STEAM store issues on FireFox

[Invertoo]

I have been facing ton of problems recently with STEAM store functionality, and on a hunch decided to install chrome on VM just to check it and surprise surprise everything works flawlessly there.

Is it only me? And if not, do we really need to return to "glorious" times of Internet Explorer dominion, times when many people actually thought IE *is* internet, and MS was free to implement whatever they wanted regardless of risks or costs, since they practically owned world wide web -- and all that because STEAM web devs cannot be bothered to test their site on more than 1! browser...?

[SVaughan]

Chrome is your friend. But why are you not using the Steam app itself?

[blunus]

I can browse the steam store just fine on Firefox. No issues. Something on your PC is causing issues on a specific browser.

[_veleron]

Originally posted by SVaughan:

But why are you not using the Steam app itself?

Why would anyone ever do that?
The store is just a web site.

As to the FF - no (unusual) issues here.

[SVaughan]

Originally posted by _veleron:

Originally posted by SVaughan:

But why are you not using the Steam app itself?

Why would anyone ever do that?
The store is just a web site.

As to the FF - no (unusual) issues here.

The Steam store, yes it uses a URL, but you can still access it on the app. It's there in big bold letters that say STORE.
I mean, I have no problem with people using a web browser for it, but why suffer with using a browser when it's already available? And why FireFox of all things?

I do agree, IE is a broken mess of anger and frustration (which is why no one in their right mind uses it or Edge), and the best alternative is Chrome. But why not take advantage of the Steam app?

But OP is complaining about using a Browser, and not the app. So I'm just stating the obvious option.

[_veleron]

Originally posted by SVaughan:

The Steam store, yes it uses a URL, but you can still access it on the app. It's there in big bold letters that say STORE.
I mean, I have no problem with people using a web browser for it, but why suffer with using a browser when it's already available? And why FireFox of all things?

I don't get it.
The store is just like any other web site. Why using some special program to view this one particular site instead of using the browser you always use? with all the plugins and such.
Why suffer using a half-baked wrapper to browse one particular site?

[Cpuccino]

I haven’t really run into any issues using firefox. Are you using any extensions like extended steam or something? They cause issues from time to time.

[SVaughan]

Originally posted by _veleron:

Originally posted by SVaughan:

The Steam store, yes it uses a URL, but you can still access it on the app. It's there in big bold letters that say STORE.
I mean, I have no problem with people using a web browser for it, but why suffer with using a browser when it's already available? And why FireFox of all things?

I don't get it.
The store is just like any other web site. Why using some special program to view this one particular site instead of using the browser you always use? with all the plugins and such.
Why suffer using a half-baked wrapper to browse one particular site?

Why play games with your computers memory? Something FireFox and even Chrome loves to eat in heavy amounts, and thus slow down your computer?

The only reason I'd see for using it in something like FireFox is to have multiple tabs open. But if OP purchases something on the Steam Store on a web browser, we both know all of it is just going to go to the app and still be installed through there.

I'm trying to find a logical explanation as to what benefit using a browser for something that has its own app, provides, aside from having multiple web tabs open for it.
I do know that FireFox has always had issues though. We had it as the default browser back when I was in K-12. And it was horrendous.

[_veleron]

Originally posted by SVaughan:

Why play games with your computers memory? Something FireFox and even Chrome loves to eat in heavy amounts, and thus slow down your computer?

The only reason I'd see for using it in something like FireFox is to have multiple tabs open. But if OP purchases something on the Steam Store on a web browser, we both know all of it is just going to go to the app and still be installed through there.

I wouldn't use Steam as a browser, why should I use it for this one site?
The whole Steam community portion of steam is just web pages. And Steam most certainly isn't the best browser for that even if your PC is this fragile that you have to monitor how many tabs are open in your browser and whatnot. The amount of time of me purchasing something here vs. the amount of time of me just looking, posting etc. is negligible.

[zaphodikus]

the store will give problems at busy times like now too.

[RiO]

Originally posted by SVaughan:

Chrome is your friend. But why are you not using the Steam app itself?

For instance; because what's built-in to the Steam Client is an insecure 2 years outdated build of Chromium that no longer works with the payment provider or with any other payment systems the provider would forward to after selecting a payment method.

(And yes; I'm stuck with such a case.)

[Kargor]

I can guarantee that, without a doubt, both Steam store and community websites work just fine in Firefox -- I've been doing that for almost a decade now, going through a multitude of Firefox versions.

FYI: there's also a Firefox version of AugmentedSteam, successor of EnhancedSteam.

[SVaughan]

Originally posted by _veleron:

Originally posted by SVaughan:

Why play games with your computers memory? Something FireFox and even Chrome loves to eat in heavy amounts, and thus slow down your computer?

The only reason I'd see for using it in something like FireFox is to have multiple tabs open. But if OP purchases something on the Steam Store on a web browser, we both know all of it is just going to go to the app and still be installed through there.

I wouldn't use Steam as a browser, why should I use it for this one site?
The whole Steam community portion of steam is just web pages. And Steam most certainly isn't the best browser for that even if your PC is this fragile that you have to monitor how many tabs are open in your browser and whatnot. The amount of time of me purchasing something here vs. the amount of time of me just looking, posting etc. is negligible.

zapho does bring up a good point. Nice big sale going on right now = major problems on Steams end. By the way, use it on a browser or use it on an app, but guess what? It's all on the same servers. And those can be overloaded when you've got millions of people using it and buying ♥♥♥♥ at the same time.