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I just upgraded to version 157.0. It seems to have arbitrarily swapped the positions of the tab strip (now on top) and address bar (now on bottom). How can I switch these back so that the address bar is on top and the tab strip is underneath?

since i got windows 11, the scroll bars are so narrow that i can barely see them! i've widened them before in the registry (gasp!) but evidently that's not possible anymore. i'm not sure if it's because of the latest firefox update, windows 11, or google. i've seen references to winaero as a program that might help me do this. will it work? is it safe? thanks!

(if i'm in the wrong forum to ask this Q, please transfer me. thanks.)

Actually, I believe the aspect of a browser that should not be changed casually is the UI that users interact with while browsing, such as tabs and sidebars. Any changes to configurable UI elements are acceptable, but Firefox should now refrain from altering the UI and instead focus entirely on fixing bugs and optimizing performance. The UI represents the face of a browser, and constantly changing it not only fails to attract new users but also neglects the needs of existing ones.

The text of selected tab if I set on Light mode is white when widget.windows.mica and browser.theme.windows.accent-color-in-tabs.enabled flags on about:config are turned on. This only fix if I switch to dark mode.

This bug even exist prior to Firefox 157 release, where Nova UI refresh was available but disabled by default.

Dear M, the toolbar themes are worse than glass, in readability

How do I change the color of bar and tabs, so I can spot the active tab without ruining my eyes and mood? (The only themes in 157 that are not from a child's dream are still useless, because the tabs have nearly the same color as the bar, and, as you pointed out, lack the previous visual accents like shadow or line.) I understand there is a very good reason to remove the old themes, but please explain how to change these two tings:

- tab bar and tabs brightness - bar colors or brightness (lower bar with address/search field and bookmarks bar)

Or better still, put back the theme I chose that gives me a dark mode fitting in with Mac apps. (Since I don't know if there is a backup, I cannot even figure out the values of old themes.)

Thank you

Hallo,

Nun scheint auch bei FireFox die Seuche mit den runden Ecken ausgebrochen zu sein. Kann man das irgendwie abschalten?

Fragt eigentlich mal einer die Nutzer, bevor so ein Sch... gemacht wird? Mich hat jedenfalls keiner gefragt.

Auch der Bug mit der nicht leeren Startseite im Privaten Fenster ist immer noch da :/

Danke und Grüße, www.

Apparently Firefox updated and changed its appearance. The tab bar and other UI elements used to be squared, but now they're round. Also the private browsing default page appearance changed too. How can I change it back to the way it used to be? I'm on version 157 on Windows 11.

Hi, I recently opened my browser and noticed that all the tabs are now rounded instead of rectangular. I'd like to restore them to their original appearance, but I can't find anywhere how to do it.

new update destroyed old firefox look i love those old sqarish tabs please give us option to switch back to old firefox look, themes, styles... in settings, i dont see it anywhere, the tabs were perfect like they were new look of tabs is horrible (at least to me) is there some way to return to old look. Ai said to me to play around with a userChrome.css file but i still cant get the old look no matter how much i try, it gets worse and worse, worst case scenario is it possible to send me a css file of old tabs / toolbar look or something i feel like someone moved every single furniture in my home, the feeling is terrible. new icons are okay but old toolbar and even search bar is better in older version, i loved more the old look why is there no option to revert back to old theme look i used for years.

In the new update, the gradient is mandatory which is okay fine, probably will be themes that revert that, but tabs are floating buttons.

It's not the end of the world, but it's something that is both completely illogical (since they're tabs, they're linked with the window below them — they are TABS, like in a pocket phone book or office file), and visually confusing.

And they're now even more weakly highlighted (there is in fact NO highlighting, only a tiny outline), it's difficult to discern which tab is active. It was already a bit hard on dark themes in recent versions.

I think these are not just knee-jerk reactions, like "make it like it was", although I admit there is a part of it there. But even taking a step back, how does this improve the experience? I can't see which tab is active, the coloring is non-uniform across the wide window so it's even harder, and the tabs do not connect to their window.

With latest update (and without my say-so), the background color of my bookmark list is purple (with white print). I have not gotten used to it and find it distracting. I'd like to go back to the way it was (white background with black print). I cannot find the setting to change. Thanks for reading and any suggestions.

Somehow I managed to set it so that my bookmarks appeared on the left side. I spent an entire hour trying to restore them to their original position at the top, but I simply couldn’t find any setting for it anywhere. Neither Gemini, nor ChatGPT, nor Google Search gave me a useful answer.

I don’t consider myself a stupid person, but I was genuinely on the verge of tears when I finally slammed my fist on the desk and uninstalled Firefox.

The only company I can think of that could make a user interface even less intuitive is Meta.

Current sidebar default width with open tabs (ie bookmarks etc) is excessive, so I did the normal dragging to narrow it. Problem being that opening new window it goes straight to the default width. Shouldn't it stay at the changed width?