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users understand the idea, firefox just makes it hard to use conceptually. I see tons of everyday people using chrome's profiles which are effectively the same
by jatone 5y ago
users understand the idea, firefox just makes it hard to use conceptually. I see tons of everyday people using chrome's profiles which are effectively the same thing at the window level and its clear what context you're in.
while firefox's concept is more powerful its also harder to use appropriately.
- javajosh 5y agoI don't think users understand the idea. Partly what I wanted with my long post is for someone to say, "Hey, you don't need to understand that to get account containers!", but so far, nothing. I love users, but I'm under no illusions about the extent of their knowledge.
- jatone 5y agothen you're incorrect. ./shrug. I am a user, a developer and I definitely understand the ideas and how the different browsers implement them. containers are just clunky to use in the manner a user actually wants to partition their browser contexts. they're good for sandboxing one site from others but the way many people want to use profiles is to entirely separate their windows by profiles. lets say for example I have two gmail accounts one for corporate and one for personal use. switching between them isn't fluid in firefox because containers are site based. and profiles are completely hidden. firefox doesn't make this easy. I can't whole switch a window from one profile to another when I want to switch from personal -> work contexts.