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I really really want support for multiple browser profiles in Firefox. Multi-Account Containers are cool, but they don't allow me to change my bookmarks or bro

I really really want support for multiple browser profiles in Firefox. Multi-Account Containers are cool, but they don't allow me to change my bookmarks or browser extensions. This is the only thing left Chrome has over Firefox that I honestly care about. The profile manager (about:profiles) comes so close, but it's just not as elegant as Chrome. Starting Firefox with the profile manager also causes issues when the OS tries to open another Firefox instance. They have a Firefox sync profile badge now. Just give me the option in that menu to open a new Firefox instance with another profile. And when the OS tries to open a webpage, just use the default profile - or even whatever profile I opened a page with last.

Someone1234 7y ago
Every time this comes up, everyone always dismisses it by just pointing to about:profile or the launch flags, but in my opinion those are weak excuses. Chrome made profiles a first class citizen and they're an absolute pleasure to use. I literally use them every day. Firefox having a bunch of buried half baked UI isn't really an answer to that. I believe Firefox is a better browser overall. Only this (profiles), the terrible bookmark/history experience (wtf is that?), and the developer bar are the remaining weaknesses.
- lovebigmacs 7y ago
  The entire Library, Bookmarks/History/the archaic Downloads popup, all just makes me immensely sad. Meanwhile I keep seeing more badges (Pocket, Screenshots, Lockwise, etc) crap popping up in the browser UX... To add on to what you're pointing out -- they even cloned Chrome's "profile-icon-in-the-bar" model, but didn't actually give you the ability to switch profiles with it! Instead more places to shove more links that I forgot about - Firefox Monitor and Firefox Send.
  - anonymousab 7y ago
    The history and bookmark management also has some unfortunate performance issues. I'm fairly certain there's a memory leak or something as well, as deleting several thousand entries at once (say, via 'forget this site' menu options) effectively breaks the browser until restart even when it has finished the operation. A comment in the bugzilla for this issue[1] seems to suggest that they'd like to rewrite History at the very least. So it's on the priority list somewhere. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734643 https://bugzilla.mozilla.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734643
    - catalogia 7y ago
      "Forget this site" seems to work well for me, but selecting thousands of history items manually and then pressing the delete key will lock firefox up for tens of minutes. There is definitely something profoundly broken with how history is being handled. Probably more than one thing that's broken, from the sounds of it.
- fireattack 7y ago
  Firefox's bookmark is superior at the core (the most important to me is that it supports tags) IMO, but yeah, the UI and UX is pretty bad.
- m1keil 7y ago
  Not only that, but attempting to actually create a lunch shortcut on MacOS or Linux with custom profile is quite an exercise since it's not as intuitive to do as on Windows.
Vinnl 7y ago
It would also be a great place to advertise the Containers extension for those users for whom profiles are a bit overkill (especially them opening in different windows).

Someone1234 7y ago

Every time this comes up, everyone always dismisses it by just pointing to about:profile or the launch flags, but in my opinion those are weak excuses. Chrome made profiles a first class citizen and they're an absolute pleasure to use. I literally use them every day. Firefox having a bunch of buried half baked UI isn't really an answer to that. I believe Firefox is a better browser overall. Only this (profiles), the terrible bookmark/history experience (wtf is that?), and the developer bar are the remaining weaknesses.

lovebigmacs 7y ago
The entire Library, Bookmarks/History/the archaic Downloads popup, all just makes me immensely sad. Meanwhile I keep seeing more badges (Pocket, Screenshots, Lockwise, etc) crap popping up in the browser UX... To add on to what you're pointing out -- they even cloned Chrome's "profile-icon-in-the-bar" model, but didn't actually give you the ability to switch profiles with it! Instead more places to shove more links that I forgot about - Firefox Monitor and Firefox Send.
- anonymousab 7y ago
  The history and bookmark management also has some unfortunate performance issues. I'm fairly certain there's a memory leak or something as well, as deleting several thousand entries at once (say, via 'forget this site' menu options) effectively breaks the browser until restart even when it has finished the operation. A comment in the bugzilla for this issue[1] seems to suggest that they'd like to rewrite History at the very least. So it's on the priority list somewhere. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734643 https://bugzilla.mozilla.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734643
  - catalogia 7y ago
    "Forget this site" seems to work well for me, but selecting thousands of history items manually and then pressing the delete key will lock firefox up for tens of minutes. There is definitely something profoundly broken with how history is being handled. Probably more than one thing that's broken, from the sounds of it.
fireattack 7y ago
Firefox's bookmark is superior at the core (the most important to me is that it supports tags) IMO, but yeah, the UI and UX is pretty bad.
m1keil 7y ago
Not only that, but attempting to actually create a lunch shortcut on MacOS or Linux with custom profile is quite an exercise since it's not as intuitive to do as on Windows.

Vinnl 7y ago

It would also be a great place to advertise the Containers extension for those users for whom profiles are a bit overkill (especially them opening in different windows).