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A Better Way to Handle Multi Sign In
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There was a version of Chrome I downloaded a while ago which created a shortcut icon on the desktop of a multiple profile. This feature has since then disappeared and I have yet to find a way to create a desktop short cut but I know it is possible through command line switches in the shortcut icon.
The way I do it very simple: separate user accounts on Linux. That way you're sure there's no way they're going to interfere with each other. Of course it helps to be using an OS on which it's trivial to have multiple indepedent graphical sessions and which allow (if you grant that privilege) another local user to display it's app on your graphical session.
The "temp" / fake identity account is actually running inside a VM (KVM) because I use to surf on untrusted sites and is really a "throwaway" account / VM.
That kind of blog entry is kiddie stuff compared to what's easily doable under Linux.
I've got always at least three different Google accounts logged in: personal one (GMail + G+ + Google Docs), professional one (Google Apps for Domain / Business : GMail + Google Docs) and a "fake identity one" (GMail + G+). The way I do it very simple: separate user accounts on Linux. That way you're sure there's no way they're going to interfere with each other. Of course it helps to be using an OS on which it's tri…
The blog entry doesn't support user profiles, Chrome does. Anyway, things that are simple time savers aren't kiddie stuff, they're productivity multipliers.
Mucking around with multiple Linux accounts and multiple graphical sessions with privilege management just to log into three Google accounts is like attaching papers together with origami instead of a paperclip.
http://www.bloomize.com/how-to-bind-papers-without-staples-o...
> No way to set a shortcut to control which profile opens initially (opens last used profile) There was a version of Chrome I downloaded a while ago which created a shortcut icon on the desktop of a multiple profile. This feature has since then disappeared and I have yet to find a way to create a desktop short cut but I know it is possible through command line switches in the shortcut icon.
I just use different browsers. Chrome for the personal one, Firefox for the work one. Very easy, just Cmd+Tab between them, can always stay signed in, and no confusion!
Also, I've found Chrome's multi user windows have a nasty tendency to fail to reopen all windows and all tabs upon reboot. One or two will open, but at least one won't, and when you do launch a new window for that user, it won't remember its prior tabs.
Your approach resolves both those cases. That said, Chrome's built in support with the prominent user icon in the window title bar is fantastic for multiple email accounts and the like, especially coupled with tab pinning so it can't help but open Gmail for example.
I just use different browsers. Chrome for the personal one, Firefox for the work one. Very easy, just Cmd+Tab between them, can always stay signed in, and no confusion!
> No way to set a shortcut to control which profile opens initially (opens last used profile) There was a version of Chrome I downloaded a while ago which created a shortcut icon on the desktop of a multiple profile. This feature has since then disappeared and I have yet to find a way to create a desktop short cut but I know it is possible through command line switches in the shortcut icon.
There was a comment left that pointed out the --profile-directory="[PROFILE]" flag. I will have to try this along with changing the icon to see if that works for the multiple profiles.
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There was a comment left that pointed out the --profile-directory="[PROFILE]" flag. I will have to try this along with changing the icon to see if that works for the multiple profiles.
I just tried this. It broke chrome and I needed to create a new "User Data" directory. Maybe it'll work in a future version.
There are compromises here and there between Firefox and Chrome. I am actually surprised to see that IE10 hasn't caught up with multiple profiles and/or even a sync. The best IE10 can do is give you private browsing (which you can potentially use to have a second profile, but it is not that convenient like Chrome).