The Triumph of Safari

Re:The Triumph of Safari by tazu on Saturday January 14, 2023 @12:25AM (#34377589)

I have to use Chrome on a Mac because Safari refuses to support multiple profiles. I'm a fan of compartmentalization, so my side-business saved passwords are different than my personal saved passwords. Apple would prefer that I create two separate accounts on my Mac (and the annoyance of syncing dotfiles between the two), but Chrome just lets me switch between users seamlessly.

It seems like such an easy feature to add, but I'd bet there are Apple politics in play preventing Safari from adding this feature.

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Re:The Triumph of Safari by FabHK on Saturday January 14, 2023 @01:27AM (#34377820)

I’m using Brave for the same reason - compartmentalisation via profiles (“People”). Keep LinkedIn and other data vacuums quarantined, thank you very much.

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Re:The Triumph of Safari by skrowl on Saturday January 14, 2023 @01:46AM (#34377892)

You should check out containers for Firefox. It does the same thing without having to open multiple windows / instances.

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Re:The Triumph of Safari by elcritch on Saturday January 14, 2023 @02:01AM (#34377957)

And I find Firefox to be between Safari and Chrome in efficiency. Especially on an M1 Firefox seems to not drain the battery like Chrome.

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Re:The Triumph of Safari by nier on Saturday January 14, 2023 @03:07AM (#34378280)

For “dirty” sites like LinkedIn I simply open a new private window in Safari.

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Re:The Triumph of Safari by jrnichols on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:40PM (#34385241)

Multiple profiles is the reason I have a chrome based browser on my machine at all.

I'll admit it. it's Microsoft Edge. big reason is compatibility with some other Microsoft stuff I use at work.

otherwise safari is the daily driver.

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