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I have been thinking of switching back from Chrome to Firefox. I haven't been able to find decent profile support though (so I can keep work and private data se

I have been thinking of switching back from Chrome to Firefox. I haven't been able to find decent profile support though (so I can keep work and private data separate), and all profiles addons are broken at the moment.

heliostatic 9y ago
The Firefox Multi-Account containers are great: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... Multiple profiles within a single window, visually distinguished by tab highlight color.
- aapjesverkoper 9y ago
  It looks like this doesn't allow you to separate history, addons, bookmarks, or move your current tab to a container. I am sticking with google for now.
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - callahad 9y ago
    You can use about:profiles or the profile manager (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...) to handle that. The UX isn't as polished, but for just a handful of uses (work, personal, etc.) it's easy enough to make shortcuts which call `firefox --new-instance --profile <profilename>`.
  - dralley 9y ago
    You can use multiple profiles with Firefox, the UX for doing so just isn't as fleshed out as Chromium. Create a new profile by going to about:profiles, and thereafter when you start Firefox it should present you with an option to pick which profile to use.
- imron 9y ago
  Yep. I love containers.
CapacitorSet 9y ago
What stops you from launching Firefox with the profile manager twice (there's a flag for that), and selecting the two profiles? It takes a couple of seconds to select the profile.
- mmphosis 9y ago
  That is a good work-around. Multiple devices, systems, users, locations, and other factors makes selecting the current profile a pain.
- Maken 9y ago
  @mmphosis: you can always link different profiles to different Firefox account so they all get sync between devices.
ifdefdebug 9y ago
firefox -p launches firefox into the profile manager. firefox -p work -new-instance launches your work profile. What are you missing? More options: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Lin...
- aapjesverkoper 9y ago
  Thanks, this seems to work. I found the no-remote option when looking around, but accidentally lauching private_dot_com (nsfw) a couple of times at work instead of my private profile ended my testing with this last time.
  - myfonj 9y ago
    Yup, c:\apps\firefox\firefox.exe -no-remote -profile "C:\profiles\some-clean-profile" was my was-to-go method for testing various configurations. Knowing about %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini is also often helpful, eg. when you want to move certain profile folder.
Maken 9y ago
You can launch Firefox with different profiles (including navigation history, Firefox account, extension, etc) in the same machine. It's a bit cumbersome since you need to select the profile as a launch option (firefox -p) or launch it from "about:profiles", but it works.

heliostatic 9y ago

The Firefox Multi-Account containers are great: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... Multiple profiles within a single window, visually distinguished by tab highlight color.

aapjesverkoper 9y ago
It looks like this doesn't allow you to separate history, addons, bookmarks, or move your current tab to a container. I am sticking with google for now.
- deleted 9y ago
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- callahad 9y ago
  You can use about:profiles or the profile manager (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...) to handle that. The UX isn't as polished, but for just a handful of uses (work, personal, etc.) it's easy enough to make shortcuts which call `firefox --new-instance --profile <profilename>`.
- dralley 9y ago
  You can use multiple profiles with Firefox, the UX for doing so just isn't as fleshed out as Chromium. Create a new profile by going to about:profiles, and thereafter when you start Firefox it should present you with an option to pick which profile to use.
imron 9y ago
Yep. I love containers.

CapacitorSet 9y ago

What stops you from launching Firefox with the profile manager twice (there's a flag for that), and selecting the two profiles? It takes a couple of seconds to select the profile.

mmphosis 9y ago
That is a good work-around. Multiple devices, systems, users, locations, and other factors makes selecting the current profile a pain.
Maken 9y ago
@mmphosis: you can always link different profiles to different Firefox account so they all get sync between devices.

ifdefdebug 9y ago

firefox -p launches firefox into the profile manager. firefox -p work -new-instance launches your work profile. What are you missing? More options: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Lin...

aapjesverkoper 9y ago
Thanks, this seems to work. I found the no-remote option when looking around, but accidentally lauching private_dot_com (nsfw) a couple of times at work instead of my private profile ended my testing with this last time.
- myfonj 9y ago
  Yup, c:\apps\firefox\firefox.exe -no-remote -profile "C:\profiles\some-clean-profile" was my was-to-go method for testing various configurations. Knowing about %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini is also often helpful, eg. when you want to move certain profile folder.

Maken 9y ago

You can launch Firefox with different profiles (including navigation history, Firefox account, extension, etc) in the same machine. It's a bit cumbersome since you need to select the profile as a launch option (firefox -p) or launch it from "about:profiles", but it works.