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I am still missing chrome-like profiles

by bennyz 7y ago

ypeter 7y ago
Have you tried Multi-Account Containers? It’s not the same but for me it works (I want to be logged in with various accounts on the same website)
- philshem 7y ago
  Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
- ailideex 7y ago
  I actually prefer the multi-account containers to chrome's profile approach.
- bennyz 7y ago
  Containers are nice and I use them, but unfortunately they are not enough since they are not synced and don't solve the bookmarks issue
- jpalomaki 7y ago
  Multi-account containers is the reason why I'm using Firefox. Too bad it is just an extension and not a first-class feature. The settings are not synced with other Firefox settings. Somewhat annoying as there is lot of work to setup the container settings if you happen loose then.
anfilt 7y ago
Firefox does have support for multiple profiles. You just to need to set it up. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-... Also if you want to prompt what profile to use every time you use firefox just add -P like this "firefox.exe -P" in your shortcut/softlink or script that starts firefox.
- m0zg 7y ago
  It just doesn't have usable profile switching. Sounds like something a competent engineer should be able to implement in a week, yet users have been begging for it for a decade and it's still not there. This is the only thing that holds me on Chrome.
  - glandium 7y ago
    try about:profiles
    - dhimes 7y ago
      I think his point is that if you have to do about:profiles, then that's not usable for a lot of people. Having something that works like containers is a lot more usable: click, select profile.
      - glandium 7y ago
        My point is that about:profiles improves upon -P. But cf. their other post, they're actually after containers, not profiles.
    - m0zg 7y ago
      See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Whereas in Chrome I _don't have to_ "try about:profiles". The very basic requirement for me is this: I want to completely separate my "work" internet from my "personal" internet, yet I also want to be able to easily switch between the two. Firefox makes this unnecessarily difficult and un-ergonomic.
      - matsemann 7y ago
        Containers in Fx makes this super-easy, try it out.
        m0zg 7y ago
andrepd 7y ago
Containers?
windyzboy 7y ago
I installed 2 Firefox apps at the same time in my Mac, one for work and one for personal. How to do that? First, install Firefox and in Applications, rename Firefox.app to My-personal-Firefox.app . Then, install Firefox again, it will be Firefox.app. Here is what I did with FirefoxNightly, but it's possible to do so with Firefox: https://imgur.com/a/Zy2iDkK https://imgur.com/a/Zy2iDkK (note: for more convenience, I have changed the app's icon)

I am still missing chrome-like profiles

by bennyz 7y ago

I am still missing chrome-like profiles

Have you tried Multi-Account Containers? It’s not the same but for me it works (I want to be logged in with various accounts on the same website)

philshem 7y ago
Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
ailideex 7y ago
I actually prefer the multi-account containers to chrome's profile approach.
bennyz 7y ago
Containers are nice and I use them, but unfortunately they are not enough since they are not synced and don't solve the bookmarks issue
jpalomaki 7y ago
Multi-account containers is the reason why I'm using Firefox. Too bad it is just an extension and not a first-class feature. The settings are not synced with other Firefox settings. Somewhat annoying as there is lot of work to setup the container settings if you happen loose then.

anfilt 7y ago

Firefox does have support for multiple profiles. You just to need to set it up. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-... Also if you want to prompt what profile to use every time you use firefox just add -P like this "firefox.exe -P" in your shortcut/softlink or script that starts firefox.

m0zg 7y ago
It just doesn't have usable profile switching. Sounds like something a competent engineer should be able to implement in a week, yet users have been begging for it for a decade and it's still not there. This is the only thing that holds me on Chrome.
- glandium 7y ago
  try about:profiles
  - dhimes 7y ago
    I think his point is that if you have to do about:profiles, then that's not usable for a lot of people. Having something that works like containers is a lot more usable: click, select profile.
    - glandium 7y ago
      My point is that about:profiles improves upon -P. But cf. their other post, they're actually after containers, not profiles.
  - m0zg 7y ago
    See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Whereas in Chrome I _don't have to_ "try about:profiles". The very basic requirement for me is this: I want to completely separate my "work" internet from my "personal" internet, yet I also want to be able to easily switch between the two. Firefox makes this unnecessarily difficult and un-ergonomic.
    - matsemann 7y ago
      Containers in Fx makes this super-easy, try it out.
      - m0zg 7y ago

andrepd 7y ago

Containers?

windyzboy 7y ago

I installed 2 Firefox apps at the same time in my Mac, one for work and one for personal. How to do that? First, install Firefox and in Applications, rename Firefox.app to My-personal-Firefox.app . Then, install Firefox again, it will be Firefox.app. Here is what I did with FirefoxNightly, but it's possible to do so with Firefox: https://imgur.com/a/Zy2iDkK https://imgur.com/a/Zy2iDkK (note: for more convenience, I have changed the app's icon)