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Ask HN: Multiple Browsers to manage multiple sites

If I want to manage 10 sites, each in it's own browser with its own gmail, dashboard etc, how would I go about doing that? I tried site specific browsers like Chrome but they don't allow me to open 10 gmail accounts in 10 separate SSBs (signing into an account in one SSB logs me off from a previous account in another SSB) Edit: I'm looking for a solution in Windows.

ivanstojic 17y ago
Something like this: http://fluidapp.com/ http://fluidapp.com/ maybe?
- deleted 17y ago
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- rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
  Sorry, I should have specified I was looking for an answer in Windows.
  - roam 17y ago
    Mozilla Prism: http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/prism/ http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/prism/
    - rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
      Same problem. Logging into a new gmail account in one logs out a previous account in another.
vamsee 17y ago
Does this work for you? http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/2008/01/run-multiple-versions-of-firefox.html http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/2008/01/run-multiple-versions-...
- rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
  This looks like it! Can I run 10 browsers with 10 email accounts (1 in each)?
  - vamsee 17y ago
    I can't see why not. Create 10 profiles, and login to each of them separatly with no-remote. Better yet, you can copy the firefox launch icon, go to properties and modify the firefox command like so: firefox.exe -no-remote -ProfileManager profile1 firefox.exe -no-remote -ProfileManager profile2 etc. and have 10 shortcuts for each profile.
    - rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
      I came across this - http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/use-multiple-google-accounts.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/use-multiple-google... Figure it's faster and easier. Thanks for your help tho!
rms 17y ago
This may work? http://broker20.com/ http://broker20.com/
- rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
  This looks like it will allow me to be logged into 10 different email accounts at once. Are the browsers secure?
rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
Found it! http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/use-multiple-google-accounts.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/use-multiple-google...
thumbfinger 17y ago
Use incognito mode in Chrome
csomar 17y ago
is the problem only with gmail (google services) or you want to access any sites?? Why not create different versions of browsers (then you should go to FireFox) and every browser uses it's own cookies. Simply, you need to know how to hack FireFox
- rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
  Well, I'm about to launch 10 sites and I wanted to monitor everything for each site on a separate browswer - email, analytics, dashboards etc. So yeah, I could hack firefox. But I dont know how. But the chrome incognito mode serves the same purpose.
johns 17y ago
Chrome briefly had profile support in one of the dev builds but it has since been removed. I hope they add it back soon as I found it very useful for this sort of situation.

ivanstojic 17y ago

Something like this: http://fluidapp.com/ http://fluidapp.com/ maybe?

deleted 17y ago
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rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
Sorry, I should have specified I was looking for an answer in Windows.
- roam 17y ago
  Mozilla Prism: http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/prism/ http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/prism/
  - rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
    Same problem. Logging into a new gmail account in one logs out a previous account in another.

vamsee 17y ago

Does this work for you? http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/2008/01/run-multiple-versions-of-firefox.html http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/2008/01/run-multiple-versions-...

rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
This looks like it! Can I run 10 browsers with 10 email accounts (1 in each)?
- vamsee 17y ago
  I can't see why not. Create 10 profiles, and login to each of them separatly with no-remote. Better yet, you can copy the firefox launch icon, go to properties and modify the firefox command like so: firefox.exe -no-remote -ProfileManager profile1 firefox.exe -no-remote -ProfileManager profile2 etc. and have 10 shortcuts for each profile.
  - rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
    I came across this - http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/use-multiple-google-accounts.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/use-multiple-google... Figure it's faster and easier. Thanks for your help tho!

rms 17y ago

This may work? http://broker20.com/ http://broker20.com/

rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
This looks like it will allow me to be logged into 10 different email accounts at once. Are the browsers secure?

rumpelstiltskin 17y ago

Found it! http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/use-multiple-google-accounts.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/use-multiple-google...

thumbfinger 17y ago

Use incognito mode in Chrome

csomar 17y ago

is the problem only with gmail (google services) or you want to access any sites?? Why not create different versions of browsers (then you should go to FireFox) and every browser uses it's own cookies. Simply, you need to know how to hack FireFox

rumpelstiltskin 17y ago
Well, I'm about to launch 10 sites and I wanted to monitor everything for each site on a separate browswer - email, analytics, dashboards etc. So yeah, I could hack firefox. But I dont know how. But the chrome incognito mode serves the same purpose.

johns 17y ago

Chrome briefly had profile support in one of the dev builds but it has since been removed. I hope they add it back soon as I found it very useful for this sort of situation.