[dave5104]

> Do you mind explaining why?

I want full blown segregated browser experiences, a la Chrome's profiles. Firefox's containers are great for what I use them for (sandboxing Twitter and Facebook), but I'd really like an entirely different profile for "work" vs. "personal"--with separate browsing history, favorites, cookies, extensions, etc.

I know Firefox offers that functionality (via about:profiles), but as far as I know, it's not as simple to access in Chrome (clicking an icon and choosing your new profile).

That being said, I still use Firefox day to day, but I sorely miss the ease of access of Chrome's.

[WorldMaker]

I like that Firefox really separates profiles and sort of requires a relaunch, which in some ways is a security blanket of its own. Make a shortcut to "firefox -no-remote -profilemanager" or individual shortcuts to "firefox -new-instance -P {profilename}". Build your own launcher UI in your Desktop or your Start Menu or Dock. Use different icons and really separate "work" from "personal".

(I use a mix of profiles and containers myself and a mix of Firefox mainline and Firefox Dev Edition.)

[uHuge]

Would a .bat/.bash file with `firefox -P "profileWork"` be of help?

[dave5104]

Maybe it would! But I'd prefer profile swapping become a first class Firefox UI citizen like it is in Chrome. Until then, visiting about:profiles is better than finagling with bash, at least for me.