I’ll be emailing the site admin… or some contact at the site, but, is there anything else that can be done to try to put pressure on these websites that tell me “you’re not getting the best experience… download Chrome.”?
I know Firefox has a “Report a broken site” feature, but, the site isn’t technically broken. They’re just telling me to switch browsers.
Well, I submitted a “support” request:
For whatever it’s worth - I’m disappointed to see that XXX is pushing for its customers to download Chrome rather than ensure that their website supports proper web standards. A website that supports web standards will work well on all browsers and will save you from trying to pressure your customers into changing their preferred browser.
Thank you for your time (and, this is my personal opinion, not the opinion of the organization I’m here supporting).
NotAnArdvark
I am actually surprised like why? What is so special about Chrome vs Firefox that your website will not work in either?
Can someone who is a Front end developer explain this to me? Any 0.001% case where this has to be done?
I’m not a FE dev but I know some JS basics. I imagine the site uses some blink (the chromium engine) specific features or css.
Sometimes i also think it’s for tracking reasons and they deliberately discourage other browsers
I’d still report as broken. Fuck em
Spoof your user agent as chrome, test that it works with Firefox.
If it does report a bug.
User agent switcher has fixed those issues 9/10 times for me.
I’ve also had times websites like Outlook or Youtube just run faster after lying to them about using Edge/Chrome…
My bank did this a few years ago. I bank somewhere else now.
Close the tab.
What a privileged life to lead, where you aren’t forced to use certain websites by (e.g.) your student loan servicer, or your utility company
