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Chrome profiles are the killer feature for me that prevent me from moving to another browser. I wasn't surprised to see profiles in the short list of reasons to

Chrome profiles are the killer feature for me that prevent me from moving to another browser. I wasn't surprised to see profiles in the short list of reasons to stick with Chrome. Privacy implications be damned, I liked having separate simultaneous profiles running for multiple work and personal accounts.

li4ick 9y ago
You'd have to install the TestPilot extension first, and then the Containers addon. https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments
- xythian 9y ago
  Thanks for the reminder. I remember checking that out when it first launched and then I drifted away from using it for reasons that I no longer recall. I'll check it out again.
- JadeNB 9y ago
  > You'd have to install the TestPilot extension first, and then the Containers addon. No you wouldn't …? Firefox has had support for profiles as long as I've been using it, which goes back to the Phoenix days. It tries to pretend that you can't run it with multiple profiles simultaneously, but you can (`firefox-bin -profilemanager`).
zeveb 9y ago
I'm unfamiliar with Chrome user profiles, but a quick look makes it appear that they are similar to Firefox's profiles: bundles of independent, isolated browser settings. I used Firefox profiles all the time, and am quite fond of them. Maybe they are not as easy to use on Windows or Macs? I'm pure Linux on the desktop.
- xythian 9y ago
  Yeah, Chrome makes it really easy to maintain and run multiple sandboxed profiles backed by completely separate Google accounts with their own settings, histories, extensions, etc.
  - soapdog 9y ago
    Personally, I find the new Firefox containers feature more friendly and useful from a UX perspective than Chrome profiles. You can learn more about them at https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/containers https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/containers
deadowl 9y ago
For me, it's the dinosaur game you can play when the internet is down.
- jansan 9y ago
  Just to let you know, after reading your comment I switched off wlan and reloaded this page. The dinosaur appeared and after trying some keys the game started and I may already be addicted. Look what you have done!
  - ktta 9y ago
    You've never had the internet go down before this?
    - jansan 9y ago
      I had, but I thought the dino was just a static icon.
  - unsignedint 9y ago
    You don't have to disable the connection. Try navigating to about:dino
krzyk 9y ago
How are Chrome profiles different from the ones that Firefox has (and had for quite a few years, almost "always")?

li4ick 9y ago

You'd have to install the TestPilot extension first, and then the Containers addon. https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments

xythian 9y ago
Thanks for the reminder. I remember checking that out when it first launched and then I drifted away from using it for reasons that I no longer recall. I'll check it out again.
JadeNB 9y ago
> You'd have to install the TestPilot extension first, and then the Containers addon. No you wouldn't …? Firefox has had support for profiles as long as I've been using it, which goes back to the Phoenix days. It tries to pretend that you can't run it with multiple profiles simultaneously, but you can (`firefox-bin -profilemanager`).

zeveb 9y ago

I'm unfamiliar with Chrome user profiles, but a quick look makes it appear that they are similar to Firefox's profiles: bundles of independent, isolated browser settings. I used Firefox profiles all the time, and am quite fond of them. Maybe they are not as easy to use on Windows or Macs? I'm pure Linux on the desktop.

xythian 9y ago
Yeah, Chrome makes it really easy to maintain and run multiple sandboxed profiles backed by completely separate Google accounts with their own settings, histories, extensions, etc.
- soapdog 9y ago
  Personally, I find the new Firefox containers feature more friendly and useful from a UX perspective than Chrome profiles. You can learn more about them at https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/containers https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/containers

deadowl 9y ago

For me, it's the dinosaur game you can play when the internet is down.

jansan 9y ago
Just to let you know, after reading your comment I switched off wlan and reloaded this page. The dinosaur appeared and after trying some keys the game started and I may already be addicted. Look what you have done!
- ktta 9y ago
  You've never had the internet go down before this?
  - jansan 9y ago
    I had, but I thought the dino was just a static icon.
- unsignedint 9y ago
  You don't have to disable the connection. Try navigating to about:dino

krzyk 9y ago

How are Chrome profiles different from the ones that Firefox has (and had for quite a few years, almost "always")?