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Once again G Suite customers get the shaft. I have a personal Gmail account, and a business G Suite account, and this change makes working with the two account

Once again G Suite customers get the shaft. I have a personal Gmail account, and a business G Suite account, and this change makes working with the two accounts a complete pain. All my years of Chrome bookmarks/settings/etc. are associated with my personal account, so I want the browser itself to always be logged in with that identity. But I want to be logged into my business G Suite email account "by default" when I hit gmail.com, when I open Google Analytics, Drive etc. so I don't have to use the account picker a hundred times a day. It just doesn't seem possible. Argh. I wonder if Google employee accounts were to be considered business G Suite-like instead of consumer Gmail like, all these kinds of problems that constantly keep popping up for G Suite customers wouldn't be fixed overnight.

blfr 8y ago
The most straightforward solution is to create a separate Chrome user/profile for your work account. It's a great way to keep your private and organizational accounts completely separate. You can even sync all Chrome settings, extensions, and bookmars though the company account if they allow you to use your own devices. Unlike Firefox (major pain point btw), you can run Chrome with multiple profiles at once, each in a separate window.
- Androider 8y ago
  But my workflow! https://xkcd.com/1172/ https://xkcd.com/1172/ That's a good suggestion, but I just don't need or want to maintain two sets of bookmarks, install each plugin twice, configure each setting in two places, etc. But I guess I'll have to... sigh.
  - omaranto 8y ago
    You could use the work profile you create exclusively for gmail and analytics, etc. That is, you could leave that profile pretty plain, not mainting bookmarks and plugins for it.
    - exolymph 8y ago
      This is what I'm currently doing as a workaround, and it's still annoying.
- Hello71 8y ago
  Firefox has had profiles since at least 0.8, released in 2004, when it was renamed from Firebird, more than four and a half years prior to Google Chrome's release. This code, however, was inherited from Netscape Communicator 4, released more than a decade before Google Chrome. Hell, Netscape 4 predates Google! However, since the profile code is so old, it is not accessible from the main interface; it must be accessed via a command line flag. Chrome learned from this mistake and exposed it in the graphical interface. It is utterly false however to say that Firefox does not support profiles.
  - hdima 8y ago
    Firefox also has Multi-Account Containers add-on which is much more lightweight than profiles: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers
    - Hello71 8y ago
      Ah, yes, I forgot to mention that. This is basically Firefox learning from Chrome's mistakes after 10 years, just as Chrome learned from Netscape's mistakes. Chrome added in-browser support to profiles, then Firefox added preference and add-on sharing.
      - Flimm 8y ago
        I don't quite understand your comment. I think you are assuming that Firefox's containers are like Chrome's profiles, but they're not.
  - qu4z-2 8y ago
    I just wanted to add that I regularly run many different Firefox profiles in parallel, and it definitely supports that feature. Granted the UI could use some work, but if you make a shortcut that brings up the profile selector it works pretty OK.
- kerng 8y ago
  Firefox is most straight forward answer!
qrbLPHiKpiux 8y ago
I have 2 accounts on my machine. One personal, one work. I’ll admit, I watch things on my personal machine (pornography) that I would not want mixed, even remotely, with my work stuff. Compartmentation.
tokyodude 8y ago
add a profile? I have 6 chrome profiles. One for personal, business, Facebook, Twitter, Chromium, Other. 3 of those are associate with different google accounts
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krelian 8y ago
Log-out all your accounts from google, then the account you use the log-in first will be the account that gets logged in by default.
manigandham 8y ago
Use Chrome Profiles feature which basically gives you an entirely separate browser. Each profile can be associated to an offline/local account or a Google account that syncs everywhere. It allows you to keep personal, work, and anything else completely separate. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824 https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824
- scarejunba 8y ago
  This is not useful to me because it creates multiple windows. I don't want that separation. I want what I have now. It was very good.
  - njsubedi 8y ago
    You are looking for Firefox Containers. Single window, multiple profiles separated by colors in the tabs.
    - kkarakk 8y ago
      and every time you open a tab you have to open it via the container feature which gets irritating after exactly one time you forget to do it and just use ctrl+t
  - Spivak 8y ago
    Does it actually work now? How do you manage two separate logins in a single window in Chrome. FF manages this with containers but I know of no way of doing this with Chrome.
    - daveFNbuck 8y ago
      I used to do this in chrome. You can click on your profile picture in the upper-right corner of the gmail UI to switch accounts. You end up having a different URL per user, like https://mail.google.com/mail/u/<number> https://mail.google.com/mail/u/<number>, where <number> is 0 or 1 if you have two users. You can put these in bookmarks and have them open in different tabs.
sam0x17 8y ago
Haha I wish I just had two. I have 6 separate accounts, 4 for various businesses that I use regularly. I have a particular order I have to log into them when setting up a new chrome install so that all my bookmarks work with their respective accounts (&authuser=1, &authuser=4, etc) in things like google cloud console, google domains, gsuite etc. Note: for actually checking my email, I have ended up using mailspring.
- njsubedi 8y ago
  Same here but I use Firefox Containers. Lastpass for password, which is not container dependent so I can auto-login in whichever profile I am on.
usaar333 8y ago
> I wonder if Google employee accounts were to be considered business G Suite-like instead of consumer Gmail like, all these kinds of problems that constantly keep popping up for G Suite customers wouldn't be fixed overnight. I'm not sure if this makes much of a difference to your case. I imagine most employees are using different profiles for work and personal. I always did this.. it makes for a nice firewall as well between accounts (never need to worry about awkward history when I present to co-workers).
ttty 8y ago
Just open your new Gmail and bookmark that page.
soraminazuki 8y ago
You might want to look into the custom URL feature of GSuite. https://support.google.com/a/answer/53340?hl=en https://support.google.com/a/answer/53340?hl=en
Improvotter 8y ago
For all of the features, paid G Suite users get the shaft. Google Home? Nope. Switching between accounts? Nope, that's a pain as well.

blfr 8y ago

The most straightforward solution is to create a separate Chrome user/profile for your work account. It's a great way to keep your private and organizational accounts completely separate. You can even sync all Chrome settings, extensions, and bookmars though the company account if they allow you to use your own devices. Unlike Firefox (major pain point btw), you can run Chrome with multiple profiles at once, each in a separate window.

Androider 8y ago
But my workflow! https://xkcd.com/1172/ https://xkcd.com/1172/ That's a good suggestion, but I just don't need or want to maintain two sets of bookmarks, install each plugin twice, configure each setting in two places, etc. But I guess I'll have to... sigh.
- omaranto 8y ago
  You could use the work profile you create exclusively for gmail and analytics, etc. That is, you could leave that profile pretty plain, not mainting bookmarks and plugins for it.
  - exolymph 8y ago
    This is what I'm currently doing as a workaround, and it's still annoying.
Hello71 8y ago
Firefox has had profiles since at least 0.8, released in 2004, when it was renamed from Firebird, more than four and a half years prior to Google Chrome's release. This code, however, was inherited from Netscape Communicator 4, released more than a decade before Google Chrome. Hell, Netscape 4 predates Google! However, since the profile code is so old, it is not accessible from the main interface; it must be accessed via a command line flag. Chrome learned from this mistake and exposed it in the graphical interface. It is utterly false however to say that Firefox does not support profiles.
- hdima 8y ago
  Firefox also has Multi-Account Containers add-on which is much more lightweight than profiles: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers
  - Hello71 8y ago
    Ah, yes, I forgot to mention that. This is basically Firefox learning from Chrome's mistakes after 10 years, just as Chrome learned from Netscape's mistakes. Chrome added in-browser support to profiles, then Firefox added preference and add-on sharing.
    - Flimm 8y ago
      I don't quite understand your comment. I think you are assuming that Firefox's containers are like Chrome's profiles, but they're not.
- qu4z-2 8y ago
  I just wanted to add that I regularly run many different Firefox profiles in parallel, and it definitely supports that feature. Granted the UI could use some work, but if you make a shortcut that brings up the profile selector it works pretty OK.
kerng 8y ago
Firefox is most straight forward answer!

qrbLPHiKpiux 8y ago

I have 2 accounts on my machine. One personal, one work. I’ll admit, I watch things on my personal machine (pornography) that I would not want mixed, even remotely, with my work stuff. Compartmentation.

tokyodude 8y ago

add a profile? I have 6 chrome profiles. One for personal, business, Facebook, Twitter, Chromium, Other. 3 of those are associate with different google accounts

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krelian 8y ago

Log-out all your accounts from google, then the account you use the log-in first will be the account that gets logged in by default.

manigandham 8y ago

Use Chrome Profiles feature which basically gives you an entirely separate browser. Each profile can be associated to an offline/local account or a Google account that syncs everywhere. It allows you to keep personal, work, and anything else completely separate. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824 https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824

scarejunba 8y ago
This is not useful to me because it creates multiple windows. I don't want that separation. I want what I have now. It was very good.
- njsubedi 8y ago
  You are looking for Firefox Containers. Single window, multiple profiles separated by colors in the tabs.
  - kkarakk 8y ago
    and every time you open a tab you have to open it via the container feature which gets irritating after exactly one time you forget to do it and just use ctrl+t
- Spivak 8y ago
  Does it actually work now? How do you manage two separate logins in a single window in Chrome. FF manages this with containers but I know of no way of doing this with Chrome.
  - daveFNbuck 8y ago
    I used to do this in chrome. You can click on your profile picture in the upper-right corner of the gmail UI to switch accounts. You end up having a different URL per user, like https://mail.google.com/mail/u/<number> https://mail.google.com/mail/u/<number>, where <number> is 0 or 1 if you have two users. You can put these in bookmarks and have them open in different tabs.

sam0x17 8y ago

Haha I wish I just had two. I have 6 separate accounts, 4 for various businesses that I use regularly. I have a particular order I have to log into them when setting up a new chrome install so that all my bookmarks work with their respective accounts (&authuser=1, &authuser=4, etc) in things like google cloud console, google domains, gsuite etc. Note: for actually checking my email, I have ended up using mailspring.

njsubedi 8y ago
Same here but I use Firefox Containers. Lastpass for password, which is not container dependent so I can auto-login in whichever profile I am on.

usaar333 8y ago

> I wonder if Google employee accounts were to be considered business G Suite-like instead of consumer Gmail like, all these kinds of problems that constantly keep popping up for G Suite customers wouldn't be fixed overnight. I'm not sure if this makes much of a difference to your case. I imagine most employees are using different profiles for work and personal. I always did this.. it makes for a nice firewall as well between accounts (never need to worry about awkward history when I present to co-workers).

ttty 8y ago

Just open your new Gmail and bookmark that page.

soraminazuki 8y ago

You might want to look into the custom URL feature of GSuite. https://support.google.com/a/answer/53340?hl=en https://support.google.com/a/answer/53340?hl=en

Improvotter 8y ago

For all of the features, paid G Suite users get the shaft. Google Home? Nope. Switching between accounts? Nope, that's a pain as well.