shortcut for different profiles

[80]

i have switched from chrome since past 1 month and firefox is just better. the only thing i did not find easy is the option for having multiple profiles to be used at ease, could be better if there was one to easily access seperate profiles for work and home

[Mukeala]

Add Profiles

Almost all modern browser has easy profile set-up, please include it in Firefox.

[ReginSam]

This is definitely something i want firefox to do as soon as possible. Its too complicated to switch profiles in firefox. It would be a real life-saver if firefox adds a profile button to switch between profiles with ease. I think this is a fundamental thing in any web browser, and could not understand how firefox missed it.

[cole21771]

I'm just switching over to FF mysfelf from Chrome and sorely missing this feature.

@JonI'm a software engineer and j understand this isn't an easy first contribution. But if I wanted to attempt to write this code myself, do you have any suggestions on where to get started?

[SagarDeka]

manage different user profile in one mozilla apk like chrome

We need to manage different user profile in one Mozilla like chrome, when we open chrome we see that chrome asked which account you want to use, it helps to manage multiple account in one app please add this to Mozilla.

[Tatariushi]

I too use about 4 chrome profiles daily.  I've moved to FF for my personal profile only, and I'm eager to try moving to FF for the rest of my profiles, but about:profiles is completely off-putting.

For me

1. Switch easily from the menu bar
2. Easily have a shortcut on my desktop/taskbar to launch a specific profile

These are my baseline "easy to use" requirements

[GoodEnoughENI]

I have just migrated away from Firefox to Google Chrome due to the Profile Switching mechanism that Chrome offers. Firefox not having this feature in a user-friendly format was ultimately a deal breaker for me. Even my love for Firefox Bookmarks, which are way better than Chromes, cannot keep me in the Firefox camp. Anyway, I just wanted to thank Mozilla Foundation and the Firefox development team for 14 incredible years of using Firefox day-in, day-out. I started using Firefox 3.0.x in 2009! Best to you and thanks again!

[fabien_gremaud]

Connect 2 accounts to Firefox

It would be really nice to connect 2 different accounts in Firefox and use it with 2 separate accounts, just like we can do in Google Chrome with different profiles.

[rv]

Hi, can't we already do this with about:profiles and "Launch another profile in new window"?

Kind regards!

[fabien_gremaud]

@rv Yes, we can do this, but it is an annoying manipulation... 

[Jon]

This may be potentially related to another idea here on Connect: shortcut for different profiles 

If so, we can merge the two threads together to keep the conversation focused in one space.

[fabien_gremaud]

@Jon You're absolutely right ; that's the same idea. We can merge them for sure

[Jon]

@fabien_gremaud thanks for confirming, I'll merge them 🙌

[OG]

Better User Experience for Profiles and Multi Account Containers

I like How google chrome Profiles user experience is, but I love Firefox Multi-Account Containers much much more. I would choose multi account over Profiles. 

And yes, I know how to use several profiles on Firefox but the User experience is horrible because switching between profiles in Chrome is just a couple mouse clicks, On Firefox it is not as simple. I use about:profiles to launch other profiles/managing them, so I am okay, BUT teaching others how to use several profiles with Firefox is tedious and they prefer Google Chrome. And every single person I taught about Firefox Multi-Account Containers loved it, And they staid with Firefox because of it, but they wanted Profiles too, but felt it is complicated in Firefox.

Personally, I want to have folders in Firefox's Multi-Account Containers, I think it is only me because  I have OCD and I love to organize and I am the IT of my family, so I have 16 containers and it is perfect way for me to manage my parent's and SO accounts, or work account,  and my other accounts, but in certain situations you need profiles.

I used to login and out of accounts or use private browsing but now I just use Firefox Multi-Account Container, THANK YOU MOZILLA.... And I also love how Firefox tabs are not mushed up together, so again, THANK YOU MOZILLA...  But I also hate Firefox for not having a better user Experience for Profiles, I think it should be easy to implement because it is just a short cut to open and delete Profiles

In conclusion, Containers are better than profiles for me and most people I know, but they are not Profiles and Profiles are amazing but they are not Containers. I want them both. Can I?

[mihaibadalau]

Multi account / profile possibility

Hi!

I`m trying to move away from chrome and join the mozilla comunity.

I would like to have the posibility signing in with 2-3 different account in the same browser (my account, my wife`s and my company`s account). each profile to have his own email. to be able to switch between them, customize individually, keep browsing history separate, bookmarks separate etc.

Chrome has this multi profile selection and helps me to keep everything organized.

thank you,

Bogdan

[kronusdark]

And let us have an icon for each profile that is on the app icon, so we can visually find our work browser among our personal browsers.