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> why can't I have a 'Work' window in which all the new tabs are 'Work' tabs by default? Same. I've tried Firefox last month and it is the only no-go I've no.

> why can't I have a 'Work' window in which all the new tabs are 'Work' tabs by default? Same. I've tried Firefox last month and it is the only no-go I've no. With Firefox profiles being a thing, I wonder if a front-end to manage them like in Chrome is in development.

krzyk 7y ago
I don't think so, Firefox had profiles since forever and they don't have a nice UI for handling those for the whole time.
auscompgeek 7y ago
There already exists a profile manager UI if you run `firefox -ProfileManager` or `firefox -P`. Not as elegant as Chrome's though.
- cpeterso 7y ago
  An easier way to manage and launch Firefox profiles is the about:profiles page.
oAlbe 7y ago
You could solve this problem in two ways that are pretty easy to setup and handy to use, IMO. 1. You can open a new window, move the new tab in the "Work" container (if you use an extension [1] you can just type "co work" in the address bar), and use alt+c [2] to open new tabs in that window, ensuring they are all opened in your "Work" container. 2. You can create a separate profile for work, running "firefox -p" to first create it, and then create a desktop shortcut that links to that profile. This way you'll have two separate profiles on two separate Firefox "icons" that that you can launch at your will. There are ways to do this both on Windows and Linux (not sure about Mac, never used that), and the setup needs to happen only once. I've had separate Firefox profiles for years now that just keep working without any problem. I even ported some profile folders between different installs (same OS), and to my surprise they still didn't break. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/search-and-switch-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/search-and-sw... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-container-tab/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-container...

krzyk 7y ago

I don't think so, Firefox had profiles since forever and they don't have a nice UI for handling those for the whole time.

auscompgeek 7y ago

There already exists a profile manager UI if you run `firefox -ProfileManager` or `firefox -P`. Not as elegant as Chrome's though.

cpeterso 7y ago
An easier way to manage and launch Firefox profiles is the about:profiles page.

oAlbe 7y ago

You could solve this problem in two ways that are pretty easy to setup and handy to use, IMO. 1. You can open a new window, move the new tab in the "Work" container (if you use an extension [1] you can just type "co work" in the address bar), and use alt+c [2] to open new tabs in that window, ensuring they are all opened in your "Work" container. 2. You can create a separate profile for work, running "firefox -p" to first create it, and then create a desktop shortcut that links to that profile. This way you'll have two separate profiles on two separate Firefox "icons" that that you can launch at your will. There are ways to do this both on Windows and Linux (not sure about Mac, never used that), and the setup needs to happen only once. I've had separate Firefox profiles for years now that just keep working without any problem. I even ported some profile folders between different installs (same OS), and to my surprise they still didn't break. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/search-and-switch-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/search-and-sw... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-container-tab/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-container...