Yeah some of the older firmware versions required IE I saw, however, the ones that are currently still supported will work in Firefox on Linux without any problems.
The UI is crappy but once you’ve set up the switch, you won’t need to look at it.
For my home Netgear works ok, if my job was to look at the UI all day I might have a different opinion.
Though I will say I think the prices and support have been pretty good from Netgear, their actual support is shitty but they will replace the unit.