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This causes a few other problems. For example I use Hangouts Chat (chat.google.com) on my Google Apps account, and I also have a personal gmail. Ever since the

This causes a few other problems. For example I use Hangouts Chat (chat.google.com) on my Google Apps account, and I also have a personal gmail. Ever since the change I have to log out from my personal gmail to use Hangouts Chat, because it is looking at my Chrome account and telling me that I'm not part of the organization. I can't switch to the Google Apps account at all.

ganoushoreilly 8y ago
This is why setting up user profiles is handy in chrome. Keep one for work, one for home.
- 4ad 8y ago
  But being logged into your personal Hangouts and using the work Chrome at the same time does not seem to work anymore.
- the_duke 8y ago
  This is why it's handy to just use Firefox.
  - tokyodude 8y ago
    firefox's multiple profile support is crap. I actually do want multiple profiles that do things like sync passwords, bookmarks, extensions, themes across machines per profile. AFAIK firefox can't run multiple profiles at once
    - asadotzler 8y ago
      You can run multiple profiles at once in Firefox. I've been doing this for the better part of two decades with Mozilla browsers. You just need to add the no-remote option to your launcher.
    - rocky1138 8y ago
      `firefox -P`
2ion 8y ago
Firefox has gained a feature called multi-account containers several releases back solving exactly this kind of problem in a slick way: Your tabs can be assigned to different accounts (represented by different colors/names/icons (which are configurable). Each account has its own cookies etc, allowing you to be signed in to any number of services while keeping them separated. I use this feature heavily to separate different clients. It's also the reason why Chrome/Chromium are now out of the question for personal use: Much to complicated to keep things separated.
- zonidjan 8y ago
  But... Chrome has had this feature for MUCH longer than Firefox.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
    If you mean profiles, Firefox has had it even longer, albeit with poor UI.
    - Spivak 8y ago
      Look I'm a contributor to Firefox and even I think it's a stretch to say that FF has multi-profile support. I mean the feature is technically there but it's unusable by everyone except FF nerds. It's a special kind of hell where something like FIREFOX_PROFILE_DIR=~/.profile1 firefox FIREFOX_PROFILE_DIR=~/.profile2 firefox would actually be an improvement on the UX.
      - yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
        But it is that easy: firefox --no-remote --profile /path/to/profile/directory
      - qu4z-2 8y ago
        You need to make one shortcut[0]: firefox --no-remote -ProfileManager Then just click that every time you want a new/different profile. It has a list, with Create, Delete, Rename buttons... I do wish -ProfileManager implied --no-remote though -- I wonder whether there's a reason it doesn't?. EDIT: I just found `firefox -P` elsewhere in the thread. Also it seems like -ProfileManager does imply --no-remote now. Yay! [0]: Or a shell script in my case, but a shortcut is probably more "accessible".
Eridrus 8y ago
Every Google product I've seen has an account switcher, usually in the top right corner, with either your display image or a letter in a circle, this includes Hangouts Chat.
- fareesh 8y ago
  Yeah it switches me back to the chrome account when I access Hangouts chat. There's no way to switch and visit, or switch after visiting. It always reverts to the chrome account.

ganoushoreilly 8y ago

This is why setting up user profiles is handy in chrome. Keep one for work, one for home.

4ad 8y ago
But being logged into your personal Hangouts and using the work Chrome at the same time does not seem to work anymore.
the_duke 8y ago
This is why it's handy to just use Firefox.
- tokyodude 8y ago
  firefox's multiple profile support is crap. I actually do want multiple profiles that do things like sync passwords, bookmarks, extensions, themes across machines per profile. AFAIK firefox can't run multiple profiles at once
  - asadotzler 8y ago
    You can run multiple profiles at once in Firefox. I've been doing this for the better part of two decades with Mozilla browsers. You just need to add the no-remote option to your launcher.
  - rocky1138 8y ago
    `firefox -P`

2ion 8y ago

Firefox has gained a feature called multi-account containers several releases back solving exactly this kind of problem in a slick way: Your tabs can be assigned to different accounts (represented by different colors/names/icons (which are configurable). Each account has its own cookies etc, allowing you to be signed in to any number of services while keeping them separated. I use this feature heavily to separate different clients. It's also the reason why Chrome/Chromium are now out of the question for personal use: Much to complicated to keep things separated.

zonidjan 8y ago
But... Chrome has had this feature for MUCH longer than Firefox.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
  If you mean profiles, Firefox has had it even longer, albeit with poor UI.
  - Spivak 8y ago
    Look I'm a contributor to Firefox and even I think it's a stretch to say that FF has multi-profile support. I mean the feature is technically there but it's unusable by everyone except FF nerds. It's a special kind of hell where something like FIREFOX_PROFILE_DIR=~/.profile1 firefox FIREFOX_PROFILE_DIR=~/.profile2 firefox would actually be an improvement on the UX.
    - yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
      But it is that easy: firefox --no-remote --profile /path/to/profile/directory
    - qu4z-2 8y ago
      You need to make one shortcut[0]: firefox --no-remote -ProfileManager Then just click that every time you want a new/different profile. It has a list, with Create, Delete, Rename buttons... I do wish -ProfileManager implied --no-remote though -- I wonder whether there's a reason it doesn't?. EDIT: I just found `firefox -P` elsewhere in the thread. Also it seems like -ProfileManager does imply --no-remote now. Yay! [0]: Or a shell script in my case, but a shortcut is probably more "accessible".

Eridrus 8y ago

Every Google product I've seen has an account switcher, usually in the top right corner, with either your display image or a letter in a circle, this includes Hangouts Chat.

fareesh 8y ago
Yeah it switches me back to the chrome account when I access Hangouts chat. There's no way to switch and visit, or switch after visiting. It always reverts to the chrome account.