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Just run "firefox --no-remote -ProfileManager" and here you go. I'm sure Grandma and Joe SixPack will do that... Not everybody is tech savvy. I'd say the major
by remir 10y ago
Just run "firefox --no-remote -ProfileManager" and here you go.
I'm sure Grandma and Joe SixPack will do that... Not everybody is tech savvy. I'd say the majority of FF users don't even know there's a profile manager.
- wolrah 10y agoReminder of the thing it's being compared to: > The containers feature is enabled in Firefox Nightly 50 by default with the about:config pref `privacy.userContext.enabled` set to true. Grandma and Joe SixPack aren't running Firefox Nightly with about:config tweaks either.
- yoasif_ 10y agoThe writing is a bit ambiguous here, but "true" is the default setting in Firefox nightlies currently, so no about:config tweaks needed. The preference is also available in the preferences UI in the "Privacy" section. Of course, most people are probably not running Firefox nightlies either.
- remir 10y agoOf course, but the point is that Mozilla is making this easier for the average folks. Eventually it will appear in stable releases.
- Scarbutt 10y agoTo be fair, grandma and joe sixpack don't even know firefox exists.
- wongarsu 10y agoMaybe not in the US, but in Germany Firefox is the most popular browser.
- piyush_soni 10y agoThere's this for them: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/profileswitcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/profileswitch... I'd been using the command line way for a long time, until I found this. Now the first thing I do is install it in every new office computer, and then I have a Work and Personal firefox profile, completely separate from each other. At home we have mine and my wife's profiles on the laptop.