[CookieSwap] Cookieswap: feedback from StevenT

[notes at mozdev.org]

http://cookieswap.mozdev.org/notes.html#c22

Hi Jeff,
  Just to make sure I understand...which of the following scenarios are you asking about:

Scenario 1:
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-Double-clicking on the 'Firefox-Jeff' icon will start up Firefox with the 'Jeff' CookieSwap profile active.  When finished Jeff closes Firefox.
-Double-clicking on the 'Firefox-Monica' icon will start up Firefox with the 'Monica' CookieSwap profile active.

-or-

Scenario 2:
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-Double-clicking on the 'Firefox-Jeff' icon will start up Firefox with the 'Jeff' CookieSwap profile active.  Jeff DOESN'T close Firefox
-Double-clicking on the 'Firefox-Monica' icon will open another Firefox window, but with the 'Monica' CookieSwap profile active.
-From that point on, Monica and Jeff can use their own windows without having to change any profiles

If you are interested in Scenario 1, then I can take a look into seeing if Firefox extensions can read command line arguments.  If so, we could create Windows shortcuts that pass a command line argument to CookieSwap at startup to change the profile.

If you are interested in Scenario 2, I don't think CookieSwap can help.  The only way I know to accomplish that scenario is to create multiple Firefox profiles (www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile#new).  Once you have a 'Jeff' and 'Monica' profile, there is a trick you can play (forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1783909) to start up two Firefox windows at the same time under different profiles.  The  side benefit/drawback (depending on your prospective) of this approach is that each browser window is completely independent...meaning it has its own bookmarks, extensions, preferences, etc.

Let me know,
Steve

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