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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by m0zg on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:10PM (#19079572)
All nice features, but until they have proper profile management (and not just awkward "containers") it's a no-go for anyone who has to access job-related web sites from their personal device. Which on this site is probably most of us. Chrome got this right many years ago. Mozilla refuses.
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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by noneeeed on Monday February 04, 2019 @04:27PM (#19080808)
Having recently switched from Chrome to FF this is the one feature I miss. I really wish they would implement something as easy to use as the Chrome one. The current system in FF is clunky as hell.
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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by CorpusCalcium on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:52PM (#19079993)
>Mozilla refuses.

about:profiles

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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by m0zg on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:16PM (#19080180)
It's about as good as not having it at all. Check out Chrome's _usable_ implementation, where I have such a breakthrough (and apparently insurmountable for Mozilla) feature as conveniently switching between profiles.
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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by CorpusCalcium on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:53PM (#19089112)
Wow, is it really that difficult to click "launch profile in a new browser"? I mean I know we're all becoming spoiled brats over time, but to consider a click or two "unusable" is truly beyond the pale.
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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by m0zg on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:06PM (#19089235)
Considerably more difficult than continuing to use Chrome, where I can switch users without leaving the main UI, including through the menu.
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Re:Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video a... by CorpusCalcium on Thursday February 07, 2019 @09:03PM (#19110772)
Well then use Chrome, where you don't have to suffer the pea under your mattress that is typing about:profiles once in a while.
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