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About the profiles, Firefox supports "Multi-Account Containers" [1], it's like profiles but per-tab. You can also force some websites to open in a tab (like fac
by blckshd 9y ago
About the profiles, Firefox supports "Multi-Account Containers" [1], it's like profiles but per-tab. You can also force some websites to open in a tab (like facebook.com in a "Social Media" container). You should definitely give it a try!
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15256603 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15256603
- vifon 9y agoI did give them a try and I use them for a different purpose. I use profiles when I want a separate set of bookmarks, browsing history and/or addons (like a work/home separation). I use containers if I want a different set of cookies, so usually if I need to log into a single service with multiple identities. Maybe I should have mentioned that in the article but I totally forgot about the containers when writing. They are nice but I wouldn't miss them much if they were gone. How can I force a specific website to always open in a specific container? I cannot find it.
- blckshd 9y agoWith the website open in a container, click on the Multi-account containers' icon (the 3 squares with a +) and check "Always open xxx in yyy".
- vifon 9y agoI needed to install this addon[1]. Somehow I enabled the containers on Firefox 55 or 56 previously (possibly with about:config) and I didn't have this button. Thanks! [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... EDIT: Yes, it was privacy.userContext.enabled in about:config.
- Lurkars 9y agoAbout the profiles, check out the about:profiles site in FF. For sure not as handy as described for chromium, but maybe easier than scripts.