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  • Profiles have been around for a very long time. They are collections of all browser data for a given user - pretty much all of the browser’s disk usage except for the executable itself. AFAIK the new switcher just makes using multiple profiles easier. Just keep in mind that profiles are completely isolated, and creating a new one is like a fresh Firefox install. You can copy profiles but the copies will not sync between each other unless you synchronize them with a Firefox account turns out you can’t have one Firefox account assigned both at the same time.

    BTW when creating a new profile (not a copy), I suggest https://ffprofile.com/ to opt out of telemetry etc. easily.








  • Wow, that’s a very informative article! I only knew about Faux Cyrillic, Greek, Vietnamese etc., which are parts of the text transformation, but not about the technique as a whole. I guess I’ll edit the Faux Cyrillic and “faux German” (Metal umlaut) articles to help anyone search for info about a cursed string they saw in a niche setting deep in Windows.

    See, I’ve been wanting to make a post about Windows 11 suddenly being like

    Are you sure you want to perform this action?
    Performing operation 'Μθđїƒý' on Target 'ŞΜЪ Ćľį℮ŋт Čõпƒìğцгăţїõŋ'.
    [Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): _
    

    and I needed the video to provide more context. I guess the Wikipedia article could be enough but it obviously doesn’t show screenshots.

    Overall, localization on Windows has gotten worse, there are context blunders that wouldn’t have happened in XP days.


  • I mean, lemmy.world has to follow German law and reminder: saying “Palestinian people suffer” not followed by “…because of Hamas” is legally problematic there. Still, it’s easy to misjudge one’s relative freedom of speech: I am (un)lucky to live in a country with a higher rating than the US and it doesn’t stop populists from whining when people’s rights groups challenge their false and/or racist posters.