firefox: add extra flag options #3371
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also added note that profile selection is not available on windows
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grammatical change for default browser flag Co-Authored-By: Starbeamrainbowlabs <sbrl@starbeamrainbowlabs.com>
New instance flag removed but profile flag re-added
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I personally rarely use the |
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I mean I'm not a huge user of the CLI for Firefox. I'd tend towards removing the most complex and least frequently used command myself. Commands like that are generally useful only in scripting, which isn't generally a 'beginner-friendly' use-case. |
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| `firefox --new-instance --profile {{path/to/directory}} {{https://example.com/}}` | ||
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| - Create a new profile in the default directory without starting Firefox: |
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This seems the least useful to me. Most of the time you use only one profile, especially as a beginner. How about removing this to resolve the issue?
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Hrm, yeah. Firefox should create a new profile automatically if you specify the profile directory.
@zdroid: Only 1 instance of Firefox per profile may be started at any given time. To this end, if you do headless CLI Firefox stuff you usually need to specify a different directory for it to use instead.
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So to conclude, do you agree with me? I'll commit the change if you ultimately do.
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I do ultimately agree, but for different reasons, which I felt is an important distinction.
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Hi all! This thread has not had any recent activity. Are there any updates? Thanks! |
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There has been no response for 2 months, so I committed the changes myself. |
also added note that profile selection is not available on windows
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