag.
odbol_ 10y ago
You mean compared to just right clicking the top right corner in Chrome? A lot.

asutherland 10y ago

If you're willing to try Firefox Nightly, check out the containers experiment: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Projec... While everything still happens within a single profile, sites in different containers get different storage (cookies, localStorage, IndexedDB, etc.) and cannot see each other.

bearcobra 10y ago
That looks way more powerful than what Chrome is doing. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the suggestion
h2hn 10y ago
Cool. I've been using a combination of NoScript,Self-destruction coockies,ublock and a personal vimperator script to wipe out all that nasty stuff when I close the window. https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/vimperator/.vimperatorrc#L180 https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/vimperator/.... https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/Scripts/Scripts/clean_firefox.sh https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/Scripts/Scri... By the way firefox is pretty nasty by default and you must do a lot of hard work to evade tracking, in special by google: https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/vimperator/.vimperatorrc#L193 https://github.com/liloman/dotfiles/blob/master/vimperator/.... Of course you must use custom fonts if you don't want to be tracked by google for every single webpage you enter. I think I will play with containers for firefox when I try firefox 50. Something like a new container for every tab, I reckon It must be pretty easy with vimperator(or whatever plugin you like) to make . Put your vimperator/penta/vimium/X to work for you. :)
BorisMelnik 10y ago
I think this is great, but is there going to be a simple "sign in" feature similar to Chrome? People just love having their bookmarks / toolbars / etc follow them wherever they go.
- mbrubeck 10y ago
  You can sign in to a Firefox Account to sync your bookmarks, passwords, history, etc.: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/accounts/ https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/accounts/

BorisMelnik 10y ago

yes, this! I've tried so hard to like FF profiles, I really wish they'd make this better. I still refuse to go to Chrome, but I'm getting lost on these small features.

andimm 10y ago

I use 'firefox.exe -p "test" -no-remote' to open a second window with a different profile. or do you require to have it in the same window ?