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Firefox has both profiles and containers.

However, the UX for Firefox's profiles feature is godawful.

Lately though, I find I prefer not to trust the application to manage this and just launch separate profiles in their own separate app namespaces using things like firecracker, firejail, or similar (depending on need).

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about:profiles isn't that bad. There's no reference to it in the UI though.

It's gotten better but I wouldn't say it isn't bad. A big part of the problem is not having an easy way to access it.

Similarly, -ProfileManager has existed for ages and that experience is also bad.

If I have to go to the lengths of about:profiles or using the -ProfileManager or -P command-line switches, why not just sandbox the entire thing?

It definitely needs a useability upgrade.

>A big part of the problem is not having an easy way to access it.

I've never had any issues typing "about:profiles" into the URL bar. It even autocompletes.

i refuse to use it given how bad the ux is. which is unfortunate because its a killer feature and why I can't recommend firefox over chrome. basic ux.

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