Firefox 138.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
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  • Vincent@feddit.nl
    5·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
      2·
      1 day ago

      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.

      • Vincent@feddit.nl
        1·
        18 hours ago

        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.

    • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      I’ve been using private windows to get add-on free windows for different things. Profiles would be much neater.

      • Vincent@feddit.nl
        1·
        18 hours ago

        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.

  • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 days ago

      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.

      • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        2 days ago

        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.

        • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 days ago

          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?