▲ 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
[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago (5 children) It was. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] embMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children) It wasn't. It was a hidden feature. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) But it was a feature permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] embMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes, and also no. Usually, I’d call something a feature if non tech savvy users can use it easily. If it’s hidden behind the command line, most users probably can’t use it. So, to me and colloquially, I wouldn’t call it a feature. Although I get the argument for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 year ago You can type in the search bar of the browser about:profiles to access it permalink fedilink source parent [–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Is a hidden feature still a feature? I've been using this daily for many years. It's behind a CLI flag, is that hidden ? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] embMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children) It wasn't. It was a hidden feature. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) But it was a feature permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] embMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes, and also no. Usually, I’d call something a feature if non tech savvy users can use it easily. If it’s hidden behind the command line, most users probably can’t use it. So, to me and colloquially, I wouldn’t call it a feature. Although I get the argument for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 year ago You can type in the search bar of the browser about:profiles to access it permalink fedilink source parent [–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Is a hidden feature still a feature? I've been using this daily for many years. It's behind a CLI flag, is that hidden ? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) But it was a feature permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] embMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes, and also no. Usually, I’d call something a feature if non tech savvy users can use it easily. If it’s hidden behind the command line, most users probably can’t use it. So, to me and colloquially, I wouldn’t call it a feature. Although I get the argument for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 year ago You can type in the search bar of the browser about:profiles to access it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] embMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes, and also no. Usually, I’d call something a feature if non tech savvy users can use it easily. If it’s hidden behind the command line, most users probably can’t use it. So, to me and colloquially, I wouldn’t call it a feature. Although I get the argument for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 year ago You can type in the search bar of the browser about:profiles to access it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 1 year ago You can type in the search bar of the browser about:profiles to access it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Is a hidden feature still a feature? I've been using this daily for many years. It's behind a CLI flag, is that hidden ? permalink fedilink source parent