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It's a visual trainwreck on firefox, with elements being blocked by interstitials in the first load that have their dismissal button shifted into a weird and ha

by tedivm 5y ago

It's a visual trainwreck on firefox, with elements being blocked by interstitials in the first load that have their dismissal button shifted into a weird and hard to find place. Once that was cleared up it was pretty readable.

tomrod 5y ago
Is Firefox still a common target for development? I thought their marketshare had fallen below 1%? I stand corrected, it's hovering just under 4% on average per https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share#monthly-202102-202202 https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share#monthly-2021...
- ianai 5y ago
  Hmm. How does Firefox rank on netsec concerns? I would think better than Chrome and Safari since not backed by one of the oligopolists. Might be a good target for support regardless of share.
- tedivm 5y ago
  That site puts it at 7.5% if you just look at desktops- and, weirdly enough, 9.5% if you look at last month instead of this month (which is more in line with previous months). It has been trending upwards as well over the last few months.
- runarberg 5y ago
  Yes it is. If a web dev creates a web page that is unusable in firefox, they are not doing a sufficient job.
- mdoms 5y ago
  I don't know why you're being downvoted because the answer is no, Firefox is no longer relevant.
  - mdoms 5y ago
    You can downvote me until the cows come home, it's still true fellas.
  - runarberg 5y ago
    Last month over 300 million pages were viewed with Firefox (a gross lower bound). This month an even more pages will likely be viewed with Firefox. Firefox remains the only popular independent browser. It has delegates in all web standard committees. I don’t know what is your baseline for relevancy, but for most of us, this is more then enough to pass it.
- jotm 5y ago
  Eh, you've got to be an absolutely awful developer if you can't have a website render properly in a browser that follows 99.5% of the same standards as the "relevant" top dawg. I guess all the people who made sites work in fucking Internet Explorer have moved on to better positions or retired :D
Digit-Al 5y ago
I'm a bit confused by that; I'm on Firefox and I see nothing wrong with the site at all. It loaded fine and looks fine. That's with full protection turned on and the Disconnect plugin loaded as well. Any idea what was interfering with it on your setup?

by tedivm 5y ago

tomrod 5y ago

Is Firefox still a common target for development? I thought their marketshare had fallen below 1%? I stand corrected, it's hovering just under 4% on average per https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share#monthly-202102-202202 https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share#monthly-2021...

ianai 5y ago
Hmm. How does Firefox rank on netsec concerns? I would think better than Chrome and Safari since not backed by one of the oligopolists. Might be a good target for support regardless of share.
tedivm 5y ago
That site puts it at 7.5% if you just look at desktops- and, weirdly enough, 9.5% if you look at last month instead of this month (which is more in line with previous months). It has been trending upwards as well over the last few months.
runarberg 5y ago
Yes it is. If a web dev creates a web page that is unusable in firefox, they are not doing a sufficient job.
mdoms 5y ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted because the answer is no, Firefox is no longer relevant.
- mdoms 5y ago
  You can downvote me until the cows come home, it's still true fellas.
- runarberg 5y ago
  Last month over 300 million pages were viewed with Firefox (a gross lower bound). This month an even more pages will likely be viewed with Firefox. Firefox remains the only popular independent browser. It has delegates in all web standard committees. I don’t know what is your baseline for relevancy, but for most of us, this is more then enough to pass it.
jotm 5y ago
Eh, you've got to be an absolutely awful developer if you can't have a website render properly in a browser that follows 99.5% of the same standards as the "relevant" top dawg. I guess all the people who made sites work in fucking Internet Explorer have moved on to better positions or retired :D

Digit-Al 5y ago

I'm a bit confused by that; I'm on Firefox and I see nothing wrong with the site at all. It loaded fine and looks fine. That's with full protection turned on and the Disconnect plugin loaded as well. Any idea what was interfering with it on your setup?