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In Chrome there's an icon you click to switch. Honestly, if someone would create a FF extension that was just that, it would probably cover 90% of what's consid

In Chrome there's an icon you click to switch. Honestly, if someone would create a FF extension that was just that, it would probably cover 90% of what's considered superior in Chrome.

Crono 5y ago
Its called "Profile Switcher for Firefox": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...
- cassianoleal 5y ago
  That looks quite good. It's a little over the top with having to install external software though.
weaksauce 5y ago
have you used container tabs? those are effectively "different profiles" for what most people consider them. It's still shared extensions and history and bookmarks but you can login with different accounts in different tabs and it keeps that separate.
- cassianoleal 5y ago
  I use container tabs, temporary tabs and the containerise extension to help manage things. I use it so there's stronger isolation between the websites I visit, and cookies are cleaned up when I close the browser. That's on my main/personal profile. I have separate profiles for work stuff, one for each client or organisation I work with. On those, I only access sites that are relevant to the organisation, and I have a lot fewer protections. I keep long sessions, I leave cookies in place, etc. It's a lot more convenient that way.
- maxloh 5y ago
  I have different sets of bookmark in my school and regular profile (because in most cases they were opened for very different purposes).
- jamesgeck0 5y ago
  An important UX difference is that Firefox's default "New Tab" keyboard shortcut doesn't respect the container of the current tab. I've found that it's really easy to accidentally switch back to the main container.
  - weaksauce 5y ago
    I would think it be trivial to make an extension that respects the current tab container when opening a new tab. Hell if it's not there I'll make one.

In Chrome there's an icon you click to switch. Honestly, if someone would create a FF extension that was just that, it would probably cover 90% of what's considered superior in Chrome.

Crono 5y ago

Its called "Profile Switcher for Firefox": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...

cassianoleal 5y ago
That looks quite good. It's a little over the top with having to install external software though.

weaksauce 5y ago

have you used container tabs? those are effectively "different profiles" for what most people consider them. It's still shared extensions and history and bookmarks but you can login with different accounts in different tabs and it keeps that separate.

cassianoleal 5y ago
I use container tabs, temporary tabs and the containerise extension to help manage things. I use it so there's stronger isolation between the websites I visit, and cookies are cleaned up when I close the browser. That's on my main/personal profile. I have separate profiles for work stuff, one for each client or organisation I work with. On those, I only access sites that are relevant to the organisation, and I have a lot fewer protections. I keep long sessions, I leave cookies in place, etc. It's a lot more convenient that way.
maxloh 5y ago
I have different sets of bookmark in my school and regular profile (because in most cases they were opened for very different purposes).
jamesgeck0 5y ago
An important UX difference is that Firefox's default "New Tab" keyboard shortcut doesn't respect the container of the current tab. I've found that it's really easy to accidentally switch back to the main container.
- weaksauce 5y ago
  I would think it be trivial to make an extension that respects the current tab container when opening a new tab. Hell if it's not there I'll make one.