▲ 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
[+] sleen@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) What do profiles do that I can't do with multi account containers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) I can let my kids play on my computer without them screwing up my personal browser history or getting into any of my accounts without having to teach them how to use yet another extension. Vivaldi has a great example of profile management where I can literally create a desktop shortcut for each person that uses my computer, complete with their name, and it's their own separate internet profile. Yes, I'm aware I could solve this problem by using multiple user profiles on my computer, but the overhead and the amount of management would also be a massive headache. It is just far easier to do this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fair, I mostly use my PC alone, so there's no need for separate profiles. Having multi-account containers is a godsend for me. It isolates session data between tabs allowing me to have as many browser sessions as I need in a single browser window. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago Oh, I do the same thing, I use the same extension that you do, it just doesn't fit my use case for multiple profile management. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) What do profiles do that I can't do with multi account containers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) I can let my kids play on my computer without them screwing up my personal browser history or getting into any of my accounts without having to teach them how to use yet another extension. Vivaldi has a great example of profile management where I can literally create a desktop shortcut for each person that uses my computer, complete with their name, and it's their own separate internet profile. Yes, I'm aware I could solve this problem by using multiple user profiles on my computer, but the overhead and the amount of management would also be a massive headache. It is just far easier to do this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fair, I mostly use my PC alone, so there's no need for separate profiles. Having multi-account containers is a godsend for me. It isolates session data between tabs allowing me to have as many browser sessions as I need in a single browser window. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago Oh, I do the same thing, I use the same extension that you do, it just doesn't fit my use case for multiple profile management. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) I can let my kids play on my computer without them screwing up my personal browser history or getting into any of my accounts without having to teach them how to use yet another extension. Vivaldi has a great example of profile management where I can literally create a desktop shortcut for each person that uses my computer, complete with their name, and it's their own separate internet profile. Yes, I'm aware I could solve this problem by using multiple user profiles on my computer, but the overhead and the amount of management would also be a massive headache. It is just far easier to do this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fair, I mostly use my PC alone, so there's no need for separate profiles. Having multi-account containers is a godsend for me. It isolates session data between tabs allowing me to have as many browser sessions as I need in a single browser window. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago Oh, I do the same thing, I use the same extension that you do, it just doesn't fit my use case for multiple profile management. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fair, I mostly use my PC alone, so there's no need for separate profiles. Having multi-account containers is a godsend for me. It isolates session data between tabs allowing me to have as many browser sessions as I need in a single browser window. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago Oh, I do the same thing, I use the same extension that you do, it just doesn't fit my use case for multiple profile management. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago Oh, I do the same thing, I use the same extension that you do, it just doesn't fit my use case for multiple profile management. permalink fedilink source parent