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I use Firefox as my "at home" / private browser. However for work i unfortunately feel forced to continue using chrome. First I just really prefer the chrome devtools and i just can't seem top find an equivalent replacement for the "manage people"/multi user built ion function that chrome offers. I really wish Firefox had something similar...

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Multi-Account Containers do that part for me, and I find them much nicer than Chrome's similar functionality: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/multi-account...

For bonus fun, also install Temporary Containers: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/temporary-con...

firefox has both profiles (for actual different users) and containers for isolating stuff (i.e. a sub-profile) for a single user.

The containers have a great UI/UX. I'm looking at the profile stuff now (after having not in years) and it seems counterintuitive and clunky

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers

Anyway, "forced" is a strong word when you simply mean "prefer". The firefox dev tools are in the same league as the chrome ones, imo.

the containers are great thanks for sharing, will definitely use those at home! You're right I should have emphasized the feel part of my comment since the dev tools especially are just a matter of preference. However I stand by my point that the profiles are definitely not on par with chrome, since there doesn't seem to be a way to have multiple profiles open at once.

I’m sure there are other ways to do this, including specifying a profile when you initially launch the browser, but you can enter about:profiles in the address bar to see a UI to manage the profile. One of the options is to launch that profile in a new browser.

If you just need a "personal" profile and a "work" profile, what I do as a workaround is to use normal firefox for personal and firefox developer edition for work. They are completely sandboxed from each other.

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