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Chrome profiles are the killer feature for me that prevent me from moving to another browser. I wasn't surprised to see profiles in the short list of reasons to stick with Chrome. Privacy implications be damned, I liked having separate simultaneous profiles running for multiple work and personal accounts.

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You'd have to install the TestPilot extension first, and then the Containers addon. https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments

Thanks for the reminder. I remember checking that out when it first launched and then I drifted away from using it for reasons that I no longer recall. I'll check it out again.

> You'd have to install the TestPilot extension first, and then the Containers addon.

No you wouldn't …? Firefox has had support for profiles as long as I've been using it, which goes back to the Phoenix days. It tries to pretend that you can't run it with multiple profiles simultaneously, but you can (`firefox-bin -profilemanager`).

For me, it's the dinosaur game you can play when the internet is down.

Just to let you know, after reading your comment I switched off wlan and reloaded this page. The dinosaur appeared and after trying some keys the game started and I may already be addicted. Look what you have done!

You've never had the internet go down before this?

I had, but I thought the dino was just a static icon.

You don't have to disable the connection. Try navigating to about:dino

How are Chrome profiles different from the ones that Firefox has (and had for quite a few years, almost "always")?

I'm unfamiliar with Chrome user profiles, but a quick look makes it appear that they are similar to Firefox's profiles: bundles of independent, isolated browser settings.

I used Firefox profiles all the time, and am quite fond of them. Maybe they are not as easy to use on Windows or Macs? I'm pure Linux on the desktop.

Yeah, Chrome makes it really easy to maintain and run multiple sandboxed profiles backed by completely separate Google accounts with their own settings, histories, extensions, etc.

Personally, I find the new Firefox containers feature more friendly and useful from a UX perspective than Chrome profiles. You can learn more about them at https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/containers

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