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by maxloh 867 days ago
Firefox's multiple profiles' UX is not user-friendly at all. You need to either type "about:profiles" in the address bar or start the desired profile from the command line.

The history/bookmark manager UI is 2000-ish and does not align with current mobile-like design trends.

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Multi-account containers are a cool idea, but they are somewhat power-user-oriented. Ordinary users often don't grasp the concept of cookies, let alone understand the extension's description.

> Under the hood, it separates website storage into tab-specific Containers. Cookies downloaded by one Container are not available to other Containers.
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bigstrat2003 867 days ago
> The history/bookmark manager UI is 2000-ish and does not align with current mobile-like design trends.

That's a good thing, not a bad thing. Current UI trends are terrible.

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maxloh 867 days ago
Not a good thing if Mozilla wanted to increase their market share.

Middle-aged users are already using Firefox if they value the open web, but young users will be driven away by the 2000-ish UI. Mozilla cannot attract new users if they can't keep up with the design trend.

The best solution I can think of is making fancy UI the default but also making it possible for power users to switch back to the old UI.

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palata 867 days ago
Genuinely interested: do you have any numbers backing those claims about UI, or is it your intuition?

My intuition is that the vast majority of people use the first browser they are exposed to, even if it is IE6. People are exposed to Google Chrome first, it's not a question of UI/UX.

Otherwise, why would the vast majority of people use Google Chrome instead of one of the gazillion Chromium-based clones? The UX is the same, right?

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palata 867 days ago
> Multi-account containers are a cool idea, but they are somewhat power-user-oriented.

I would bet that the immense majority of users don't use Chrome profiles either.

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maxloh 867 days ago
That's why Google is putting the profile button on the address bar: to promote the feature. The UI for adding new users is simple and straightforward too.
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palata 867 days ago
I still bet that the immense majority of users don't use Chrome profiles.
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