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Re:Ask HN: Who's switched from Chrome to Firefox 57? by howoddalien on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @04:06PM (#15707791)
Yea, firefox has profiles as well. Containers are different and apply your browsing context based on the tab. Super useful, you can also configure sites to open in a certain container.

I do wish I could just pin an entire window to a container, but overall the flexibility is worth it. (I abhor having more than one window open per app at a time.)

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Re:Ask HN: Who's switched from Chrome to Firefox 57? by csdreamer7 on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @05:16PM (#15708383)
I am unfamiliar with it, but the profile manager in FF does not seem to be on the same level as Chrome. In Chrome you can change the profile and reopen your previous tabs by clicking in the top right.

With FF, you have to quit FF and type in the terminal 'firefox -P'.

They are not at the same level.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...

Containers are really bad at saving your workspace: tabs with a profile so I can just shut down work at the end of the day or on a weekend.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's switched from Chrome to Firefox 57? by Manishearth on Thursday November 16, 2017 @03:27AM (#15711030)
You don't have to quit FF to do this, and you can use about:profiles.

> Containers are really bad at saving your workspace: tabs with a profile so I can just shut down work at the end of the day or on a weekend.

Sure they are, ensure your "open tabs from last time" pref is selected in settings.

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