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Set Firefox profile directly within the application bundle
Wow, those are great technical solutions, and it's always good to see alternative ideas, but... Have you thought about multiple user accounts, with Fast User Switching? That would appear, to me, to be the much superior method -- and waaay simpler. Why not?
This is exactly what separate user accounts is for!
+1 for user accounts as a much cleaner, simpler solution which can be set up by anyone. Use the Unix underbelly the way it was meant to be used!
Set Firefox profile directly within the application bundle
Amen. I always wonder why people share the same account. There's no value to it (fast user switching takes seconds, with no hassles), and there's so much confusion over who did what when two people are sharing. not to mention hassles with apps like Mail.app and iTunes...
Set Firefox profile directly within the application bundle
Depending on a person's needs, there is plenty of value in using the same account.
Set Firefox profile directly within the application bundle
even the most tight-knit families keep personal items in separate drawers, and keep their clothes in separate spaces in the closet. it's natural to have those kinds of minor divisions to keep things simple. On a computer, the easiest and best way to do that is with separate user accounts. There's nothing saying that you can't share each other's passwords, and no reason why you can't set up things that are best held in common (like music and videos) so that they are shared between accounts, of course. using a combined account, though, means you have to do tricky things (like this firefox hack) to keep some separation between what the two of you are doing, and runs the risk that your spouse will do something (say, tidy up a few folders, or add an application) that will accidentally delete, mangle, or otherwise muck up files that you need.
Set Firefox profile directly within the application bundle
I tried this, but since my wife and I need to access most of the same stuff (e-mail, personal finance, address books, photos, home movies, etc.), I would have to move nearly everything into the Shared Folder (which was accessible by our kids over our network). It was too much trouble just to have different settings on a couple of apps and different bookmarks in our browser.
Set Firefox profile directly within the application bundle
I still vote for Fast User Switching in your case. Use the
/Users/Shared/ directory, or install something like Dropbox to access your shared files (i.e., you both create Dropbox accounts and set up shared folders, or log in to the same Dropbox account from both OS X accounts).
Set Firefox profile directly within the application bundle
Dropbox just to share files on the same machine?? Keep in mind that you will have 2 copies of each file that way (yes they're kept in sync but it does use twice the disc space... I suppose that's not too big a concern assuming your sharing small files - if not then you're out of luck anyway as the free Dropbox accounts only currently allow 2GB.) You also have to upload then download everything (unless Dropbox is smart enough to handle it when both users are logged in - I've never tested it but I hear it somehow supports LAN sync now if the users are on the same network, so maybe it also handles if they're on the same computer.)
Set Firefox profile directly within the application bundle
who needs dropbox? just go to the Sharing panel in System Preferences, click file sharing on, and add the folders you care about up so that everyone has access to them. no moving files, no duplicates, no fuss, no muss.
I get that you don't want to do this, and that's your choice. You can do things any way you like on your computer. But let's not suggest that everyone should adopt the funky workarounds that you find comfortable when there is a simple and easy-to-use mechanism to handle these issue built into the system.
Set Firefox profile directly within the application bundle
One huge reason for having multiple versions of Firefox that can be opened simultaneously *in one single account* is the simplicity it affords web developers who need to debug, verify, and debug in older versions of Firefox. ---
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