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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 assigne

by 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".
- sp332 8y ago
  Chrome lets you have different accounts per window, which is nice. Firefox supports different accounts per tab, or the optional Facebook Container extension blocks communication to Facebook domains in all tabs outside of the Facebook container.

by 2ion 8y ago

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".
sp332 8y ago
Chrome lets you have different accounts per window, which is nice. Firefox supports different accounts per tab, or the optional Facebook Container extension blocks communication to Facebook domains in all tabs outside of the Facebook container.