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Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hello, Mick. |
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>> The 'default' profile selection does not stick. Deleting the new |
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>> 'dev-edition-default' profile causes it to be recreated afresh at the |
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>> next start up. |
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> Yes. This is the sort of developer attitude that is making me want to |
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> use a proper browser. What the heck does a browser need "prefiles" for, |
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> anyway? It's supposed to be a web browser, for goodness sake. |
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>> HTH. |
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>> -- |
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>> Regards, |
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>> Mick |
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I use different profiles for doing different things. Example, a social |
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site that I volunteer as staff on requires me to be logged in as |
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different members. If I use the same profile, I can only be logged in |
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as one person at a time. When using a different profile, I can create a |
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new profile for ever how many accounts/profiles I have to use. When I |
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need to switch to another account, I just go to the bottom of the screen |
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and click to switch to that profile. No logging out and back in and such. |
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Also, I have one profile that I use to download videos. On that |
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profile, I have plugins related to finding and downloading videos. I |
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don't have those plugins in my other profiles. I do this in case a |
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plugin goes bad, it only affects that profile but the others still |
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work. It also helps me narrow down what the problem is. I have other |
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profiles for similar reasons. Each as it's own setup for doing what it |
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is intended to do. |
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For years, I used a single profile. Once I started using different |
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profiles for different things, I found it easier. The added benefit of |
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isolating bad plugins helps too. Also, having only the plugins I need |
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installed, seems to make it faster as well. |
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I'm not a developer by any stretch. I do make good use of profiles |
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tho. I have 8 different profiles for Firefox and three for Seamonkey. |
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Due to a plugin issue, I recently moved a Seamonkey profile over to |
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Firefox. Firefox has a lot more plugins it seems and they seem to get |
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updated/fixed faster. |
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Hope that helps answer your question. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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