# Firefox on IOS opening dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [15 February 2021 19:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044 "2021-02-15T19:51:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![gerry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gerry/32/21604_2.png) [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 19:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/1 "2021-02-15T19:51:54Z")

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For a while now I have had this problem and while I can work around it I wonder if you were aware of it. If I try to open a dashboard from Firefox on an Ipad the browser immediately closes. Several different pi's running several different dashboards. This has happened for several versions of Firefox and several versions of IOS. While I get around it by using a laptop I thought I'd throw it out there in case you didn't know.

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**Author:** ![hotNipi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hotnipi/32/383_2.png) [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 19:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/2 "2021-02-15T19:55:33Z")

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It may help to name all the things you have on dashboard also. Hunting down the reason takes to isolate it first.

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**Author:** ![gerry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gerry/32/21604_2.png) [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 19:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/3 "2021-02-15T19:59:22Z")

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It doesn't seem to matter what's on the dashboard. I created one dashboard that was one tab showing one switch and it closed or a dashboard with 10 tabs and a bunch of widgets on them. I never could isolate it down to what was on the dashboard just opening any dashboard.

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**Author:** ![gerry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gerry/32/21604_2.png) [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 20:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/4 "2021-02-15T20:00:56Z")

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I'd be curious if anyone else is running firefox on an ipad and if they have the problem. If they don't then it isn't any big deal.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 20:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/5 "2021-02-15T20:06:04Z")

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Whilst you might not wish to (which is fine of course), have you tried an alternative such as Brave or Vivaldi? Or even Microsoft Edge? They are (or should be) Chromium based and so are likely to be a bit more stable.

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**Author:** ![JGKK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jgkk/32/18515_2.png) [@JGKK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JGKK)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 20:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/6 "2021-02-15T20:19:07Z")

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It shouldn’t matter which ipad browser as it doesnt really matter on ios. Apple only allows webkit on the iphone and ios. The browser suppliers are not actually allowed to use their own browsers engines there.  
All they do on ios/ ipad os is to build different uis around webkit.

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**Author:** ![gerry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gerry/32/21604_2.png) [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 20:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/7 "2021-02-15T20:26:04Z")

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Anti-microsoft , so anything by them is off limits. But again, if this is just a problem for me it doesn't matter but if there are millions out there using this combination then it would be worth looking into.

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**Author:** ![JGKK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jgkk/32/18515_2.png) [@JGKK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JGKK)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 20:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/8 "2021-02-15T20:29:19Z")

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It works on the iphone firefox, ill try on the ipad in a minute.  
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 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/7/c7041088a87a2059a3d5cfdc6b5e334c6421a32e.jpeg)  
Here it is working just fine. iPad Pro 12.9 Inch, latest iPad os and Firefox.

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**Author:** ![gerry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gerry/32/21604_2.png) [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 20:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/9 "2021-02-15T20:58:12Z")

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Then it's just mine. Must be a setting somewhere on mine.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [17 March 2021 20:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-on-ios-opening-dashboard/41044/10 "2021-03-17T20:58:18Z")

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