Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Still currently Firefox is the best option we have, don't we? In terms of compatability and features anyway. For years working as a full-stack developer I stubbornly sticked to Firefox and it has served me well.





Yeah, outside of Chromium forks the only other option is Gecko-based browsers. I use Seamonkey and Palemoon, to avoid the Mozilla Foundation's shenanigans. The performance isn't great, and I have to occasionally restart anything running on the Gecko engine, althogh the latter is also true for Chromium forks.

I work across the stack but necessarily use the browsers end users are working with. Also, I can't pay my fecking credit card on Linux or any browser other than Edge. Whatever tho. A hammer is a hammer.

Not being able to use Firefox for banking or finance is something that hasn't happened to me in years. When it did happen, it was usually fixed with a simple workaround of sending a custom user agent string.

I think e.g. Capital One is using Wasm, yuck. That needs to be enabled (it is by default in Firefox).

Ah... I use Chrome on Linux, and it works just fine for banks and credit cards.

Same. It's exceptionally rare for Firefox to fail me and force me to use a different browser. I'm when it does happen, it's either a Chrome specific feature, or a failure of the developer.

It's not (just) Firefox to blame. It's ramp.com, mailgun, and these other big apps that don't bother testing on Firefox. You can't even login on these



Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: