ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoFirefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessionswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square139linkfedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down110
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minus-squarenotarobot@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days agoI 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.
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-226 days agoJust add -P to Firefox launch flags once and then selected “prompt me everytime”. This also has been true for rlike 20 years.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-226 days agoOr just -P “profilename” to launch that profile directly from a shortcut. You can have as many running simultaneously as you’d want.
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoI have two separate shortcuts, I just set it so that one shortcut opens one profile and the other the other profile.
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.
Just add -P to Firefox launch flags once and then selected “prompt me everytime”. This also has been true for rlike 20 years.
Or just -P “profilename” to launch that profile directly from a shortcut.
You can have as many running simultaneously as you’d want.
I have two separate shortcuts, I just set it so that one shortcut opens one profile and the other the other profile.