When Webflow first launched, we couldn't make the Designer work in Firefox due to a 16 year old bug in that browser that prevented us from styling scrollbars in a dark color: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790
However, we now have some JavaScript-based workarounds to avoid rendering native scrollbars, and it should theoretically be possible to provide Firefox support (currently it you can open a project, but it's forced into read-only mode) if there's enough demand for it.
Note: Websites published in Webflow already work in Firefox - this idea refers only to making the main Designer application work inside of Firefox.
Vlad Magdalin
To help us collect better intel on potential bugs and issues around using the Designer in Firefox, we’re now opening up experimental access to the Designer in all modern browsers. Read our update for more details on what to expect and how to help our research.
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I use Firefox over Chrome, as Chrome eats up too many system ressources and makes my Macbook slow.
I can easily use Webflow in a Chrome window for the editor. But it doesn't work well for me, as it forces me to keep switching between Chrome and Firefox for the editor, and my other windows. Keyboord shortcuts are different as well as the inspectors.
Also, honestly, I'm not sure how much I would trust a website-building company that doesn't support a browser like Firefox. It sends a completely whack message, in my book, and is reminiscent og legacy software that only works on certain browsers.
And at the very least, until the issue is fixed I would put up a message to the user saying you do not support Firefox. I wasted an hour and through the problem was on my end. Your editor just stops and the loader hangs forever because of JS error:
"Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: can't access property 1, u.match(...) is null". I'm in the process of considering having large clients hosted on your technology and that's not very assuring I gotta say.
I am fairly new to Webflow and was not aware of the new support for FF. As an avid FF user, I am really glad that it is being supported!
However, I have noticed a few issues:
There's a lot of fidgeting when scrolling inside of the editor, especially when focused/clicked on a element. Almost like javascript and the browser are competeing.
Usually, after this happens I will notice the editor scrolling up on its own with varying degrees of severity.
This becomes very frustrating and usually leads to me refreshing every couple minutes.
I use Firefox on mac (89.0 right now but I saw this issue before the last update).
Very much agree that full Firefox support woudl be greatly appreciated and the Webflow platform has develped to the point now where attention to this matter makes sense.
Scrolling is very slow in the designer with Firefox.
I've tried turning off smooth scroll and autoscrolling features,
even did some ninja hacks in the about:config page, like switching the mousewheel.enable_pixel_scrolling to false and setting the general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMaxMS to 1000
(found that change apparently fixed the same problem for somebody using an unrelated online tool)
Nothing helped for the webflow designer though, I guess Chrome is the only way to go for now.
Would absolutely love to see full support for Firefox, although it seems to work decently well at the moment!
I can't believe a site with a template building proposal doesn't support FireFox!
Thanks, much appreciated.
Wouldn't it be easier though to simply call FF and tell them to finally fix
that 16 year old bug???
Hope for the best,
Christian Bulesz
Please make it work for Firefox, I'm not moving to Chrome
Scrolling using my mouse doesn't work in the designer (latest version of Firefox). Scrolling with the scrollbar is fine, though. Hopefully, this will get fixed soon.
I would like to leave chrome. I like the webflow eye dropper extension though ...
I'm hoping to see it work in FF too. Has the FF design team been informed about this issue? Is it still the same in FF Quantum? Why would they keep this as is for 16 years while just about everything else changes all the time?
Most of my clients work with the Firefox Browser...
It´s now available though not fully supported. Thanks!!!
yes please
This would be awesome! As someone who supports using small(er) non-profits that don't sell my data for profit, I try to use Firefox as often as possible and often get annoyed when I have to switch to Chrome. I'm looking forward to this.
Firefox is my default browser. The designer working in Firefox would be awesome.
Yes vote, to add Firefox and Edge as workable browsers for WebFlow. While we may see the world in Chrome...our clients see it many other ways and being able to test, edit and view in those other browsers is important.
Good day. Still waiting for Firefox/designer support.
Christmas wish : )
Wings clipped before I can even get started.
Blocking editing due to an inability to color the scrollbar seems like overkill. I would be okay with a degraded performance notice and a "do you wish to continue" type query.
Sadly this knocks me out of being able to even consider Webflow at this time.
I would like that to