<div dir="ltr"><div class="" id="magicdomid2"><span class="">The problem: testing Aurora/Nightly builds side-by-side with your "normal" Firefox requires some manual profile management, which is a barrier for web developers and other testers who want to just download-and-run.<br>
<br>This problem has been discussed here before. <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=895030">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=895030</a> covers one proposal, and previous threads here include:<br>
<br><a href="https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2013-July/000574.html">https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2013-July/000574.html</a> (<a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firefox-dev/P6lyKEaSRbM/discussion">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firefox-dev/P6lyKEaSRbM/discussion</a>)<br>
<a href="https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2013-July/000560.html">https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2013-July/000560.html</a> (<a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firefox-dev/23sGBTc_rM0/discussion">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firefox-dev/23sGBTc_rM0/discussion</a>)<br>
<br></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid2"><span class="">Here's a new proposal that I've come up with, which is a modification of a revised proposal that Jeff Griffiths and the devtools folks came up with:<br>
<br><a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:GavinSharp/Profile-proposal">https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:GavinSharp/Profile-proposal</a><br><br></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid2"><span class="">One of the benefits of this proposal is that it does not affect existing Nightly/Aurora users.<br>
<br></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid2"><span class="">I'd like broader feedback on this proposal before we move to implement.<br></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid2"><span class=""><br></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid2">
<span class="">Gavin<br></span></div></div>