google-chrome

Allow multiple instances of Google Chrome?


Disclaimer: This may be a better question on SuperUser, but my use case matches SO.

I'm trying to develop an Angular app on my local computer; I'm not yet ready to set up a webserver or anything like that. I'm loading some JSON configuration files from the same directory, and I'm running into Origin Policy issues (which was expected).

I know that programs like gChat can run multiple instances with the /mutex flag (I think that's it, it's been a while since I tried that). Is there any such provision for Google Chrome? Basically, I'd like to run Chrome as my main browser for everything I do, and then open a separate instance with lowered web security for testing purposes.

Thanks!


Solution

  • You can bring up a development web server, serving data from the current working directory, using:

    python -mSimpleHTTPServer
    

    This doesn't directly answer your question, I know. But hopefully it's even better than a direct answer. :)