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My biggest reason for not using Firefox is that I always keep 2 browser windows open in Chrome, one is for my work account and the other is for my personal account. I like this separation. IIRC you can't have 2 profiles open at the same time in Firefox and even switching between profiles is not easy. I do use Firefox on my personal laptop, but I spend 8 hours a day on my work laptop and need this feature.

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firefox --new-instance --ProfileManager

Good to know. Only thing remaining would be a way to distinguish between them.

different theme per profile

The feature has always been in Firefox (I remember using it before Firefox 1.0), just well hidden. These days, I use the add-on profilist to make switching between profiles trivial in Firefox.

Profiles have always existed but I distinctly remember in the past getting "there's already an instance of Firefox running" when trying to have multiple open at the same time. proflist does make it easier to switch but there is no visible way to know which profile an open window is using.

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