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I use profiles on Firefox daily and they work fine https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles https://support.m

I use profiles on Firefox daily and they work fine https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...

akazantsev 1y ago
The only way to access it with `about:profiles`? It looks like a joke. How could users possibly find this? UPD. The more I look at this, the worse it gets. Hidden under a special URL, requires you to launch the default profile before you can switch to another profile (yes-yes, there are command-line hacks). It's more like a user data manager for devs than profiles for users. Even containers look better than these profiles.
- arp242 1y ago
  You can use "firefox -ProfileManager". I didn't even know about about:profiles. There is some work on improving the UI: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-management https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-management Anyway, your claim was "Firefox has no profiles". That is not true.
  - akazantsev 1y ago
    Really? Then you can claim that Chrome has supported "profiles" since its inception, with the `--user-data-dir` command-line switch. If something is not user-visible, it is as good as non-existent. Firefox has no profiles as far as a regular user is concerned.
    - ReadCarlBarks 1y ago
      The new profile manager has already been enabled for most users. If you don't see it in the main menu yet, type `about:config` into the address bar and toggle `browser.profiles.enabled`.
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- josephd79 1y ago
  what in the world are you talking about? you click settings in the upper right hand corner and its right there.
keyringlight 1y ago
Another thing you can do is run multiple profiles at the same time with the -no-remote argument , so "firefox -P profilename -no-remote"
- jraph 1y ago
  You don't need the -no-remote parameter anymore btw from what I can see.

akazantsev 1y ago

The only way to access it with `about:profiles`? It looks like a joke. How could users possibly find this? UPD. The more I look at this, the worse it gets. Hidden under a special URL, requires you to launch the default profile before you can switch to another profile (yes-yes, there are command-line hacks). It's more like a user data manager for devs than profiles for users. Even containers look better than these profiles.

arp242 1y ago
You can use "firefox -ProfileManager". I didn't even know about about:profiles. There is some work on improving the UI: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-management https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-management Anyway, your claim was "Firefox has no profiles". That is not true.
- akazantsev 1y ago
  Really? Then you can claim that Chrome has supported "profiles" since its inception, with the `--user-data-dir` command-line switch. If something is not user-visible, it is as good as non-existent. Firefox has no profiles as far as a regular user is concerned.
  - ReadCarlBarks 1y ago
    The new profile manager has already been enabled for most users. If you don't see it in the main menu yet, type `about:config` into the address bar and toggle `browser.profiles.enabled`.
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josephd79 1y ago
what in the world are you talking about? you click settings in the upper right hand corner and its right there.

keyringlight 1y ago

Another thing you can do is run multiple profiles at the same time with the -no-remote argument , so "firefox -P profilename -no-remote"

jraph 1y ago
You don't need the -no-remote parameter anymore btw from what I can see.