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Switching from Chrome to Firefox? Here Are Some Tips. (frunc.de)
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[–] davetansley 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I recently switched from Chrome to Firefox as part of an ongoing de-Google effort... and, honestly, I found it fairly easy. The two things I missed and found solutions for were:

  1. Profiles - I just use the built in profiles with the Profile Switcher extension
  2. Casting to Chromecast - I use the fx_cast extension and actually find it more reliable than Chrome's casting!

Other than those, I've found it to be a very comfortable, familiar experience.

[–] ReluctantMuskrat 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the heads up regarding fx_cast. Casting is about the only thing I use Chrome for and now hopefully I can stop doing that too.

[–] Jayb151 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ya, profiles is what's going to stop me from switching. I have like 7 different profiles

[–] davetansley 3 points 1 year ago

It can be made to work in largely the same way. You just need to install the extra plugin (and associated extra component). I have a similar number of profiles as you and I haven't had to change how I work.

The article comments reference Multi-Account Containers, but I'm not sure I could make them work. I need different bookmarks for each profile, and I like the separation of a new window.