Firefox 151 Introduces a Fresh New Look for Home & New Tab (Desktop)

[AmberMeryman]

With Firefox 151, we’re updating the design across Firefox Home and New Tab experiences. This refresh introduces a cleaner, more modern look and feel to surfaces that millions of Firefox users see every day. The updated experience is designed to feel more polished, cohesive, and visually engaging while keeping Firefox fast and easy to use. It is also the foundation for future customization features, coming soon!

Some of the updates you may notice include

• Refined layouts and spacing
• Updated visual styling and treatments
• and New wallpapers - new styles of Kit themed wallpapers, and dark mode versions of previously-light only, as noted here

If you’ve updated to Firefox 151, you’ll begin seeing these changes as they roll out. Users of all versions in all channels will be able to use the new wallpapers immediately.

Let us know what you think below!

- Amber, Firefox Desktop Product

[Jimmyjime]

HATE the blank space above the icons on "new tab".  Not going to use Firefox anymore.

Too many issues using Firefox:

Many different .pdf files do not open in Firefox.

Many websites do not open properly in Firefox.  Vendors tell me to use Chrome, Safari or Edge.

The blank space on a new tab serves NO PURPOSE.

I am going back to Chrome.  Thank you for pushing me out.

[EthernetMaster]

Aren't you overreacting here? Safari is the new Internet Explorer in terms of shortcomings, and if you prefer Chrome over Firefox, well... what can I say - it really is your loss and no one else's.

[Jimmyjime]

The loss is for Firefox because you are creating a product that doesn't work for me, the user.  One third of a new tab is just wasted space.  Dozens of websites will not open.  Pdfs that do not open.  I cannot run my business on a product with such failures.

[KitchMactual]

@Jimmyjime Totally understand your viewpoint, but please allow me to shed some light on the reality set before us.  Chrome is just Google's own desire to control you and use all your data.  If you are going to trust a third party, never trust Android or Chrome, or anything Microsoft.  We often have to choose between the lesser of two or more evils.  Mozilla has been there for us for far too long to ignore.  You could try Opera or one of the other decent browser products of the dozens available, but our problem gets worse if we overreact.  It is hard to get these non-profits to do what we want since there is no charge to users, so all we can do is put a light on the knuckle-heads who screw up and throw them a few shekels.  Just hang in there.  Hope this helps.

[Jimmyjime]

I just want a browser that doesn't crash daily.  Decades ago IE would crash quite often.  The privacy issues I can live with.  One cannot know their data isn't being used by any internet browser.

[KitchMactual]

Not actually true, I'm afraid.  Yes we can know.  Study up on it a little more and it will help.  You seem to be implying that you use Windows.  In that case, it matters little because the OS is already suspect.  But still, a good browser will help.  The others you mentioned will not.

Further, I have no idea why you can't open PDF files.  Do you expect them to open in your browser; is that what you mean?

[WhyWhyWhy]

Why is "VPN" so big?

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

Why is the VPN button so big?
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/please-let-us-adjust-the-size-of-the-vpn-logo-why-is-it-s...