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I don't think speed is the real issue. I still use FF as my main browser, but in the past year I have noticed that more and more sites have started to drop ful

by doe88 9y ago

I don't think speed is the real issue. I still use FF as my main browser, but in the past year I have noticed that more and more sites have started to drop full support of FF, sometimes a button doesn't work, other times it is impossible to log in, or post a form... Bottom line, we are at a point where even if we wanted we cannot use FF 100% of the times, I'm forced to load specific pages in Safari or Chrome from times to times. I'm used to it, but I think that kind of experience must be extremely confusing for the non-dev user, not understanding why a page doesn't work and not knowing what to do. I think it's an underestimated problem that must lead some users to switch from FF and never come back.

JoshMnem 9y ago
It was like that when Firefox first appeared as well. The solution was to email the webmasters and say, "your website doesn't work in Firefox. The URL is <url>, the browser version is <version>, and the operating system is <os>." That often got things fixed and reminded developers that they need to consider more than just one browser (IE at that time).
- doe88 9y ago
  It might be a solution - albeit painful - but more largely I think the problem is somewhat different, whereas before sites didn't support FF because they didn't really know FF because it was new, now it seems they don't support it because they don't care anymore. I don't know what the appropriate solution is but if I were the FF team it would worry me at least as much as anything else. I see this as a long-term threat.