Choosing the right browser for your Webflow development depends on a number of factors;
- What's popular- specifically what your clients will be using.
- What you find personally comfortable and usable.
- Designer support;
- > Ability to see the structure of your page and CSS
- Optimization support;
- > Ability to see the performance of your site, where it has issues and where it can be improved
- Developer support;
- > Ability to see console script logs, and to set breakpoints
Often these different types of work benefit from the use of separate Chrome Profiles. Each Chrome Profile is separate in;
- Separate add-ons configuration
- Separate Chrome configuration
- Completely different homepage, bookmarks, custom search, etc.
- Visual styling, so you can tell them apart
- Toolbar icon, at the bottom of your desktop
Running Multiple Profiles Simultaneously
When you do this regularly, sometimes you want to customize the behavior of your system. Here are some notes I'm experimenting with.
Force system links to open in a specific Chrome instance
I have a "main" Chrome instance that I do 90% of my work, and then a separate instance for lighthouse and SEO work, and another separate instance for all of my AI tools.
Ideally all OS clicks to e.g. https:// links in an email, or on a desktop shortcut, would open in a my main Chrome instance only.
We should be able to configure that through the shell command;
- In the Chrome instance you want, open the link;
chrome://version/ - > Look for the Profile Path, and the last part of it, after \User Data\. In my case, it's Default.
- Open the registry editor regedit.exe
- > Navigate to the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command
- > Get the value of this key, e.g.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -- "%1" - > Insert your profile name, e.g. --profile-directory="Default"
The final registry value you edit will look something like this;
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --profile-directory="Default" -- "%1"
Save that back to the registry.
If this works for you, make sure to do for http as well, if you use it.
Coming soon
Chrome Profiles
https://www.notion.so/coachmike/Using-Chrome-Profiles-to-your-Advantage-4c7394405a424a729b469bc368ba5e5b
Dev profile
Personal/Work
Project-specific
Special profiles
WHAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN PROFILES
Addons
Color
Bookmarks
? configuration behaviors
? search engine configurations
How and whether they sync to other PC's and your laptop
Sync affects - passwords, Bookmarks, history, add-ons
ADDONS
