[swozey]

Not op but I also stopped using Firefox due to profiles. I have one monitored/controlled profile for work and another for my personal stuff and I really need the complete separation so I don't do the wrong thing in the wrong place. I use different themes for both of them so it's obvious which one I'm on.

I also have multiple google accounts because of it which are super simple to use in Chrome, the containers might cover that for me.

[tmottabr]

firefix has had profiles for ages.. way longer than chrome have it..

it is just not proeminent in the interface..

you can access the profiles in "about:profiles"

You can also have a shortcut for "firefox.exe -p" and it will aks what profile you want when starting..

or create a shortcut to "firefox.exe -P "Profile Name"" and it will open automatically in the profile you define in the shortcut..

[swozey]

Yeah, I know, thanks for the downvotes. That's a ridiculous UI compared to Chromes. Also have you ever tried migrating profiles before Sync?

[Dylan16807]

Sure, lack of UI is bad.

But if you know about it, it makes no sense as a reason for you to stop using firefox. It only takes a few seconds to set up and you can do the same thing with themes.

> Also have you ever tried migrating profiles before Sync?

I have. You move the folder from one computer to another and the profile is migrated.

Unlike chrome, where that triggers some kind of "malware has altered the profile!" mode and it resets things. How do you migrate a chrome profile without sync?

[sharps1]

The issue with FF profiles is you have to pick a default. Whatever links you click in your OS always open in the default.

In Chromium browsers when you click a link, whatever profile was last opens the link.

You also have to do some hacks to get FF profiles to use separate taskbar icons and they don't show a profile picture like Chromium browsers.

[distances]

Optimal would be to separate work time from leisure, but I realize that may not be realistic for everyone. I use separate OS accounts, or with some customers, separate computers to never mix work and private stuff.

[midasuni]

Why do you share the same OS, or User, between work and personal?

[swozey]

I don't work for $bigcorp and 60% of the apps/things I need to log into to do my work (like my github) are on other profiles that I wind up adding to each profile. I mostly need multiple AWS/Google logins and things of that nature. It's not because I'm bored and want to complicate my life.

I work on various OSS projects for $smallcorp mostly.