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I only use containers/profiles so I can login to multiple Facebook/gmail accounts

One is a work account and the other is personal

It would also be useful when a guest wants to use my laptop and they can login without logging me out. I think having a work/perosnal/guest profile would be good. I am not sure how you would implement it.

At the moment I use private window but its not as seamless. It would be cool to have different chrome/firefox extensions for each profile so I can use separate bit warden accounts

    optuma I believe containers (in firefox) and profiles (in chrome) differ significantly. There are users who prefer one or the other functionality which makes this feature difficult to spec out.

    • Soum replied to this.
        2 months later

        Vlad other than what optuma said, profiles also has another useful usecase. When you're using more than one browser, you'll be using a tool like OpenIn or Browserosaurus. When you click a link in Apple mail and then choose your preferred browser for that link from OpenIn or Browserosaurus or similar, it'll open the default container in firefox. No matter if you have a work / shopping container opened. It'll still open default container. So you're always exposed with this. But with profiles, if you have opened the profile in which you want the link to open, then it opens in that profile. I just tested this by having two profiles opened in Brave. The result was that the link is opened in whatever profile was last opened. Atleast it doesn't open in the default profile always, unlike in containers.

        But containers has their usecases as well. It's very easy to right click a link within firefox and press "open link in new tab container" and then select which container you want that link to open.

        So both profiles and containers have their use cases. And that's my point. Firefox has both profiles and containers. YES, firefox has profiles as well. Not many people know about this. But the profiles in firefox doesn't have the prompt that brave has, that prompt is absolutely amazing. Deleting a profile in firefox somehow doesn't delete the actual folders of that profile if you reveal it in finder. So the profiles in firefox isn't perfect.

        How about we do things perfectly that other browsers don't? Orion can be the second browser to implement both profiles and containers, after firefox, but unlike firefox we can improve the profiles and make it work like brave. Then Orion will be the only browser that does it best for both the worlds.

        Apple always waits for the competition to experiment with new technology then they are the last to implement that technology because they don't just want to release it hastily, they want to do it the best way possible. It's Steve Jobs legacy. So I think Orion should also follow this path and implement both but by understanding where both brave and firefox lacks and then we can do it better.

        Hope this helps in decision!

          Vlad changed the title to Profiles like Chromium browsers .

            Add me to the list of people who would like to see profiles implemented.

            As a Google user (both personally and at work), the capacity to split my browser life into to distinct "experiences" is so valuable. When I use Chrome, separate (and synced) profiles mean:

            • Separate Google logins, with no confusing switch between user accounts (e.g. being logged into YouTube personally and Drive professionally, and then having to switch back and forth)
            • Separate password vaults
            • Separate histories and bookmarks
            • I can save credit card information in my Personal profile and not have it in my work profile

            I'm sure there are other reasons too, but they're some of the main ones.

            13 days later

            I have not used FF Containers but will be giving it a try. Though I use Profiles extensively in Brave. I have my work account, personal account, Social and many other apps like various AWS Consoles for multiple accounts open all at the same time. Profiles allow me to login to them individually. I love the privacy features of Orion (just one day of use so far) and I like that it is not Chrome based. Thank you!

              21 days later

              Profiles would be greatly appreciated here too. I'd love to be able to seperate my work and personal logins / history / bookmarks.

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                24 days later

                Ah... I was looking for this feature as well as a new Orion user, glad to see it should show up soon ! I hope profiles will be memorized in each window after a restart.

                12 days later

                Also a new orion user and cant wait for this feature!

                a month later
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                Any updates on this? I want to switch to orion, but can't without profiles

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                  Waiting patiently for this!

                  Edit: Adding some of my usage patterns for how I use profiles. I have two virtual desktops and two separate Chrome profile windows opened on each of my desktop. One is personal and other one is work. This goes for the browser keeping the sessions, passwords and everything else separated and goes for the virtual desktops as well. Windows, even remembers that If I open up my profile using a shortcut (the shortcut part is very important), it automatically switches desktop as it remembers which desktop I use for what kind of app. It is kind of cool but macOS does not do that. On macOS I can still right click the browser icon in dock and select the profile I want to open, without having to go through the profile switcher screen every-time on startup. I've tried containers - but they seem not that useful to me. Profiles are like using a separate computer - Your extensions, bookmarks, history, passwords, login sessions, themes, download settings - everything is different except it's your favorite browser!

                    This feature would be game changer,
                    It's only reason why i'm stuck with chrome.

                      This feature is the only thing that's stopping me from adopting Orion as my default browser. It's absolutely essential.

                      As a freelancer I have multiple work accounts on same sites, and I need to be able to open them at the same time in different profiles. Also I have multiple computers and want to be able to open these profiles (with their own history, bookmarks, extensions etc) on multiple computers with it all being synced automatically. Chrome has this almost perfect, except the part where Google spys on everything to serve me more ads. I will pay to get away from Google for a worthy replacement; I hope its Orion.

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                        I will pay to get away from Google for a worthy replacement; I hope its Orion.

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