[NFBCS] Website and browser question

[Mike Gorse]

I wondered when I saw the posts on here saying that Firefox is using 
Chromium's engine, but then I Googled and found a reddit thread that 
suggested that maybe it was, and I looked at the Firefox source code and 
saw a lot of references to Chrome. Looking at the Wikipedia page, it 
appears that Firefox is now using a Chromium library for its inter-process 
communication, so maybe that is where the refernces come from that I was 
seeing. Now I suspect that the people who were saying this are thinking of 
Microsoft Edge using the Chromium engine.

On Wed, 18 Feb 2026, Dr Denise M Robinson via NFBCS wrote:

> Hi Tracy
> No firefox does not use the same engine as Edge or Chrome: Edge and Chrome are chromium based
> Firefox uses Gecko
> 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
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> On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 10:55 AM kevin SiscoKevin via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>       They do use the same engine.  Maybe it has to do with the SSL certificate?
>
>       Kevin
>
>       https://thesiscoreport.com
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>
>       On 2/18/2026 5:46 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS wrote:
>
>       If I go to knitpicks.com 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
>       click on an ad, I get a network error again.
>
>       Why?  I thought Chrome and Firefox use the same underlying engine, so why do I get such different results?
>
>       Just curious.
>
>       Tracy
>
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