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Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 days ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Why would I use this when I have Firefox containers?

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 24 points 5 days 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 21 hours ago

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

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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 22 hours ago

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

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days 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 21 hours ago

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

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days 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 21 hours 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 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

That's what containers do.