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by JadoJodo 338 days ago
I'm a bit of a tinkerer with software and will occasionally "wander" over the fence to see if it really is greener on the other side; I always come back to Firefox. I've tried:

Brave: love the mission/execution, don't care for Chrome

Arc: interesting idea, but ultimately removed too much of the things I need in exchange for things I might use, but don't need

Orion: Firefox extensions (even on iOS!) + native performance? Love it, but it crashes all the time and the extensions' compatibility comes and goes

Safari: I don't mind paying for software, but paying for extensions that will probably disappear in 6 months is a pass

I've recently settled on the Zen Firefox flavor: It brings a lot of what Arc, custom Firefox themes aim for in a stable package, while maintaining full compatibility with all the Firefox extensions I use. The only issue I still experience is the occasional "this site only works on Chrome".

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> The only issue I still experience is the occasional "this site only works on Chrome".

Perhaps you should name and shame.

Riverside.fm only works on Edge/Chrome (or at least as of June 2025) which is really annoying
Does it actually not work with Firefox, or is it just checking the User-Agent and not even trying? Snapchat's web view is/was doing that last I checked (I have since permanently switched to serving Chrome's UA everywhere)
You know, I didn't actually try after it flagged it wouldn't work. Will give it a shot the next time it comes up