has firefox now two different profiles? - Lemmy.zip

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Deebster@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 234d (1 reply)

Are you on Linux? I know that Firefox 147 has XDG Base Directory Spec support so perhaps there's something funky happening with the new location.

illusionist@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 234d

Yes, I am high on linux. It's the flatpak version.

Sounds like a weird bug, because both methods work

MrOtherGuy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 234d (1 reply)

These new profiles that can be accessed through menu are not exactly sub-profiles, but I think more like sibling-profiles forming a profile group. Profiles in the same group know about each other, so in the UI you can switch between them and I think there are some settings that can be shared between the profiles in the same group.

I don't know of any plans to deprecate the old profile system, nor about:profiles for managing them.

illusionist@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 234d

Thx

cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 234d (1 reply)

macOS here. I vaguely remember there being a home profile and some kind of default profile, that was meant to be for whatever? Not really sure. Right now I just have two that I actively use. Maybe I wasn't supposed to delete the default one.

illusionist@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 234d

It's like two different profile settings, not 2 distinct profiles