@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone Me too. At least I used to have a separate profile for PDF viewing, which had its own plugins installed. It can be done by using commandline options to select what profile to use, like in --profile or -P (i forgot which of them I used actually). Just created a script for it (Bash script in Linux) and associated PDF files with it as if it was a separate program.
What they mean in the article is probably its not possible with the GUI only of Firefox. They totally ignored the commandline options.
IIRC, -p launches a profile by path, and -P launches the GUI for selecting/creating a profile. this is wrong, -P specifies a profile path. I forgot how to open the manager.
Type in the terminal firefox --help to see all options. You can open the manager with firefox --ProfileManager. I used to create a profile this way and then either with -P or -p was using that profile.
Bullocks. I run 2 or 3 profiles at the same time. For over 2 years now. Just easier now.
Yeah but you have to do it with separate launch arguments.
Or always start with profilemanager. But indeed, also a launch argument.
Or open
about:profiles(which you can put conveniently in your bookmark bar).@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone Me too. At least I used to have a separate profile for PDF viewing, which had its own plugins installed. It can be done by using commandline options to select what profile to use, like in
--profileor-P(i forgot which of them I used actually). Just created a script for it (Bash script in Linux) and associated PDF files with it as if it was a separate program.What they mean in the article is probably its not possible with the GUI only of Firefox. They totally ignored the commandline options.
IIRC,
-plaunches a profile by path, and-Plaunches the GUI for selecting/creating a profile.-Pspecifies a profile path. I forgot how to open the manager.Type in the terminal
firefox --helpto see all options. You can open the manager withfirefox --ProfileManager. I used to create a profile this way and then either with-Por-pwas using that profile.Rookie numbers! 4 here.
Hopefully it’s not an actual regression in the latest version, because that’d be terrible.