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I frequently cannot log in to my bank with Firefox. The problem is that my bank's website was made by a bank, but as a Firefox user this impacts me in my daily

• skinnymuch 4y ago
  How would this be solved by an up and coming browser that isn’t based off Blink/Chromium and why can’t Firefox do the solution?
  • Nextgrid 4y ago
    Firefox's problem is the company behind it, not the rendering engine. Firefox is actually a pretty fine browser if you pair it with uBlock Origin and neuter its wide range of user-hostile "features" and keep maintaining that as updates often introduce new "features" you'll need to disable.
    • djbusby 4y ago
      What's your top three user hostile feature? Have you looked at LibreFox? Edit: I see there is a LibreWolf and a LibreFox
      • Nextgrid 4y ago
        See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31551947 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31551947.
  • Barrin92 4y ago
    at least according to this article from last year Arc is chromium based. https://www.protocol.com/browser-company https://www.protocol.com/browser-company
• ushakov 4y ago
  have you considered telling your bank about the issue? it's not like they did this maliciously to worsen your experience as Firefox user?
  • tux3 4y ago
    Sure. This has happened before and they do eventually fix it. Then a different problem might happen on another page a few months later, and this'll last a few weeks.
• DakotaR 4y ago
  Conversely, one of my banks returns a server error if you visit from Chrome. Their "solution" was to put a banner at the top advising an alternate browser.
• sigio 4y ago
  Probably best solved by changing banks... firefox works just fine with the ~4 banks I currently use. Though the situation is probably worse on the usa-side of the pond.
• mrtweetyhack 4y ago