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Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Why would I use this when I have Firefox containers?

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

separate settings, separate addons, separate about prefs. also for when the PC is used by more than one person but there is only one user account

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Ok this is handy ngl. I've forgotten about the shared family compute scenario

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's the same as about:profiles

Just an easy way to separate people's browsing histories, cookes, bookmarks, etc I guess. And you can have them sync independently as well. For if other people want to use the same computer

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

That makes sense. The bookmarks and settings kinda made everything fit better in my head, thanks!

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's great having a separate profile for when you tell bbc iPlayer you have a tv licence.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

But can't containers do that? Maybe I'm missing something?

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I love containers, but it has a pretty frustrating and unfriendly ui. If something else allowed sorting and categorizing, I think that'd be an upgrade.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Fair, I just always felt containers were better than profiles, cause each tab is a profile now. The tooling does need improvement, I still get lost when trying to access some configs for it

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Multiple accounts on the same websites with different cookies for each one.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That's what containers do.