[NFBCS] Website and browser question-clearing up information

[Dr Denise M Robinson]

Hey people: This can be a confusing topic but since I teach this every day,
let me help.
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

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
While I am giving info: Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, Arc, etc. have
the Blink engine and are chromium based
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
Hope that helps


*Denise M Robinson*

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On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM Mike Gorse via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> > Denise M Robinson
> >
> >
> > Denise M Robinson, Ph.D., CTVI, AT, IT, CVI Endorsement, Director/CEO
> > 425-220-6935
> >
> > YouTube Channel: @DrDeniseMRobinsontech
> > YOURTECHVISION.COM
> > Dr Denise M Robinson – Educational Services for Instruction in Access
> Technology/Braille/Nemeth and other Access skills
> > Technology that gives YOU Vision....
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 10:55 AM kevin SiscoKevin via NFBCS <
> nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> >       They do use the same engine.  Maybe it has to do with the SSL
> certificate?
> >
> >       Kevin
> >
> >       https://thesiscoreport.com
> >
> >
> >       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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