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I signed up to try Webflow. Unfortunately Firefox is not supported. I guess the "Only works in Chrome" really is the new "Works best in IE6".

iamdustan 9y ago
Hey @trizinix, I fully understand and agree with your sentiment. History sure has a way of repeating itself. As one of the devs on the team who is primarily a Firefox user I feel this everyday. The primary reason we don’t support Firefox is due to our usage of custom scrollbars: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790#c188 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790#c188 You can vote for this issue on our Wishlist to help get Firefox support prioritized on our roadmap: https://wishlist.webflow.com/ideas/WEBFLOW-I-17 https://wishlist.webflow.com/ideas/WEBFLOW-I-17 (Fwiw the published sites from Webflow do fully support Firefox, just the Designer itself does not.)
- gfodor 9y ago
  I usually don't post seemingly pedantic comments on HN, but I have to call you out here. You guys are blocking users from using your application in Firefox because of scrollbar colors? That seems like a terrible choice given it is probably alienating a good chunk of potential users.
  - yladiz 9y ago
    On that note, can a screenshot be provided in Firefox with the Webflow designer, provided the code functions? If it's really just a scrollbar issue, and the UI is that bad according to the Bugzilla comment, can we see how it looks?
    - brryant 9y ago
      Here's a little screen capture of what Webflow looks like in Firefox https://cl.ly/3J0c2v2Y093O https://cl.ly/3J0c2v2Y093O — the scrollbar causes quite a few issues with layout, but also we have to take into account the fact it's also a different width, which doesn't play nicely with drag 'n drop.
  - iamdustan 9y ago
    What would HN be without pedanticism? ‍️¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We’re also more than just “guys”.
    - scandox 9y ago
      Well people: it's "pedantry" and you ought to support Firefox without people voting on a roadmap. I mean I feel an Ed Reardon scale rant coming on...but no...gone.
      - DanBC 9y ago
        most people aren't going to get the ed reardon reference. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r5ck http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r5ck the full series is available from the usual places.
    - iamdustan 9y ago
      (ﾟヮﾟ)
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    - gfodor 9y ago
      https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11816/is-guy-gender-neutral https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11816/is-guy-gen...
- ch4s3 9y ago
  Do you folks need a custom scrollbar? Is it functional in any way?
namuol 9y ago
We have a few senior developers who develop Webflow in Firefox. So yeah, right now we have soft support for Firefox and definitely want to move that to official support, especially now with Firefox gaining much deserved momentum.

iamdustan 9y ago

Hey @trizinix, I fully understand and agree with your sentiment. History sure has a way of repeating itself. As one of the devs on the team who is primarily a Firefox user I feel this everyday. The primary reason we don’t support Firefox is due to our usage of custom scrollbars: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790#c188 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790#c188 You can vote for this issue on our Wishlist to help get Firefox support prioritized on our roadmap: https://wishlist.webflow.com/ideas/WEBFLOW-I-17 https://wishlist.webflow.com/ideas/WEBFLOW-I-17 (Fwiw the published sites from Webflow do fully support Firefox, just the Designer itself does not.)

gfodor 9y ago
I usually don't post seemingly pedantic comments on HN, but I have to call you out here. You guys are blocking users from using your application in Firefox because of scrollbar colors? That seems like a terrible choice given it is probably alienating a good chunk of potential users.
- yladiz 9y ago
  On that note, can a screenshot be provided in Firefox with the Webflow designer, provided the code functions? If it's really just a scrollbar issue, and the UI is that bad according to the Bugzilla comment, can we see how it looks?
  - brryant 9y ago
    Here's a little screen capture of what Webflow looks like in Firefox https://cl.ly/3J0c2v2Y093O https://cl.ly/3J0c2v2Y093O — the scrollbar causes quite a few issues with layout, but also we have to take into account the fact it's also a different width, which doesn't play nicely with drag 'n drop.
- iamdustan 9y ago
  What would HN be without pedanticism? ‍️¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We’re also more than just “guys”.
  - scandox 9y ago
    Well people: it's "pedantry" and you ought to support Firefox without people voting on a roadmap. I mean I feel an Ed Reardon scale rant coming on...but no...gone.
    - DanBC 9y ago
      most people aren't going to get the ed reardon reference. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r5ck http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r5ck the full series is available from the usual places.
  - iamdustan 9y ago
    (ﾟヮﾟ)
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  - gfodor 9y ago
    https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11816/is-guy-gender-neutral https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11816/is-guy-gen...
ch4s3 9y ago
Do you folks need a custom scrollbar? Is it functional in any way?

namuol 9y ago

We have a few senior developers who develop Webflow in Firefox. So yeah, right now we have soft support for Firefox and definitely want to move that to official support, especially now with Firefox gaining much deserved momentum.