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I use a Firefox addon that spoofs the user agent for Google-owned sites so it delivers the Chrome version of things. Works without any issues and it's a much n

I use a Firefox addon that spoofs the user agent for Google-owned sites so it delivers the Chrome version of things. Works without any issues and it's a much nicer product experience.

VHRanger 3y ago
link?
kivihiinlane 3y ago
What is the name of this addon?
- VHRanger 3y ago
  tagging myself in here as well
  - rocketbop 3y ago
    You can favourite HN comments if you just want to come back to them.
    - stronglikedan 3y ago
      To clarify, since it's not obvious in the UI, you have to click the timestamp of the comment, and then you can favorite it.
      - rocketbop 3y ago
        Thanks, I should have mentioned that. A couple of features are hidden in the show comment view.
      - JohnFen 3y ago
        Damn, I've been here for years and never knew that you could favorite things!
      - nextaccountic 3y ago
        Or install this extension https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news to have better UI on HN
- makiftasova 3y ago
  afaik, pretty much any user-agent changer works. At least that's what one of my colleagues uses to join MS Teams meetings on Firefox. Simply switch your user-agent to Chrome, and it should do the trick.
- mananaysiempre 3y ago
  On Android, it's one of the very few allowed ones, Google Search Fixer[1]. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search-fixer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search...
- malermeister 3y ago
  This is the one I use, i think: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search-fixer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search... Afair there's also one for YouTube.
  - nextaccountic 3y ago
    "This add-on is not available on your platform." on Desktop Linux.. what makes this windows only?
Avamander 3y ago
I'm not trying to excuse Google, but feature detection is really hard and browsers sometimes suck with their APIs. I just recently started using a modified version of the "h265ify" add-on that just advertises support of a few extra codecs (HEVC and surprisingly MPEG-2) to websites. With both Edge and Chrome, I do that because I know the formats work but the API doesn't indicate they do.
- dsr_ 3y ago
  There's no excuse for not being able to read the user-agent strings of the top five browsers in the world, especially when 2 of them (at least) are your own code base.
- TheCoelacanth 3y ago
  Everything is hard if you don't want to do it.
technology23 3y ago
[dead]
PKop 3y ago
What are the Chrome version of things specifically? I just wonder what I'm missing out on..
- xnx 3y ago
  Mobile Firefox gets a very basic result page for "weather" for no clear reason.

I use a Firefox addon that spoofs the user agent for Google-owned sites so it delivers the Chrome version of things. Works without any issues and it's a much nicer product experience.

VHRanger 3y ago

link?

kivihiinlane 3y ago

What is the name of this addon?

VHRanger 3y ago
tagging myself in here as well
- rocketbop 3y ago
  You can favourite HN comments if you just want to come back to them.
  - stronglikedan 3y ago
    To clarify, since it's not obvious in the UI, you have to click the timestamp of the comment, and then you can favorite it.
    - rocketbop 3y ago
      Thanks, I should have mentioned that. A couple of features are hidden in the show comment view.
    - JohnFen 3y ago
      Damn, I've been here for years and never knew that you could favorite things!
    - nextaccountic 3y ago
      Or install this extension https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news to have better UI on HN
makiftasova 3y ago
afaik, pretty much any user-agent changer works. At least that's what one of my colleagues uses to join MS Teams meetings on Firefox. Simply switch your user-agent to Chrome, and it should do the trick.
mananaysiempre 3y ago
On Android, it's one of the very few allowed ones, Google Search Fixer[1]. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search-fixer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search...
malermeister 3y ago
This is the one I use, i think: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search-fixer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search... Afair there's also one for YouTube.
- nextaccountic 3y ago
  "This add-on is not available on your platform." on Desktop Linux.. what makes this windows only?

Avamander 3y ago

I'm not trying to excuse Google, but feature detection is really hard and browsers sometimes suck with their APIs. I just recently started using a modified version of the "h265ify" add-on that just advertises support of a few extra codecs (HEVC and surprisingly MPEG-2) to websites. With both Edge and Chrome, I do that because I know the formats work but the API doesn't indicate they do.

dsr_ 3y ago
There's no excuse for not being able to read the user-agent strings of the top five browsers in the world, especially when 2 of them (at least) are your own code base.
TheCoelacanth 3y ago
Everything is hard if you don't want to do it.

technology23 3y ago

[dead]

PKop 3y ago

What are the Chrome version of things specifically? I just wonder what I'm missing out on..

xnx 3y ago
Mobile Firefox gets a very basic result page for "weather" for no clear reason.