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Re: Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome

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Post by scarejunba »

manigandham wrote: post #114
Androider wrote: post #85

Once again G Suite customers get the shaft. I have a personal Gmail account, and a business G Suite account, and this change makes working with the two accounts a complete pain. All my years of Chrome bookmarks/settings/etc. are associated with my personal account, so I want the browser itself to always be logged in with that identity. But I want to be logged into my business G Suite email account "by default" when I…

Use Chrome Profiles feature which basically gives you an entirely separate browser. Each profile can be associated to an offline/local account or a Google account that syncs everywhere. It allows you to keep personal, work, and anything else completely separate. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824

This is not useful to me because it creates multiple windows. I don't want that separation. I want what I have now. It was very good.

Re: Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome

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Post by marssaxman »

rosser wrote: post #84
kstrauser wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you sure? My employer uses gmail, which I access via Mail.app exclusively. I bet I open the web app maybe once or twice a year, usually by clicking a link in a calendar event. It's perfectly possibly to use gmail-the-service without using gmail-the-app.

I find Mail.app to have a terrible UX, but I did try it, thanks. My standing solution is to use one browser to log into big-G services, another to log into FB, and a third for everything else.

I do the same - I use Safari for Google services (since Apple is unlikely to collude with Google), I use Chrome to browse Facebook (since Google is unlikely to collude with Facebook), and I use Firefox for actually browsing the web.

Re: Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome

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Post by njsubedi »

sam0x17 wrote: post #142
Androider wrote: post #85

Once again G Suite customers get the shaft. I have a personal Gmail account, and a business G Suite account, and this change makes working with the two accounts a complete pain. All my years of Chrome bookmarks/settings/etc. are associated with my personal account, so I want the browser itself to always be logged in with that identity. But I want to be logged into my business G Suite email account "by default" when I…

Haha I wish I just had two. I have 6 separate accounts, 4 for various businesses that I use regularly. I have a particular order I have to log into them when setting up a new chrome install so that all my bookmarks work with their respective accounts (&authuser=1, &authuser=4, etc) in things like google cloud console, google domains, gsuite etc. Note: for actually checking my email, I have ended up using mailspring.

Same here but I use Firefox Containers. Lastpass for password, which is not container dependent so I can auto-login in whichever profile I am on.

Re: Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome

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Post by njsubedi »

scarejunba wrote: post #151
manigandham wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Use Chrome Profiles feature which basically gives you an entirely separate browser. Each profile can be associated to an offline/local account or a Google account that syncs everywhere. It allows you to keep personal, work, and anything else completely separate. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824

This is not useful to me because it creates multiple windows. I don't want that separation. I want what I have now. It was very good.

You are looking for Firefox Containers. Single window, multiple profiles separated by colors in the tabs.

Re: Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome

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Post by MegaDeKay »

rosser wrote: post #124
tempestn wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried Firefox's multi-account containers? They might be more convenient than using multiple browsers.

I have. Unfortunately, I run my screen at a scaled resolution, so Firefox routinely pegs a full core redrawing itself, and burns my battery like it was punctured. Until that's fixed, I can't use it as my primary browser. This saddens me, because I otherwise love it. EDIT: This is actually more reason for me to switch back to Linux; FF doesn't have this bug there.

Something like this came up the other day. Perhaps setting "gfx.compositor.glcontext.opaque" to true in about:config as suggested by pcwalton might help you until this bug is properly fixed?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17934764

Re: Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome

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Post by njsubedi »

marssaxman wrote: post #152
rosser wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find Mail.app to have a terrible UX, but I did try it, thanks. My standing solution is to use one browser to log into big-G services, another to log into FB, and a third for everything else.

I do the same - I use Safari for Google services (since Apple is unlikely to collude with Google), I use Chrome to browse Facebook (since Google is unlikely to collude with Facebook), and I use Firefox for actually browsing the web.

Excuse me?

Re: Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome

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Post by kerng »

blfr wrote: post #87
Androider wrote: post #85

Once again G Suite customers get the shaft. I have a personal Gmail account, and a business G Suite account, and this change makes working with the two accounts a complete pain. All my years of Chrome bookmarks/settings/etc. are associated with my personal account, so I want the browser itself to always be logged in with that identity. But I want to be logged into my business G Suite email account "by default" when I…

The most straightforward solution is to create a separate Chrome user/profile for your work account. It's a great way to keep your private and organizational accounts completely separate. You can even sync all Chrome settings, extensions, and bookmars though the company account if they allow you to use your own devices. Unlike Firefox (major pain point btw), you can run Chrome with multiple profiles at once, each in…

Firefox is most straight forward answer!

Re: Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome

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Post by amelius »

beckler wrote: post #136
JoshMnem wrote: post #134

It started with an older version. Logging into Google automatically linked your Google account to the settings page. At least in the last version, clearing your private data (ctrl-shift-delete) no longer deleted Google cookies. To completely log out required manually digging into the advanced settings and then rebooting the browser. Google fundamentally doesn't respect user privacy, and people should use Firefox.

I completely switched whenever FF quantum was released to stable. The experience is amazing. I will say I think chrome dev tools are better though.

Also, last time I checked the Firefox UI uses more screen real estate, leaving a little less space for the content. The difference with chrome is small, but clearly noticeable. If Mozilla fixes this, then they have an additional user ;)
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