As far as i know xpath doesn't depends on any browser. Make sure you have created correct xpath it will work.

Second : It's depend on your tag which attribute it has and how efficient you are in xpath.

For example this is the simple hyperlink:

    <a href="https://stackexchange.com/questions?tab=hot" name="hotnetwork" class="js-gps-track">Hot Network Questions</a>

So here i can create the xpath to locate the same in different ways like :

    //a[@name='hotnetwork']
OR

    //a[@class='js-gps-track']

OR combine both attribute for uniqueness like :

    //a[@name='hotnetwork'][@class='js-gps-track']
OR if you want to access the link using its text then you can use `contains()` method

    //a[contains(text(),'Hot Network')]

Note : It will locate the element based on match found with your given string (Hot Network)

OR you can use `text()` method like :

    //a[text()=' Hot Network Questions'] 

While using `text()` method you have to pass the full link text including spaces else it won't work.