[ssorallen]

> It would have been better if Mozilla had added a better interface to profiles.

Profiles in Chrome and their ease of use (Cmd+Shift+M to open a new window in a different profile) is the primary reason I still use Chrome over Firefox. I have a Personal, a Work, and a Development profile. The development profile is where I install dev extensions like React Devtools, Redux Devtools, etc. because they require full access to all sites in order to function. I don’t do regular web browsing with devtools installed. These tools seem trustworthy, but why risk giving them access to everything I do on the web?

I’ve tried Firefox Containers and can’t find the same power and ease of use Chrome Profiles have.

[nilsandrey]

I see your point now, I was preferring containers because I have this scenario where I want the data separation it provides without the need of reinstalling add-ons, especially on a temporal container/profile. The shared window can be nice on some particular moments where I don't need to have a lot of pages opened and are continuously changing from tab to tab.

Thinking over about you said, now I think I like things from the two worlds, maybe better interface to containers or even better UI for profiles, with options to overcome the containers (maybe should be better for the average user instead of having both).

For the time being, I prefer to have both options (don't have it now) but I think both can be improved.

[alexis_fr]

Upside of Chrome profiles: Use a bright red theme for prod sysadmin profile, and blue for work. So you never type « p... » on your work profile by mistake... Don’t laugh, usage is widespread.

[ssorallen]

I do exactly this too: I have 3 distinctly different themes for the three profiles I use. A split second glance at the color of the tab bar informs me which profile I'm working with.

[znpy]

That might work well with you but Chrome is not free software nor open source.

One might argue that chromium is, but in my opinion using chromium only enforces google chrome

[ssorallen]

Free and open source is tangential to my point? I was commenting on the functionality of Chrome Profiles vs. Firefox Profiles + Containers.