Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Mick. > > >> The 'default' profile selection does not stick. Deleting the new >> 'dev-edition-default' profile causes it to be recreated afresh at the >> next start up. > Yes. This is the sort of developer attitude that is making me want to > use a proper browser. What the heck does a browser need "prefiles" for, > anyway? It's supposed to be a web browser, for goodness sake. > > >> HTH. >> -- >> Regards, >> Mick
I use different profiles for doing different things. Example, a social site that I volunteer as staff on requires me to be logged in as different members. If I use the same profile, I can only be logged in as one person at a time. When using a different profile, I can create a new profile for ever how many accounts/profiles I have to use. When I need to switch to another account, I just go to the bottom of the screen and click to switch to that profile. No logging out and back in and such. Also, I have one profile that I use to download videos. On that profile, I have plugins related to finding and downloading videos. I don't have those plugins in my other profiles. I do this in case a plugin goes bad, it only affects that profile but the others still work. It also helps me narrow down what the problem is. I have other profiles for similar reasons. Each as it's own setup for doing what it is intended to do. For years, I used a single profile. Once I started using different profiles for different things, I found it easier. The added benefit of isolating bad plugins helps too. Also, having only the plugins I need installed, seems to make it faster as well. I'm not a developer by any stretch. I do make good use of profiles tho. I have 8 different profiles for Firefox and three for Seamonkey. Due to a plugin issue, I recently moved a Seamonkey profile over to Firefox. Firefox has a lot more plugins it seems and they seem to get updated/fixed faster. Hope that helps answer your question. Dale :-) :-)
