▲ 460 ▼ Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions (www.theverge.com) submitted 1 year ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 109 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 149 points 1 year ago (9 children) I thought it had had that for twenty years? permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 82 points 1 year ago Yeah I don't know why profiles itself are being mentioned as a new thing. What's new is the more convenient interface for them permalink fedilink source parent [–] muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 21 points 1 year ago (2 children) I think they are just making a ui to manage it natively. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] coolmojo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) firefox -p was also an UI. Not as fancy as this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 13 points 1 year ago Also about:profiles if it’s already running permalink fedilink source parent [–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (4 children) I tried it during covid when wfh started. I found it really annoying to switch between personal and work profiles. I prefer the chrome way of asking which profile each time I click the icon or having two separate icons. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Just add -P to Firefox launch flags once and then selected "prompt me everytime". This also has been true for rlike 20 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* Or just -P "profilename" to launch that profile directly from a shortcut. You can have as many running simultaneously as you'd want. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago it's slightly different; before to have two profiles open at the same time you had to add no-remote and it was still quirky; now its much more streamlines and background links outside of firefox will open in whichever profile has focus. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago I have two separate shortcuts, I just set it so that one shortcut opens one profile and the other the other profile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 82 points 1 year ago Yeah I don't know why profiles itself are being mentioned as a new thing. What's new is the more convenient interface for them permalink fedilink source parent
[–] muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 21 points 1 year ago (2 children) I think they are just making a ui to manage it natively. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] coolmojo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) firefox -p was also an UI. Not as fancy as this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 13 points 1 year ago Also about:profiles if it’s already running permalink fedilink source parent
[–] coolmojo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) firefox -p was also an UI. Not as fancy as this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 13 points 1 year ago Also about:profiles if it’s already running permalink fedilink source parent
[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 13 points 1 year ago Also about:profiles if it’s already running permalink fedilink source parent
[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (4 children) I tried it during covid when wfh started. I found it really annoying to switch between personal and work profiles. I prefer the chrome way of asking which profile each time I click the icon or having two separate icons. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Just add -P to Firefox launch flags once and then selected "prompt me everytime". This also has been true for rlike 20 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* Or just -P "profilename" to launch that profile directly from a shortcut. You can have as many running simultaneously as you'd want. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago it's slightly different; before to have two profiles open at the same time you had to add no-remote and it was still quirky; now its much more streamlines and background links outside of firefox will open in whichever profile has focus. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago I have two separate shortcuts, I just set it so that one shortcut opens one profile and the other the other profile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Just add -P to Firefox launch flags once and then selected "prompt me everytime". This also has been true for rlike 20 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* Or just -P "profilename" to launch that profile directly from a shortcut. You can have as many running simultaneously as you'd want. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago it's slightly different; before to have two profiles open at the same time you had to add no-remote and it was still quirky; now its much more streamlines and background links outside of firefox will open in whichever profile has focus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* Or just -P "profilename" to launch that profile directly from a shortcut. You can have as many running simultaneously as you'd want. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago it's slightly different; before to have two profiles open at the same time you had to add no-remote and it was still quirky; now its much more streamlines and background links outside of firefox will open in whichever profile has focus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago I have two separate shortcuts, I just set it so that one shortcut opens one profile and the other the other profile. permalink fedilink source parent