<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hey people: This can be a confusing topic but since I teach this every day, let me help.</div><div>FireFox is and has always had the engine Gecko which is created by Mozilla hence the full name Mozilla Firefox and is VERY different than the 2 chromium based browsers most use which is Chrome and Edge. Might as well add a side note here. Chrome is being plagued with hackers so make sure you check your updates EVERYDAY--ALT F then e to help and enter and enter on about and it will auto update, when done close and reopen</div><div><br></div><div>Edge is far more accessible as it has built in immersive reader so when you go to a cluttered page you can press F9 and insert down arrow and smile big as it leaves only the text you want-- F9 to go back to full page</div><div>While I am giving info: Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, Arc, etc. have the Blink engine and are chromium based</div><div>That is a lot of info but I will also tell you that if you are taking a foreign language Firefox is the way to go as it conflicts with Chroium based browsers</div><div>Hope that helps</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Brush Script MT";font-size:18pt"><font color="#4040ff"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font size="6" face="Kunstler Script" color="#e36c0a"><span style="font-size:28pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></font></span></font></span></font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:26pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:rgb(0,112,192)"><i>Denise M Robinson</i></span></p>
<br><div>Denise M Robinson, Ph.D., CTVI, AT, IT, CVI Endorsement, Director/CEO<br></div><div>425-220-6935</div><div><br></div><div>YouTube Channel: <span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7YW7Ves0phCwCOtaZ3wWFw" target="_blank">@DrDeniseMRobinsontech</a><br></span></div><div><span><a href="http://YOURTECHVISION.COM" target="_blank">YOURTECHVISION.COM</a><br></span></div><div><span><a href="https://yourtechvision.com/" target="_blank">Dr Denise M Robinson \u2013 Educational Services for Instruction in Access Technology/Braille/Nemeth and other Access skills </a><br></span></div><div><span>Technology that gives YOU Vision....<br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 1:04\u202fPM Mike Gorse via NFBCS <<a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">nfbcs@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I wondered when I saw the posts on here saying that Firefox is using <br>
Chromium's engine, but then I Googled and found a reddit thread that <br>
suggested that maybe it was, and I looked at the Firefox source code and <br>
saw a lot of references to Chrome. Looking at the Wikipedia page, it <br>
appears that Firefox is now using a Chromium library for its inter-process <br>
communication, so maybe that is where the refernces come from that I was <br>
seeing. Now I suspect that the people who were saying this are thinking of <br>
Microsoft Edge using the Chromium engine.<br>
<br>
On Wed, 18 Feb 2026, Dr Denise M Robinson via NFBCS wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi Tracy<br>
> No firefox does not use the same engine as Edge or Chrome: Edge and Chrome are chromium based<br>
> Firefox uses Gecko<br>
> If chrome gives you issues, used Edge and the biggest feature in Edge is when you search you can instantly get rid of all ads etc with and f9 for a clean reading page<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Denise M Robinson<br>
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> Denise M Robinson, Ph.D., CTVI, AT, IT, CVI Endorsement, Director/CEO<br>
> 425-220-6935<br>
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> On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 10:55\u202fAM kevin SiscoKevin via NFBCS <<a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbcs@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> They do use the same engine. Maybe it has to do with the SSL certificate?<br>
><br>
> Kevin<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://thesiscoreport.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thesiscoreport.com</a><br>
> <br>
><br>
> On 2/18/2026 5:46 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS wrote:<br>
><br>
> If I go to <a href="http://knitpicks.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">knitpicks.com</a> using Firefox, it loads just fine, but, if I go to the same site using Chrome, it gives me a network error and tells me to check the spelling. And, if I put knitpicks into Google search and<br>
> click on an ad, I get a network error again.<br>
><br>
> Why? I thought Chrome and Firefox use the same underlying engine, so why do I get such different results?<br>
><br>
> Just curious.<br>
><br>
> Tracy<br>
><br>
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