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I found container tabs to be useless for my use case: I want to have two YouTube accounts running simultaneously - one for entertainment and another for coding
by viewtransform 2y ago
I found container tabs to be useless for my use case:
I want to have two YouTube accounts running simultaneously - one for entertainment and another for coding/AI/science. That way the YT recommendations in both accounts diverge to the different use cases. Using two Firefox profiles was the only way to do this.
I would be very disappointment to see Firefox profiles deprecated.
Minor nitpick - the poll options should say 'yes I use profiles' not 'yes I do'. Same with the no option. Be clear to avoid confusion.
- freetonik 2y agoIs it still clunky to switch between profiles in Firefox? I remember the ux being so much worse than in Chrome the last time I tried it.
- viewtransform 2y agoYou open up different running instances of Firefox, each with a different profile. Switching is simply clicking on the Firefox window for that profile
- homebrewer 2y agoI'm not sure why container tabs don't work for you, they keep separate cookie jars, local storage, etc. and behave exactly like separate profiles for this use case.
- viewtransform 2y agoI just double checked and you are correct. The containers do maintain different youtube accounts so I was wrong in my recollection. I now remember I chose profiles so I could keep two completely different Firefox color themes so I know which 'state' I am in (work/play) instantly. Having said that - I think I need to give containers another look since they are less overhead.