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I thought it had had that for twenty years?
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
you don't like about:profiles?
Show of Hands:
Who's heard of "about:profiles"?
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Been using it for years.
Been using multi account containers [1] for a couple weeks, complete with per-tab-SSL vpns.
[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/
Wait till you hear about:about
For some reason I read that in a Canadian accent in my head.
“aboot aboot”
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I use them all the time, they're great. I learned about it from another random Lemmy comment
I use it so much I have the tab pinned
I've been using it for years, too. I have it on my bookmarks bar, but this will certainly be better, I'd think.
Next they’re gonna tell me they haven’t heard of about:processes either
about:config has all the fame…