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totally fucking useless doesn't even begin to describe my experience with multiple google apps and gmail accounts. I currently have 3 browsers running and a cop

totally fucking useless doesn't even begin to describe my experience with multiple google apps and gmail accounts. I currently have 3 browsers running and a copy of google in "incognito mode" just so I can have all my email, docs and Youtube accessible without having to switch accounts constantly. Drives me damn near crazy.

rachelbythebay 15y ago
This went around a few months ago: http://giveupandusemultiplebrowsers.com/ http://giveupandusemultiplebrowsers.com/ It's still valid.
callahad 15y ago
If you like Chrome, try enabling "Multiple Profiles" in about:flags, then add a few profiles in chrome://settings/personal Each profile is isolated from the others in much the same way that Incognito and normal Chrome sessions are isolated. It's pretty handy.
- mtogo 15y ago
  Firefox has a similar feature but it's not half as convenient. If you create multiple profiles, you can start firefox instances like so, and have multiple windows with different extensions, cookies, etc just like Chrome: $ firefox -P gaccount1 $ firefox -P gaccount2
  - unicornporn 15y ago
    http://br.mozdev.org/multifox/ http://br.mozdev.org/multifox/
drivebyacct2 15y ago
No offense, but I simply don't understand the rage at Google for this issue. Are you telling me that switching between Live IDs is magically easier (it's not, it's amazingly easy to be "logged in" to a Live site without a logout button, especially when you mixed an XBL account in there). It's just that Google is the one site large enough to have users that NEED multiple accounts and have reasons to switch between them. You're arguing against the cookie model and the fact that modern browsers are still complete shit at managing an identity and related cookies. (edit)Rambling here, with the new Cookie API in Chrome, would it not be possible to switch between profiles quickly using an extension? I understand the frustation is that we want to have one tab/window with one account and one with another, but this solution could surely mitigate some use cases. Also, I hope my comments aren't interpreted the wrong way. I just started a new project with a new team today with a new centralized gmail account. This means coordinating between my account and the central account and between those two accounts and other team members. I understand the frustration, I just don't know if rage at Google is the most appropriate direction of attention.
- mtogo 15y ago
  The fact is that Apps necessitates multiple accounts. If you want to receive email at both example.com and ycombinator.com, you can either pay $50 a month or use two accounts.
  - adamzochowski 15y ago
    I don't understand the problem. There are two ways that I know to handle this. 1) on secondary account setup imap/pop3 access. Setup primary account to read that. Grant access for primary account to use secondary email address (allows to change the from email) 2) in the app settings of your second domain, setup mailing list that has your primary email as the only destination. Enable the mailing list to accept any incoming email. Grant access for primary account to use secondary email address (allows to change the from email) There are probably more ways, I know of few people that have 5 email addresses all setup to route through one core account.
- tedunangst 15y ago
  Google is not just the one large site, they are also the site that is actively pushing other sites to use google services. Before, I could have 4 cookies for 4 sites each running whatever flavor of squirrelmail suited their fancy. After the gmail assimilation team sweeps through, now I have 1 cookie.
benmccann 15y ago
I use Chrome for my personal account and FireFox for my work account. It's way to hard to use a single browser with multiple accounts.
sjs382 15y ago
Likewise. I have Chrome, Chrome Canary, Chrome Incognito, Chrome Canary Incognito open at all times. Just so I can use multi accounts on Google products. I wish they could make this simple.

rachelbythebay 15y ago

This went around a few months ago: http://giveupandusemultiplebrowsers.com/ http://giveupandusemultiplebrowsers.com/ It's still valid.

callahad 15y ago

If you like Chrome, try enabling "Multiple Profiles" in about:flags, then add a few profiles in chrome://settings/personal Each profile is isolated from the others in much the same way that Incognito and normal Chrome sessions are isolated. It's pretty handy.

mtogo 15y ago
Firefox has a similar feature but it's not half as convenient. If you create multiple profiles, you can start firefox instances like so, and have multiple windows with different extensions, cookies, etc just like Chrome: $ firefox -P gaccount1 $ firefox -P gaccount2
- unicornporn 15y ago
  http://br.mozdev.org/multifox/ http://br.mozdev.org/multifox/

drivebyacct2 15y ago

No offense, but I simply don't understand the rage at Google for this issue. Are you telling me that switching between Live IDs is magically easier (it's not, it's amazingly easy to be "logged in" to a Live site without a logout button, especially when you mixed an XBL account in there). It's just that Google is the one site large enough to have users that NEED multiple accounts and have reasons to switch between them. You're arguing against the cookie model and the fact that modern browsers are still complete shit at managing an identity and related cookies. (edit)Rambling here, with the new Cookie API in Chrome, would it not be possible to switch between profiles quickly using an extension? I understand the frustation is that we want to have one tab/window with one account and one with another, but this solution could surely mitigate some use cases. Also, I hope my comments aren't interpreted the wrong way. I just started a new project with a new team today with a new centralized gmail account. This means coordinating between my account and the central account and between those two accounts and other team members. I understand the frustration, I just don't know if rage at Google is the most appropriate direction of attention.

mtogo 15y ago
The fact is that Apps necessitates multiple accounts. If you want to receive email at both example.com and ycombinator.com, you can either pay $50 a month or use two accounts.
- adamzochowski 15y ago
  I don't understand the problem. There are two ways that I know to handle this. 1) on secondary account setup imap/pop3 access. Setup primary account to read that. Grant access for primary account to use secondary email address (allows to change the from email) 2) in the app settings of your second domain, setup mailing list that has your primary email as the only destination. Enable the mailing list to accept any incoming email. Grant access for primary account to use secondary email address (allows to change the from email) There are probably more ways, I know of few people that have 5 email addresses all setup to route through one core account.
tedunangst 15y ago
Google is not just the one large site, they are also the site that is actively pushing other sites to use google services. Before, I could have 4 cookies for 4 sites each running whatever flavor of squirrelmail suited their fancy. After the gmail assimilation team sweeps through, now I have 1 cookie.

benmccann 15y ago

I use Chrome for my personal account and FireFox for my work account. It's way to hard to use a single browser with multiple accounts.

sjs382 15y ago

Likewise. I have Chrome, Chrome Canary, Chrome Incognito, Chrome Canary Incognito open at all times. Just so I can use multi accounts on Google products. I wish they could make this simple.