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Why does have to keep profiles hidden in "about:profiles" like they're illegal to have. It's quite literally the 1 feature stopping me from using it over Vivaldi. That and vertical tabs, of (mastodon.social)

submitted 2 years ago by ta1da@mastodon.social to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Why does @firefox have to keep profiles hidden in "about:profiles" like they're illegal to have. It's quite literally the 1 feature stopping me from using it over Vivaldi. That and vertical tabs, of course

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[–] msage@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why exactly do you want to switch profiles?

If it's cookies, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

[–] the_beber@lemm.ee 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use profiles. For me it‘s useful for switching between personal, work and presentation „mode“, because I use a different set of bookmarks and extensions for each one.

[–] superbirra@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

it always baffles me when an internet rando comes telling somebody that their needs are wrong because there is another (unrelated, not really an) option :)