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Related if anyone is switching over. I like to run Firefox Developer Edition[0] as my "work" browser, with work related bookmarks, etc. and then regular Firefo

by jmuguy 2y ago

Related if anyone is switching over. I like to run Firefox Developer Edition[0] as my "work" browser, with work related bookmarks, etc. and then regular Firefox for nonwork. This makes it really easy to keep the two separate. I know there's a lot of ways to segment within the same browser but this works well for me. [0] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/

noman-land 2y ago
FYI developer edition has a ton of additional data collection that I don't believe can be disabled, if that matters to you.
- eNV25 2y ago
  Isn't Developer Edition just a rebranded Firefox Beta that uses a different profile by default?
  - callahad 2y ago
    Same branch as beta, but with different build flags. Add-ons don't need to be signed to be installed on DevEdition, there's a DevTools button in the toolbar by default, etc.
bangaladore 2y ago
Chromium has a concept of "user data directories" which in theory keep all data isolated to a single folder. You can use a launch parameter to specify what the user data directory you want to use is (so a shortcut). I'm pretty sure Firefox must have an equivalent.
- n_plus_1_acc 2y ago
  It does, it's just called profiles. And they have a setting to always launch sthe profile selector on start.
  - aceazzameen 2y ago
    Yes, I used to always use a work profile and a home profile in Firefox. Over time I simply made more containers and stopped using profiles altogether. But the option is still there.
regularjack 2y ago
Containers are firefox's killer feature, highly encourage you to try them. I wish Mozilla would invest more in developing that feature.
dpz 2y ago
You can also just use Firefox containers. Or if you don't want to send all the data with dev use a fork of firefox
Noumenon72 2y ago
Thanks. I didn't use uBlock but I will be switching due to Chrome removing support for non-subsituting keywords (search engines with no %s), which I used heavily as basically aliases for web addresses. https://issues.chromium.org/issues/397720842?pli=1 https://issues.chromium.org/issues/397720842?pli=1
RamRodification 2y ago
You can achieve the same (or similar) thing with Firefox profiles. Just launch with "-p" and it'll give you a profile picker. You can have a work profile with separate extensions, bookmarks, settings, etc.
- 555watch 2y ago
  Can't believe I never heard about this. This is a life saver, I specifically installed ton of different browsers to emulate this....
EasyMark 2y ago
I just use multicontainers extension for that sort of thing. It keeps them siloed off from each other. Great for having multiple accounts on sites like bsky and reddit as well.

by jmuguy 2y ago

noman-land 2y ago

FYI developer edition has a ton of additional data collection that I don't believe can be disabled, if that matters to you.

eNV25 2y ago
Isn't Developer Edition just a rebranded Firefox Beta that uses a different profile by default?
- callahad 2y ago
  Same branch as beta, but with different build flags. Add-ons don't need to be signed to be installed on DevEdition, there's a DevTools button in the toolbar by default, etc.

bangaladore 2y ago

Chromium has a concept of "user data directories" which in theory keep all data isolated to a single folder. You can use a launch parameter to specify what the user data directory you want to use is (so a shortcut). I'm pretty sure Firefox must have an equivalent.

n_plus_1_acc 2y ago
It does, it's just called profiles. And they have a setting to always launch sthe profile selector on start.
- aceazzameen 2y ago
  Yes, I used to always use a work profile and a home profile in Firefox. Over time I simply made more containers and stopped using profiles altogether. But the option is still there.

regularjack 2y ago

Containers are firefox's killer feature, highly encourage you to try them. I wish Mozilla would invest more in developing that feature.

dpz 2y ago

You can also just use Firefox containers. Or if you don't want to send all the data with dev use a fork of firefox

Noumenon72 2y ago

Thanks. I didn't use uBlock but I will be switching due to Chrome removing support for non-subsituting keywords (search engines with no %s), which I used heavily as basically aliases for web addresses. https://issues.chromium.org/issues/397720842?pli=1 https://issues.chromium.org/issues/397720842?pli=1

RamRodification 2y ago

You can achieve the same (or similar) thing with Firefox profiles. Just launch with "-p" and it'll give you a profile picker. You can have a work profile with separate extensions, bookmarks, settings, etc.

555watch 2y ago
Can't believe I never heard about this. This is a life saver, I specifically installed ton of different browsers to emulate this....

EasyMark 2y ago

I just use multicontainers extension for that sort of thing. It keeps them siloed off from each other. Great for having multiple accounts on sites like bsky and reddit as well.