Compiled Thoughts by John Ciacia » firefox http://www.johnciacia.com Science, Technology, and Beyond Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:46:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Multiple Firefox Profiles http://www.johnciacia.com/2009/06/29/multiple-firefox-profiles/ http://www.johnciacia.com/2009/06/29/multiple-firefox-profiles/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:15:47 +0000 John http://www.johnciacia.com/?p=185 Whether you are sharing a computer with a roommate or are afraid you will screw something up while developing a Firefox extension – it is a good idea to have multiple Firefox profiles. I use one profile for general browsing, another while I’m doing web development, and another while I am doing Firefox development. Each profile has a different set of favorites and extensions installed on it. Each profile is setup for it’s particular task. Creating a profile is simple.

1. Close out of all Firefox windows
2. Open up a command prompt and type

“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” –profilemanager

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3. This will start the Firefox profile manager. Click “Create Profile…”
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4. This will start the profile wizard. Click the Next button.
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5. Enter your profile name. I will be using “dev” for development.
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6. Your profile has been created.
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7. Now you can create a shortcut on your desktop that will open up Firefox using this profile. For the item location, use:

“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -P “dev”

The -P selects the profile “dev.” Replace dev with the value you used in step 5.

Note: Only one profile can be open at a time. That is, if you open Firefox using your default profile, then click on the newly created shortcut – Firefox will open using your default profile.

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Ctrl + L Select location bar
Ctrl + K Focus web search
Ctrl + Shift + T Undo close tab
Ctrl + [Shift + ] Tab Tab forward/backward through tabs
Alt + Left/Right arrow Backward/Forward
   

Alt + Left arrow actually goes back in Ubuntu! Another one of my favorite shortcuts is Ctrl + D + Enter. Try it!

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