[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.