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New Firefox UI is HORRIBLE!

JackS — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:42:42 GMT

I always loved Firefox but this new UI in 157 is horrible. It is not just about the rounded corners but everything about it makes it harder to comfortably read. For example the menu bar is much smaller than it used to be....the pastel colors are annoying......and even changing to ASH does not get it back to how it used to look.
I just do not understand why developers think they have to go mess around with the visual aspects of the product. Most people just care about functionality and features. We don't want changes to the visual aspect of the program that upsets are ability to see on the screen what we need to see.

And all this garbage about going into about:config to find some setting to change or turn off is ridiculous. All you did is make it much harder to use. They should have given the users the choice to either utilize this new NOVA BS or stick with what we know without having to jump through hoops.

Now I am probably going to have to search for another browser that is much easier to read and does not force you to jump through a bunch of hoops just to be able to do so.

Ugh!!!! what a disaster FIREFOX!!!!

Re: New Firefox UI is HORRIBLE!

dftf — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:46:33 GMT

The "browser.nova.enabled" to false workaround in about:config is scheduled to stop working
in Firefox 161, due for release on November 24th.

Long-term, moving to a different browser may be wise.

Floorp, Librewolf* and Waterfox* are some of the most-recommended alternatives to Firefox.

* both of these default to the new "Nova" look, but provide easy ways to turn it off

Re: New Firefox UI is HORRIBLE!

1message — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:49:16 GMT

So horrible !

Re: New Firefox UI is HORRIBLE!

YvannaIrie — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:06:40 GMT

I came here to comment on this. Same on desktop Linux, the new rounded edges make tabs both more narrow so less of the title shows and also make them take up more space with larger gaps between the tabs. The rounds are egregiously huge, the margins on elements are enormous, there's just so much wasted space everywhere.

I would individually be fine if some of these were options for a touchscreen but that they're just there to waste space on my desktop is deeply irritating.

Re: New Firefox UI is HORRIBLE!

kutukvpavel — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:13:25 GMT

Came here to say exactly this.

Re: New Firefox UI is HORRIBLE!

Ricfil — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:45:25 GMT

Yep. Where do some people have their heads? Putting the fonts and the overall layout smaller and more dificult to read (face palm).

People really like to mess whith what is working great don´t they?

Re: New Firefox UI is HORRIBLE!

Seacat17 — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:55:44 GMT

Cool. If they cut my precious UI out - I am moving to opening web pages in friggin' terminal through ELinks.

Re: New Firefox UI is HORRIBLE!

FireKnight — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:30:27 GMT

Who ever commissioned this new Interface must want us to stop using the product do go out like Photobucket give the people what they want and kick back and relax dont push me to chrome. been suing firefox since 2004-05 be a shame to just copy my favourites to another browser and delete it! all this highlighting of tabs and menu bars is unnecessary either tell us how to turn it off or just remove it.

Thanks in advance

Re: New Firefox UI is HORRIBLE!

gz3xzf — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:11:04 GMT

I have been a faithful user of Firefox for over 10 years, now I am now looking at other independent browsers to use.

Version 157 appears to have a memory management issue, when I run Firefox (one window with one tab) the memory usage on the computer bounces between 50% & 96%, when it's at over 90% the Windows system is trashing disk 0 paging; during this time the computer stops responding.
I am currently using Microsoft Edge as an alternative until I find a secure alternative browser or Moz://a patch/update Firefox.