Life as a Firefox user can be quite difficult on today’s internet. Although it largely depends on the sites that you visit in the browser, you can come across “not supported” messages or lock services. Often these services or websites are not locked because they do not work in Firefox, but because the developers browser snuff technologies implement.
They test chromium compatibility and only allow chrome or chromium-based browsers, even if Firefox would also display the site well.
Admittedly, some sites may not work in Firefox because the browser does not support specific API or function, but that is actually very rare in the larger schedule of things.
Firefox users can overcome some of the limitations by feasing to be chrome. This is usually done by changing the user agent of the browser. This piece of information reveals information such as the browser engine to the website. By claiming to be chrome, Firefox would usually not be blocked by gaining access to a certain website or service.
In the past we have assessed various user agent changers for Firefox. To name just a few: adapted user agent string, chameleon or user agent switcher.
Chrome mask
Chrome mask is an open source extension for Firefox that the user agent only changes to the user’s request. This requires a single click. The extension automatically sets the latest Chrome User Agent String and also chooses the correct operating system. Although that gives you less control over the user agent, it is a handy option that in most cases should work without problems.
Last but not least, the extension “a few extra JavaScript -attributes” will seem to pass better than the Chrome web browser when sites perform extra browser controls.
To use the Chrome mask, you only have to click on the extension icon and then on the switch it displays. This makes the user agent on the active website possible, depending on the previous status.
Who is the extension for? Firefox users who come across problems that load certain sites on the internet. A click must give access to the condition that Firefox supports all functions that the site uses. This is often the case when a site developer does not test against Firefox and gives the preference to block the entire browser.
Now you: which browser are you currently using? Have you come across compatibility problems lately? What have you done?
Summary
Chrome Mask: Let Firefox appear as a chrome with a single click
Description
Assessment of the Open Source Extension Chrome Mask for Firefox to appear as Google Chrome when visiting certain websites.
Author
Martin Brinkmann
Ghacks Technology News
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