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Workspaces vs Profiles
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I'm trying to wrap my head around workspaces and profiles. More importantly, trying to understand the differences and when to use what.
Here's my an example:
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I browse the internet like everyone else
** I have 100s of tabs, and some of them are stacked together on two-levels based on a specific topic (e.g. a stack with Amazon searches for video cards, one stack with YouTube videos about cats, etc) -
I work from home, so I have a profile called "work" with specific extensions and that is sync'ed with my work laptop.
** Same here. 100s of tabs, grouped in stacks etc -
I play a game called Diablo 3 a few times a years. So I have a profile called "Diablo" with 50 tabs with information about this game
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I play Path of Exile a few times a year. I have a profile called "PathOfExile" with specific extensions, specific bookmarks and 100s of tabs.
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I play Last Epoch a few times a year. I have a profile called "LE" with specific extensions, specific bookmarks and 100s of tabs.
Now, on a daily basis, I have at least 2 instances of Vivaldi open, with 2 different profiles. Usually after work, I close the work profile and I open a game profile. The generic profile for navigation is always on.
Where do workspaces come in? Between profiles, groups, stacked tabs and workspaces, I have no idea how to organize my stuff and what is less demanding on my PC.
Should I have just 1 profile with 5 workspaces, one for each game? Even if I open a specific workspace every 4 months? What about those extensions that are only relevant for this specific workspace? Are those loaded all the time and for 4 months they just consume RAM for no reason? Or should I not use workspaces, but keep profiles and stacked tabs? I'm really confused.
I have a hard time understanding when to use what. Would appreciate some suggestions or some showcase on what other people use and how.
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Well, that is an answer I'd also love to know
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@Cry0nicS Use Profiles if you need separate settings.
Use Workspaces if you need to switch between different collections of tabs to avoid tab mess. Workspaces all use the same browser settings.
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I still think this post from Ruarí is one of the best summaries of the differences between the two (and other) ways to organize tabs.
If you want to keep the specific extensions and bookmarks per game, then I'd say those should remain as separate profiles. Otherwise you'd have to merge all that in your default profile (and organize your bookmarks differently, for example)
I'd start getting used to workspaces on your generic navigation or on your work profile (or both). For me workspaces are useful to keep your focus on something. So, if you want to separate your Amazon shopping tabs without getting distracted by the cat videos, then separate them into two different workspaces - that way, when you're shopping, you're just switching to other shopping tabs.
Or at work, you may want to separate the tabs of one project from the tabs of another, to focus on one project at a time.As you get used to using workspaces on your daily browsing and finding your best use for them, you'll be able to make a more informed decision on whether they apply for the rest of your online life or not.
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I thought I would end up using workspaces a lot, but it didn't turn out to be the case.
I wish you could save an initial set of Tabs for when you open a workspace. I work in an agency environment, and there are certain tabs I need to open each time I work with a client. I would love to create a workspace for each client, and when I open that workspace, it opens up my default tabs.
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@geekepic said in Workspaces vs Profiles:
I wish you could save an initial set of Tabs for when you open a workspace.
See my wish https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/86870/start-workspaces-always-with-user-defined-sessions-pinned-tabs/1 and vote for it
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@geekepic said in Workspaces vs Profiles:
I wish you could save an initial set of Tabs for when you open a workspace. I work in an agency environment, and there are certain tabs I need to open each time I work with a client. I would love to create a workspace for each client, and when I open that workspace, it opens up my default tabs.
Seems to me like a Command chain could help there (Create new Workspace, Open tab with URL X, etc). I haven't tried creating it, but except maybe for workspace switching, I'd expect it to be pretty straight forward to define.
You can then associate a keyboard shortcut or a toolbar button to it to make it even faster... -
@pauloaguia Nice, you gave others a link and text with a much better description than mine.
