Updated 2.3 Concurrent Profiles (markdown)

Thorin-Oakenpants 2017-12-07 18:21:30 +13:00
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### :small_orange_diamond: Caveats ### :small_orange_diamond: Caveats
If you start Firefox in "normal mode" (i.e not in Private Browsing (PB) mode), PB mode windows (`File>New Private Window`), do not utilize the current theme, but do display the PB mode purple mask icon. Because of this it is also recommended that you add something extra - e.g. this could be familiar bookmarks on the bookmark toolbar such as banking sites in a hardened version. In the example, the bookmarks shown are simply renamed links to `about:config`. In FF52 and lower <sup>Fixed in FF53+ see [854126](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=854126)</sup>, if you start Firefox in "normal mode" (i.e not in Private Browsing (PB) mode), PB mode windows (`File>New Private Window`), do not utilize the current theme, but do display the PB mode purple mask icon. Because of this it is also recommended that you add something extra - e.g. this could be familiar bookmarks on the bookmark toolbar such as banking sites in a hardened version. In the example, the bookmarks shown are simply renamed links to `about:config`.
If you start Firefox in `Always use private browsing mode` (and this is true of any profile, concurrent or not), the PB mode purple mask icon is never shown, and *all* windows are in PB mode, even those opened with `File>New Window` as compared to `File>New Private Window`. The good news is that the themes *are* applied. If you start Firefox in `Always use private browsing mode` (and this is true of any profile, concurrent or not), the PB mode purple mask icon is never shown, and *all* windows are in PB mode, even those opened with `File>New Window` as compared to `File>New Private Window`. The good news is that the themes *are* applied.