10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox
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  • GregorTacTac@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    9 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
        7·
        9 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
        7·
        9 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·
      9 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.