How to maintain different active sessions in single firefox and internet explorer?

Question

Suppose we are working in Firefox. Now I have opened 3 tabs. In all 3 tabs I need to work on an application e.g. gmail account. i.e. Tab 1 has Account 1, tab 2 has account2 and tab 3 has account 3. I need to do this simultaneously. Please suggest method or add-on to do this task. I also need to do the same in Internet Explorer as well.

Solution 1

The Multifox Firefox plugin may work for you: br.mozdev.org/multifox

Solution 2

firefox -p brings up a profile manager. you can use it to create multiple profiles. by running "firefox -p profilename -no-remote" you can open multiple profiles at once! therefore you can have as many logged in users in any site. don't know about internet explorer...

Solution 3

I use Yoono for Firefox this sort of thing.

It's designed to help out with your multiple social network accounts, but it works for any website.

After installing, you'll likely want to hide the toolbar Yoono adds (left side of the screen -> right click -> close), and then use the 'Yoono profile selector' (just left of the url) to add 3 gmail profiles, each with the same url: mail.google.com/

When you've added your profiles, you can open those profiles (with the 'Yoono profile selector') in different tabs, and enjoy browsing the same web site with different sessions in the same browser window.

The downside to Multifox Firefox, by the way, is you have to use a new window for each new session on the same web site.

Solution 4

Easiest way to do that in Internet Explorer is to do the following:

File > New Session

Then you get a new browser session, which will not use the same session as the one logged into gmail.

For Firefox use the private Browsing as others have suggested.

Solution 5

I've never used it, but the GMail Manager addon for Firefox may help you to do this. Not sure about IE though.

EDIT: This obviously only helps if the application in question is GMail though!

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Comments

[Admin]

Is this Google accounts specific or general multiple sessions ?

[Arjan]

See "Log in with two accounts (e.g., in Gmail) in a single Firefox window" at superuser.com/questions/58110/… and "Firefox: Using multiple instances with different profiles?" at superuser.com/questions/41496/… and "How to Log Into a Web App Simultaneously with Different Account?" at superuser.com/questions/44903/…

[Santosh Kumar]

similar question superuser.com/a/352680/103134 "Is it possible to maintain two concurrent Facebook sessions in the same browser?" this question discusses how to maintain multiple user profile at once.

[harrymc]

The link is now spoon.net/browsers.

[Pacerier]

You can do that with Chrome too. But the problem is that you are limited to two sessions.

[allquixotic]

Specifically, the "AllAccounts" extension (previously MultiFox 2 BETA) works.