Firefox 138, released this Tuesday (29th), introduces the long-awaited profile manager. The official documentation explains that “creating multiple profiles allows you to keep separate browsing data, themes or settings for different purposes, such as work and personal use.”
There are also new contrast options focused on accessibility, and in Windows 11, context menus now have that translucent (“acrylic”) look that is standard in the OS. Release notes and download.
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Anyone running Firefox who doesn’t yet see the Profile Manager can manage profiles by typing
about:profiles
into the address bar. #Profiles are a useful feature that #Firefox has supported for years; what’s new is the friendly UI for managing them.
If all you need is to log into the same site under multiple IDs at the same time, or if you want to hide the rest of your browsing activity from your logged-on Gmail tab, #FirefoxMultiAccountContainers are a more lightweight way to do it. With profiles, you have to install plugins and configure settings once per profile; with multi-account containers, you don’t.
Nice tip. Thanks! I forgot to mention that, by default, the new profiles manager is “part of a progressive roll out”.
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It’s okay, that was on the page you linked to. 🙂
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Thank you, I was wondering what was the big news
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