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It does not have to be cumbersome if you do it like I do: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484845

by nsajko 7y ago

em-bee 7y ago
that doesn't help. having a profile that cleans itself isn't the problem. switching between a normal and a cleaning profile is. for most of my stuff i want to keep the history and whatever else around. i also never restart my browser or my machine if i can't avoid it. (restarts happen when i don't want them, and that's when i don't want to loose my current state). so i am still stuck with specific sites that i need a second, cleanable mode for. it's the mode switching that is the issue. switching into incognito mode or to a new browser group is easy enough. so fixing either is the way to go.
- nsajko 7y ago
  I do not quite understand what do you mean by "switching". In my workflow, when I want "Incognito", I just start a new Chromium session on tmpfs. No switching needed.
  - em-bee 7y ago
    i am reading stuff, like HN, and a topic comes along that is considered controversial where i live. i do not want it to show up in my browser history. so i right-click, open link in private mode, or in a tabgroup. i am done reading, i close the private window or wipe the group. with your method i'd have to first start a new browser with that second profile, then copy the link to the new browser to read. that's a lot more work than just selecting an entry from the right-click menu.
    - maccard 7y ago
      Is there an extension available to add an option to open a link in a new profile? (Genuinely curious)
    - nsajko 7y ago
      > with your method i'd have to first start a new browser with that second profile, then copy the link to the new browser to read. But that is just about a second of work: my wrapper executable for chromium is named tb, and I use Dmenu with DWM for X window management, thus in four key presses and one mouse middle click the new browser instance is started and the URI copied: "ALT-P" "t" "b" "Mouse button 2".

It does not have to be cumbersome if you do it like I do: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484845

by nsajko 7y ago

It does not have to be cumbersome if you do it like I do: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484845

em-bee 7y ago

that doesn't help. having a profile that cleans itself isn't the problem. switching between a normal and a cleaning profile is. for most of my stuff i want to keep the history and whatever else around. i also never restart my browser or my machine if i can't avoid it. (restarts happen when i don't want them, and that's when i don't want to loose my current state). so i am still stuck with specific sites that i need a second, cleanable mode for. it's the mode switching that is the issue. switching into incognito mode or to a new browser group is easy enough. so fixing either is the way to go.

nsajko 7y ago
I do not quite understand what do you mean by "switching". In my workflow, when I want "Incognito", I just start a new Chromium session on tmpfs. No switching needed.
- em-bee 7y ago
  i am reading stuff, like HN, and a topic comes along that is considered controversial where i live. i do not want it to show up in my browser history. so i right-click, open link in private mode, or in a tabgroup. i am done reading, i close the private window or wipe the group. with your method i'd have to first start a new browser with that second profile, then copy the link to the new browser to read. that's a lot more work than just selecting an entry from the right-click menu.
  - maccard 7y ago
    Is there an extension available to add an option to open a link in a new profile? (Genuinely curious)
  - nsajko 7y ago
    > with your method i'd have to first start a new browser with that second profile, then copy the link to the new browser to read. But that is just about a second of work: my wrapper executable for chromium is named tb, and I use Dmenu with DWM for X window management, thus in four key presses and one mouse middle click the new browser instance is started and the URI copied: "ALT-P" "t" "b" "Mouse button 2".