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Profiles and Containers are different things. If more people understood this, we would be asking for better profile support on Firefox and for container suppor
by luuurker 3y ago
Profiles and Containers are different things.
If more people understood this, we would be asking for better profile support on Firefox and for container support on Chromium, not suggesting containers to people who need profiles or trying to use profiles as if they were tab containers.
I want profiles because they provide exactly what you mentioned: separation. I need different extensions, bookmarks, history, etc. And inside each profile I can use containers if I want to.
- littlestymaar 3y agoIf you want profiles and not containers, you can use profiles too in Firefox, it works well (I do it on the shared family computer). It's just not what most people use profiles for in Chrome, which lacks the separation between profiles and container.
- zuhsetaqi 3y ago> you can use profiles too in Firefox, it works well So explain me: 1. How do I set up a new profile in Firefox. In Chrome creating a new Profile takes 3 clicks and entering a name. 2. How I open two instances/windows of Firefox at the same time each with a different profile. In Chrome opening a second profile is two clicks (when Chrome is already running)
- littlestymaar 3y agoType about:profiles in the address bar, and then you're one click away from both of your questions.
- zuhsetaqi 3y agoAnd that's the point: No normal user will ever discover that feature
- littlestymaar 3y agoNormal user don't explore the menus trying to discover the stuff they might like. They either get hinted by someone else about “some cool feature”, or do a Google search if they know what they're looking for.