For streaming I wanted to retain my browser history while at the same time not showing it for the duration of the stream. I’ve thought about using two browsers, or duplicating the firefox configuration folder and linking to a different configuration for the streams. I think that may work. Any other options?

  • Ephera
    2•2 years ago

    Use Firefox Profiles! You can type “about:profiles” into the URL bar, then you’ll get a dialog for managing profiles. Create a new one and that will be like a factory-reset Firefox, so bookmarks, extensions etc. are also separate. It’s basically like copy-pasting the configuration folder.

    You can also launch a similar profile dialog from the command-line with firefox -P, or launch a specific profile with firefox -P myProfile.

  • Helix 🧬B
    0•2 years ago

    Using two browsers is the easiest. I set one browser (Chromium) to always delete history and another (Firefox) to retain it. This way I have a private browser and don’t have to fiddle around with profiles. Although Chromium has a pretty neat way for multi user profiles if you’d rather use a single browser. Firefox can have a command line flag to open a different browser profile aswell (so you can put it in a link on your desktop or taskbar).