Re:Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice (2014)
by chucksmash on Friday December 07, 2018 @10:18AM
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I think you're referring to Containers. If so, you can always fallback to separate Firefox profiles (run `firefox -p` to open the profiles menu iirc) if Containers aren't flexible enough for you.
I've been a 95% happy Containers user since it was a Test Pilot experiment but there are certainly cases where it's not enough. In my case, not being able to use the mobile device emulator in a container tab was a big pain.
Re:Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice (2014)
by csdreamer7 on Friday December 07, 2018 @11:28AM
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Those are terrible compared to the easy profile switching that Chrome offers. Containers also don't keep the pages you lasted work on the last time I checked. (If they do please let me know.)
Re:Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice (2014)
by mixmastamyk on Friday December 07, 2018 @12:09PM
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> FF now runs very smooth and uses so much less memory.
The big memory use fix went out a few years before quantum. Extensions like firebug were leaking memory.
As an FF user for decades, esp on Linux, the experience was really poor before the Quantum upgrade. Yes, we lost a lot of plugins, but some of those plugins existed because of FF's legacy code and we are better for it being gone. FF now runs very smooth and uses so much less memory. I actually had Chrome use up all the memory on my 16 gig laptop... it was first for me since I use it so little.
The one thing Chrome does really well is profiles. I have one profile for work, that reopens all pages that were last open. And other for personal viewing in which I don't care. FF's multi account is a plugin and... it's okay for managing multiple social media accounts from one domain, but not good for separating work and play.