On 4/22/2011 6:32 AM, Kraktus wrote:
Been there before w/ older machines, short on resources. However, situations like yours aren't limited to running multiple instances of any specific prgm - it prevents running several apps at once, not just multiple browsers. In your situation, only thing is to limit # of apps that auto start in background, & if you need different browser configurations, run one instance at a time. Kind of a pain to close one browser / profile then start another. If you haven't already (& do so regularly), stop all unnecessary prgms from auto starting at boot up. These can eat up precious resources on older machines.If I had a nice high CPU high RAM machine, you mean? ...I'm actually using a similar browser that's close enough that it can still use Firefox 4 add-ons. Also, JonDoFox makes running multiple instances of my non-Firefox quite easy: there's a menu option for it. Anyway, that's not the problem. The problem is that if I actually try to do it, this poor machine basically grinds to a halt.
An addon, "Tab Mix Plus" gives more options about saving sessions / open tabs, history, etc., than Firefox's native session restore. May make it a bit less hassle to close browser, use another profile, close it, & go back to origninal.
Most of the configurations you're concerned about (incl the addons installed) are stored in the profile. Except for those that have resources & want to run multiple browser instances - at once - one installation of Firefox will suffice, & creating different profiles (then either using Profile Mgr to chose which profile to use at startup, or adding commands which profile to use, after each separate start icon).
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