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Re:The Chrome Distortion: how Chrome negatively alters our e... by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday March 26, 2016 @12:58PM (#11366364)
It's not unusual to visit a site (often something neglected but really important, like a support website), and find it simply doesn't load in Firefox.

Then I open it in Chrome and it works. And it's clear which browser the developers tested the site against.

Re:The Chrome Distortion: how Chrome negatively alters our e... by kbrosnan on Saturday March 26, 2016 @03:01PM (#11366921)
When people come across such things please report them to https://webcompat.com/ There are some Firefox, IE and webdevs that work on understanding what is broken and trying to get sites to work cross browser.
Re:The Chrome Distortion: how Chrome negatively alters our e... by smeehee on Saturday March 26, 2016 @06:18PM (#11367712)
Sometimes, it's clear what minimum window size they've assumed. I know of one (bank login) which doesn't work well on a netbook due to this.

I tried to report the problem via the site feedback link which they helpfully provide in most of their page footers. It fails in Firefox but works fine in Chromium; I ended up reporting two problems reported instead of one.

Re:The Chrome Distortion: how Chrome negatively alters our e... by jimmaswell on Saturday March 26, 2016 @03:30PM (#11367055)
There have been extensions for Firefox that opened tabs in IE compatibility mode, which were needed occasionally in the past. I wonder if such a thing for chrome compatibility will end up having to be made. Hopefully not.