Profile management is going to be useful as a web developer; having easy access to a profile without e.g. adblockers and anti-tracking settings and such to test things, while still having them all available for my regular browsing, is going to be a boon.
Firefox already had a profile manager, in fact it had it long before Chrome did, but it wasn't a ~~Fisher Price~~ Chrome-style interface and wasn't accessible from the main browser window.
firefox --ProfileManager was the way to get to it.
I only hope that when the update hits my distro, it doesn't mangle the profiles I already use.
Yeah that's why I said easy access - I preferred about:profiles, but in practice that was still too much of a hassle to actually use 😅
As far as I can see this is mostly separate from your existing profiles though, as in, those aren't listed in the new UI.
I've been using private windows to get add-on free windows for different things. Profiles would be much neater.
Private windows already have stricter tracker protection by default, and I also have my blocker extension enabled there as well because I do also use it for other things. And of course, all my settings apply there too. So yeah, there are existing workarounds, but as you say, this is much neater.
Seems good
Profile management helps protect your privacy and stay focused by separating your online life into distinct profiles — for work, school, vacation planning, or whatever you choose.
The next bit, U.S. weather, seems to default to AccuWeather, it would be nice if they used Open Meteo or something.
Presumably they're trying to widen their financial support base with Google potentially being forced to stop supporting them. I agree it would be nice to be able to choose; probably that can be enabled with an addon.
That's what I thought as well.
There is a whole lot that is bad about AccuWeather though, like them pushing to dismantle and privatize NOAA. I have no wish to support them in any way.
Oh, definitely agreed. Though if Mozilla can peel off some of their money with this sponsorship and use it to support FOSS, maybe it's worth it?
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