@TabbsTheBat i did not use firefox long time, but usually --ProfileManager allowed to manage profiles. In old firefox android versions (which was xul-based) it was possible to enable profile manager by editing configurations
I just can’t imagine for what purposes a browser would need a profile (though tbf at this point I have multiple features purposely disabled on firefox, cause I found them to just be clutter)
@TabbsTheBat multiple isolated instances of sites cookies/storages/settings? Yes, you can use conatiners, but creating second profile usually is easier
@TabbsTheBat for example, some site stopped working and you may want to check it with clean profile. But do not want to clean you main profile. You may try private window, but what if site does not work in private window? Or you need to keep it’s data anyway
I use Firefox for both, I won’t use the YouTube app. Mobile site is way better, except they fucked the home page with social media style posts instead of just videos all the way down.
Also if you don’t have premium, mobile Firefox has ad block.
i just use developer edition, which defaults to its own profile, along side the release version. then when i need a third, i use a ‘portable’ one also with its own–which can easily be zipped-up for a backup to revert back to when i’m testing stuff out.
this is, of course, on top of the several derivatives i have installed. i segregate browsers and profiles by use and in a couple cases by specific site or service.
If you compiled firefox 6 times with different directory locations specified (in the code) you could open 6 different instances. It would only take like 10 hours to recompile every update.
Hey maybe I have firefox as a flatpak, deb, and snap, and im running all 3… That’d be 3 different firefoxes lol
@TabbsTheBat but 3 different versions cannot use single profile at same time
Firefox has profiles? x3
@TabbsTheBat i did not use firefox long time, but usually --ProfileManager allowed to manage profiles. In old firefox android versions (which was xul-based) it was possible to enable profile manager by editing configurations
Fairsies :3
I just can’t imagine for what purposes a browser would need a profile (though tbf at this point I have multiple features purposely disabled on firefox, cause I found them to just be clutter)
@TabbsTheBat multiple isolated instances of sites cookies/storages/settings? Yes, you can use conatiners, but creating second profile usually is easier
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ if I don’t see a point to profiles bold of you to assume I’d see a point in that either x3
@TabbsTheBat for example, some site stopped working and you may want to check it with clean profile. But do not want to clean you main profile. You may try private window, but what if site does not work in private window? Or you need to keep it’s data anyway
So basically just troubleshooting? x3
I mean… I guess that’s a use for it. I’d rather not bother making profiles until I need one tho
It’s good for sync. Walked inside with a video on my phone? Video is better on laptop, so it’ll just open up my phone tab on my laptop.
Fair x3… I just do that with my youtube account, instead of a browser one :3
Though I also use a different browser on mobile
I use Firefox for both, I won’t use the YouTube app. Mobile site is way better, except they fucked the home page with social media style posts instead of just videos all the way down.
Also if you don’t have premium, mobile Firefox has ad block.
I use duckduckgo browser on my phone :3
Also has adblock
I use a separate profile for work vs personal stuff
i just use developer edition, which defaults to its own profile, along side the release version. then when i need a third, i use a ‘portable’ one also with its own–which can easily be zipped-up for a backup to revert back to when i’m testing stuff out.
this is, of course, on top of the several derivatives i have installed. i segregate browsers and profiles by use and in a couple cases by specific site or service.
If you compiled firefox 6 times with different directory locations specified (in the code) you could open 6 different instances. It would only take like 10 hours to recompile every update.