# Technical question: I can't get on Discord with Firefox anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** computer-hardware\ **Created:** [October 23, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078 "2024-10-23T00:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/21 "2024-10-24T00:07:58Z")
Perhaps try enabling HTTPS mode, if you have not already: > **[Set Up HTTPS-Only Mode on Your Browser | CR Security Planner](https://securityplanner.consumerreports.org/tool/install-https-everywhere)** > > Protect your online activities by encrypting your connections to the websites you visit. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/22 "2024-10-24T00:11:16Z")
Edge is a browser. Microsoft’s only current browser. Somewhat confusingly, it is based on the open source Chromium browser engine which was originally a Google invention. Google’s Chrome browser is very much the same app as Edge deep under the hood. Which is good news for website compatibility. But each of Edge & Chrome have lots of idiosyncrasies in how they deal with user-level preferences, features, and suchlike stuff versus how they draw a webpage on the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/23 "2024-10-24T03:30:58Z")
What is the Google Store? On a Windows computer? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/24 "2024-10-24T08:20:04Z")
Yes, or it was called Google Play? I should have mentioned that part. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/25 "2024-10-24T22:16:07Z")
Which means you installed the Android version of the Discord app on a smartphone or tablet. That is different from using a browser on a desktop OS like Windows. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/26 "2024-10-24T22:20:07Z")
Yeah, I’m a bit confused here. Was the issue on a Windows laptop or an Android phone? Or is there more than one device involved? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/27 "2024-10-24T22:21:20Z")
No, it’s a PC. Just the one device. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/28 "2024-10-24T22:26:24Z")
Do you mean you got it from the Windows store that I linked to? The Google Play store shouldn’t be involved at all, unless you somehow managed to install the Android version on your Windows PC (usually not doable without a lot of hoops). Sorry for the confusion here; not sure how we went from a Windows desktop app to the Play store… 🤔 Anyway, but the desktop app is now on your PC, and that works 100% fine… but you can also log back in on a browser now and that mostly works now, except for a few missing icons? Am I understanding that right? Like you went from completely unable to access it through a browser to being able to access most of it? That is even more bizarre. Does incognito work any differently now? ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/29 "2024-10-24T22:34:20Z")
Are you even on a Windows PC…? Are you maybe using a Chromebook or something similar…? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/30 "2024-10-24T23:31:15Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Anyway, but the desktop app is now on your PC, and that works 100% fine… but you can also log back in on a browser now and that mostly works now, except for a few missing icons? Am I understanding that right? Like you went from completely unable to access it through a browser to being able to access most of it? Yup. I got on through the email verification the app sent. Of course, if I refresh that page, it kicks me out again. And yes, it’s a PC, not a Chromebook. Lemme try incognito again. EDIT: Nope, incognito is still a no-go. 🤷 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/31 "2024-11-16T15:25:09Z")
An update that I suspect is connected to my other woes: I can’t download any documents from emails to my computer. Very weird. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/32 "2024-11-16T16:44:52Z")
And yet another update-I believe I figured out the culprit using Agatha Christie logic-what programs did I install around the time the errors started happening? Aha! ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/33 "2024-11-18T13:29:15Z")
So what was it? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/34 "2024-11-18T13:55:07Z")
Something called TotalAV. It’s a virus-protection program but apparently, it was a little overzealous. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/35 "2024-11-19T00:55:59Z")
Thanks for the update. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078/36 "2024-11-19T01:08:06Z")
More I wanted to boast about my own success! 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078.md?page=1)