I don't think this is true. See https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#AccessHiddenServices https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#AccessHiddenServ...

I don't think this is true. See https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#AccessHiddenServices https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#AccessHiddenServ... any SOCKS4a capable browser should work.