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Re:Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox by commoner on Saturday May 28, 2022 @07:30AM (#31539473)
The Firefox Profile Switcher add-on provides an easy-to-use interface that looks just like Chrome's:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...

You'll need to install a connector for it to work. (The add-on gives instructions during the onboarding process.) Both the add-on and the connector are free and open source (GPLv3).

I use profiles and containers together on Firefox. Each profile has its own set of add-ons, browser settings, and containers. Containers in the same profile share the same add-ons and browser settings. For example, you could have separate personal and work profiles, with containers for different online accounts in each profile.

On Firefox, you have the option of using only profiles, only containers, both profiles and containers, or none of the above.

Re:Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox by cmg on Saturday May 28, 2022 @11:41AM (#31541183)
I'm going to have to give this a try. I manage multiple Google Workspace accounts for clients and have stuck to Chrome for those as I have a profile set up for each account. Yes, you can log in to multiple Google accounts in any browser, but then it defaults to the first account for new windows.

The two final things that would get me off Chrome entirely:

* When I'm using my external USB microphone in a web-based conference system (mostly Cleanfeed but I've also seen it with Streamyard and Jitsi) my audio gets extremely robotic after a few minutes and it somehow impacts my entire system - I have to unplug the microphone to fix it.

* Dropbox, for some reason, hangs at 1 second left when uploading larger files (appx 60MB or so)

Re:Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox by chiefalchemist on Saturday May 28, 2022 @08:12AM (#31539700)
I've been looking for something like that. Thanks. But ideally, I don't want to swithswitch profiles. I want to have muliple instances of FF open, each with a different profile. Just like Chromium based browsers and users.

Anything for that?

Re:Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox by commoner on Saturday May 28, 2022 @08:21AM (#31539754)
When you choose a different profile in the Firefox Profile Switcher menu, it opens a new instance of Firefox with the new profile. The add-on experience will be very familiar if you've used Chromium's profile management features.

If you're trying to create a shortcut to Firefox that launches a profile other than the one you've selected as the default, the instructions for Linux and Windows are here:

https://kb.mozillazine.org/Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile

This is not necessary to use the profile feature, but some people prefer to launch profiles from shortcuts instead of a menu.

Re:Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox by lukewiwa on Saturday May 28, 2022 @10:06AM (#31540433)
go to about:profiles in the omnibar and you'll be able to open multiple profiles from there. You can also do other general management of profiles.
Re:Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox by fsflover on Saturday May 28, 2022 @09:12AM (#31540074)
This is how I use Firefox; you need Qubes OS for that.