diff --git a/editor/js/ui/palette.js b/editor/js/ui/palette.js
index e38c1d8b8..a1d130adf 100644
--- a/editor/js/ui/palette.js
+++ b/editor/js/ui/palette.js
@@ -233,17 +233,25 @@ RED.palette = (function() {
 
                         if (!spliceTimer) {
                             spliceTimer = setTimeout(function() {
-
-                                var svgRect = chartSVG.createSVGRect();
-                                svgRect.x = mouseX;
-                                svgRect.y = mouseY;
-                                svgRect.width = 1;
-                                svgRect.height = 1;
+                                var nodes = [];
                                 var bestDistance = Infinity;
                                 var bestLink = null;
-                                var nodes = chartSVG.getIntersectionList(svgRect,chartSVG);
-                                mouseX /= RED.view.scale();
-                                mouseY /= RED.view.scale();
+                                if (chartSVG.getIntersectionList) {
+                                    var svgRect = chartSVG.createSVGRect();
+                                    svgRect.x = mouseX;
+                                    svgRect.y = mouseY;
+                                    svgRect.width = 1;
+                                    svgRect.height = 1;
+                                    nodes = chartSVG.getIntersectionList(svgRect,chartSVG);
+                                    mouseX /= RED.view.scale();
+                                    mouseY /= RED.view.scale();
+                                } else {
+                                    // Firefox doesn't do getIntersectionList and that
+                                    // makes us sad
+                                    mouseX /= RED.view.scale();
+                                    mouseY /= RED.view.scale();
+                                    nodes = RED.view.getLinksAtPoint(mouseX,mouseY);
+                                }
                                 for (var i=0;i<nodes.length;i++) {
                                     if (d3.select(nodes[i]).classed('link_background')) {
                                         var length = nodes[i].getTotalLength();
diff --git a/editor/js/ui/view.js b/editor/js/ui/view.js
index 92c99f861..ca291f64a 100644
--- a/editor/js/ui/view.js
+++ b/editor/js/ui/view.js
@@ -1971,6 +1971,17 @@ RED.view = (function() {
         },
         scale: function() {
             return scaleFactor;
+        },
+        getLinksAtPoint: function(x,y) {
+            var result = [];
+            var links = outer.selectAll(".link_background")[0];
+            for (var i=0;i<links.length;i++) {
+                var bb = links[i].getBBox();
+                if (x >= bb.x && y >= bb.y && x <= bb.x+bb.width && y <= bb.y+bb.height) {
+                    result.push(links[i])
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
         }
     };
 })();