Multiple simultaneous browser sessions
I'm looking for a chrome or firefox plugin that allows me to have windows with different sessions. It's a bit like chrome's incognito works: if you open an incognito window, it won't share the cookies with the "normal" browser window.
I'm searching for a solution that allows me to create several windows (incognito only allows two: the main window and the incognito window), each with a different session (i.e., without sharing cookies between browser windows).
Any thoughts? I'm using OSX.
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I'm looking for a chrome or firefox plugin that allows me to have windows with different sessions. It's a bit like chrome's incognito works: if you open an incognito window, it won't share the cookies with the "normal" browser window.
I'm searching for a solution that allows me to create several windows (incognito only allows two: the main window and the incognito window), each with a different session (i.e., without sharing cookies between browser windows).
Any thoughts? I'm using OSX.
macos firefox google-chrome browser-addons privacy
edited Mar 5 '12 at 16:17
Raystafarian
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asked Mar 5 '12 at 0:17
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I'm looking for a chrome or firefox plugin that allows me to have windows with different sessions. It's a bit like chrome's incognito works: if you open an incognito window, it won't share the cookies with the "normal" browser window.
I'm searching for a solution that allows me to create several windows (incognito only allows two: the main window and the incognito window), each with a different session (i.e., without sharing cookies between browser windows).
Any thoughts? I'm using OSX.
macos firefox google-chrome browser-addons privacy
edited Mar 5 '12 at 16:17
Raystafarian
19.5k105089
asked Mar 5 '12 at 0:17
Filipe CorreiaFilipe Correia
14418
I'm looking for a chrome or firefox plugin that allows me to have windows with different sessions. It's a bit like chrome's incognito works: if you open an incognito window, it won't share the cookies with the "normal" browser window.
I'm searching for a solution that allows me to create several windows (incognito only allows two: the main window and the incognito window), each with a different session (i.e., without sharing cookies between browser windows).
Any thoughts? I'm using OSX.
macos firefox google-chrome browser-addons privacy
macos firefox google-chrome browser-addons privacy
edited Mar 5 '12 at 16:17
Raystafarian
19.5k105089
asked Mar 5 '12 at 0:17
Filipe CorreiaFilipe Correia
14418
edited Mar 5 '12 at 16:17
Raystafarian
19.5k105089
asked Mar 5 '12 at 0:17
Filipe CorreiaFilipe Correia
14418
edited Mar 5 '12 at 16:17
Raystafarian
19.5k105089
edited Mar 5 '12 at 16:17
Raystafarian
19.5k105089
edited Mar 5 '12 at 16:17
Raystafarian
19.5k105089
19.5k105089
asked Mar 5 '12 at 0:17
Filipe CorreiaFilipe Correia
14418
asked Mar 5 '12 at 0:17
Filipe CorreiaFilipe Correia
14418
asked Mar 5 '12 at 0:17
Filipe CorreiaFilipe Correia
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Chrome has this functionality baked in: http://www.chromium.org/user-experience/multi-profiles
If you hit settings (command-, on OSX), you'll see a "Users" section. Simply add users to generate multiple profiles within Chrome, each of which containing its own cookie jar, history, etc.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 15:20
Mike WestMike West
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Exactly what I was looking for! A million thanks.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:37
Now that I'm trying it more, it's not exactly what I was looking for, because I'd prefer if some data was shared between users (like the bookmarks, url auto-completion, etc.), but still, it's pretty close to what I was looking for.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:43
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Not tested, but I think you could do this by using different configuration directories. I don't know about OSX but on linux you can copy .config/google-chrome/ and create .config/google-chrome1/, .config/google-chrome2/, .config/google-chrome3/, etc.
You can start each separate browser with google-chrome --user-data-dir=.config/google-chrome1/.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 0:52
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You can run multiple Firefox profiles simultaneously with the
-p -no-remote
command line argument. This will prompt you to select a profile to run without interfering with other Firefox instances.
More information:
- Command line arguments | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
- Opening a new instance ... with another profile | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
answered Mar 5 '12 at 2:07
iglvzxiglvzx
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And you can have shortcuts with specific shortcuts with-p "profilename".
– Bob
Mar 5 '12 at 2:16
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Mozilla's (relatively) new Multi-Account Containers plugin can do this.
answered Feb 25 at 22:36
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Chrome has this functionality baked in: http://www.chromium.org/user-experience/multi-profiles
If you hit settings (command-, on OSX), you'll see a "Users" section. Simply add users to generate multiple profiles within Chrome, each of which containing its own cookie jar, history, etc.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 15:20
Mike WestMike West
1662
Exactly what I was looking for! A million thanks.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:37
Now that I'm trying it more, it's not exactly what I was looking for, because I'd prefer if some data was shared between users (like the bookmarks, url auto-completion, etc.), but still, it's pretty close to what I was looking for.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:43
add a comment |
Chrome has this functionality baked in: http://www.chromium.org/user-experience/multi-profiles
If you hit settings (command-, on OSX), you'll see a "Users" section. Simply add users to generate multiple profiles within Chrome, each of which containing its own cookie jar, history, etc.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 15:20
Mike WestMike West
1662
Exactly what I was looking for! A million thanks.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:37
Now that I'm trying it more, it's not exactly what I was looking for, because I'd prefer if some data was shared between users (like the bookmarks, url auto-completion, etc.), but still, it's pretty close to what I was looking for.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:43
add a comment |
Chrome has this functionality baked in: http://www.chromium.org/user-experience/multi-profiles
If you hit settings (command-, on OSX), you'll see a "Users" section. Simply add users to generate multiple profiles within Chrome, each of which containing its own cookie jar, history, etc.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 15:20
Mike WestMike West
1662
Chrome has this functionality baked in: http://www.chromium.org/user-experience/multi-profiles
If you hit settings (command-, on OSX), you'll see a "Users" section. Simply add users to generate multiple profiles within Chrome, each of which containing its own cookie jar, history, etc.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 15:20
Mike WestMike West
1662
answered Mar 5 '12 at 15:20
Mike WestMike West
1662
answered Mar 5 '12 at 15:20
Mike WestMike West
1662
answered Mar 5 '12 at 15:20
Mike WestMike West
1662
1662
Exactly what I was looking for! A million thanks.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:37
Now that I'm trying it more, it's not exactly what I was looking for, because I'd prefer if some data was shared between users (like the bookmarks, url auto-completion, etc.), but still, it's pretty close to what I was looking for.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:43
add a comment |
Exactly what I was looking for! A million thanks.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:37
Now that I'm trying it more, it's not exactly what I was looking for, because I'd prefer if some data was shared between users (like the bookmarks, url auto-completion, etc.), but still, it's pretty close to what I was looking for.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:43
Exactly what I was looking for! A million thanks.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:37
Exactly what I was looking for! A million thanks.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:37
Now that I'm trying it more, it's not exactly what I was looking for, because I'd prefer if some data was shared between users (like the bookmarks, url auto-completion, etc.), but still, it's pretty close to what I was looking for.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:43
Now that I'm trying it more, it's not exactly what I was looking for, because I'd prefer if some data was shared between users (like the bookmarks, url auto-completion, etc.), but still, it's pretty close to what I was looking for.
– Filipe Correia
Mar 5 '12 at 18:43
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Not tested, but I think you could do this by using different configuration directories. I don't know about OSX but on linux you can copy .config/google-chrome/ and create .config/google-chrome1/, .config/google-chrome2/, .config/google-chrome3/, etc.
You can start each separate browser with google-chrome --user-data-dir=.config/google-chrome1/.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 0:52
xatr0zxatr0z
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Not tested, but I think you could do this by using different configuration directories. I don't know about OSX but on linux you can copy .config/google-chrome/ and create .config/google-chrome1/, .config/google-chrome2/, .config/google-chrome3/, etc.
You can start each separate browser with google-chrome --user-data-dir=.config/google-chrome1/.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 0:52
xatr0zxatr0z
54946
add a comment |
Not tested, but I think you could do this by using different configuration directories. I don't know about OSX but on linux you can copy .config/google-chrome/ and create .config/google-chrome1/, .config/google-chrome2/, .config/google-chrome3/, etc.
You can start each separate browser with google-chrome --user-data-dir=.config/google-chrome1/.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 0:52
xatr0zxatr0z
54946
Not tested, but I think you could do this by using different configuration directories. I don't know about OSX but on linux you can copy .config/google-chrome/ and create .config/google-chrome1/, .config/google-chrome2/, .config/google-chrome3/, etc.
You can start each separate browser with google-chrome --user-data-dir=.config/google-chrome1/.
answered Mar 5 '12 at 0:52
xatr0zxatr0z
54946
answered Mar 5 '12 at 0:52
xatr0zxatr0z
54946
answered Mar 5 '12 at 0:52
xatr0zxatr0z
54946
answered Mar 5 '12 at 0:52
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54946
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You can run multiple Firefox profiles simultaneously with the
-p -no-remote
command line argument. This will prompt you to select a profile to run without interfering with other Firefox instances.
More information:
- Command line arguments | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
- Opening a new instance ... with another profile | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
answered Mar 5 '12 at 2:07
iglvzxiglvzx
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And you can have shortcuts with specific shortcuts with-p "profilename".
– Bob
Mar 5 '12 at 2:16
add a comment |
You can run multiple Firefox profiles simultaneously with the
-p -no-remote
command line argument. This will prompt you to select a profile to run without interfering with other Firefox instances.
More information:
- Command line arguments | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
- Opening a new instance ... with another profile | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
answered Mar 5 '12 at 2:07
iglvzxiglvzx
19.6k1167112
And you can have shortcuts with specific shortcuts with-p "profilename".
– Bob
Mar 5 '12 at 2:16
add a comment |
You can run multiple Firefox profiles simultaneously with the
-p -no-remote
command line argument. This will prompt you to select a profile to run without interfering with other Firefox instances.
More information:
- Command line arguments | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
- Opening a new instance ... with another profile | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
answered Mar 5 '12 at 2:07
iglvzxiglvzx
19.6k1167112
You can run multiple Firefox profiles simultaneously with the
-p -no-remote
command line argument. This will prompt you to select a profile to run without interfering with other Firefox instances.
More information:
- Command line arguments | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
- Opening a new instance ... with another profile | MozillaZine Knowledge Base
answered Mar 5 '12 at 2:07
iglvzxiglvzx
19.6k1167112
answered Mar 5 '12 at 2:07
iglvzxiglvzx
19.6k1167112
answered Mar 5 '12 at 2:07
iglvzxiglvzx
19.6k1167112
answered Mar 5 '12 at 2:07
iglvzxiglvzx
19.6k1167112
19.6k1167112
And you can have shortcuts with specific shortcuts with-p "profilename".
– Bob
Mar 5 '12 at 2:16
add a comment |
And you can have shortcuts with specific shortcuts with-p "profilename".
– Bob
Mar 5 '12 at 2:16
And you can have shortcuts with specific shortcuts with
-p "profilename".– Bob
Mar 5 '12 at 2:16
And you can have shortcuts with specific shortcuts with
-p "profilename".– Bob
Mar 5 '12 at 2:16
add a comment |
Mozilla's (relatively) new Multi-Account Containers plugin can do this.
answered Feb 25 at 22:36
srulysruly
144
add a comment |
Mozilla's (relatively) new Multi-Account Containers plugin can do this.
answered Feb 25 at 22:36
srulysruly
144
add a comment |
Mozilla's (relatively) new Multi-Account Containers plugin can do this.
answered Feb 25 at 22:36
srulysruly
144
Mozilla's (relatively) new Multi-Account Containers plugin can do this.
answered Feb 25 at 22:36
srulysruly
144
answered Feb 25 at 22:36
srulysruly
144
answered Feb 25 at 22:36
srulysruly
144
answered Feb 25 at 22:36
srulysruly
144
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