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by hkjgkjy 3444 days ago
As a user, I actually just want my browser to contain less features. Vendors add and add and add features. If I want different user profiles, I already have many users on my OS - I just switch between them.

When Chrome came out, I and many others switched to it just because it was lacking so many features. It was great!
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sp0rk 3444 days ago
So then use a browser whose stated goal is to be minimal. Container tabs are an amazing addition with great security and privacy benefits. If you think changing OS user profiles is comparable, you either don't fully understand the concept or you are way outside of the demographic of people that will use this.
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altano 3444 days ago
Chrome actually already has this feature in the form of profiles. See the top-right icon.
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richardboegli 3444 days ago
Yes it does and I have been using this. But it seems to be per window not tab. Unless I've missed something?
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gtirloni 3444 days ago
It's per window and it remembers the last profile used. I find it hard to manage as other apps will open links on the active window, which might be in the incorrect profile I want to use at that time.

I like this new feature in Firefox. OS-level profiles being the slowest method, Chrome profiles being faster but with this annoyances (for me)... Firefox new container tabs look like a more lightweight/faster method for context separation.

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arthurfm 3444 days ago
> it seems to be per window not tab

Chromium-based Ghost Browser [1] can do it per tab or tab group.

It would be nice if Google implemented the same feature into Chrome since multiple profiles can be a hassle.

[1] https://ghostbrowser.com

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richardboegli 3444 days ago
This looks EXTREMELY interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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Sylos 3444 days ago
Yeah, this is actually distinctly different from Chrome's profiles. Firefox does already have an equivalent to Chrome's profiles [0], so it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to implement this, if it wasn't different.

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

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hkjgkjy 3444 days ago
It does, sadly!
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nerdponx 3444 days ago
Having features is fine imo, as long as they can be disabled.
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