10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox.::The best browser sync out there.

    • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
      51·
      10 months ago

      When I was choosing a return site it kept saying, “oops there was a mistake. It was not your fault. Try again later”.

      Their mobile app sucked too, so I installed chrome to see if it would work and it did right away.

      • GregorTacTac@lemm.eeEnglish
        52·
        10 months ago

        If websites don’t work on Firefox even if the user agent was changed to Chrome I recommend you to use a privacy preserving browser like ungoogled chromium.

          • TheRedSpade@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            10 months ago

            It’s a string that your browser sends to websites with information about the browser itself and your OS. Sometimes that info will be used to block functionality.

            Years ago I tried to use TurboTax from Firefox on Ubuntu. It wouldn’t work because only Internet Explorer on Windows was supported. I changed the user agent to make it appear as though I was using a supported setup, and it worked flawlessly.

            I haven’t actually needed to use one in a long time, but an extension search for “user agent switcher” should turn up something that can do it.

          • ililiililiililiilili@lemm.eeEnglish
            6·
            10 months ago

            Easiest would be to install a plugin such as “User-Agent Switcher.” This is the string of text that identifies what browser, version, and platform you’re running to the server you’re accessing.

        • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Thanks! I just downloaded chrome to use for this one off instance. I’m pretty degoogled, but needed to book a flight so I just needed to get it done.