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Mozilla Firefox 157 Is Now Available for Download with Brand-New Design
Highlights of Firefox 157 include the brand-new design that we previewed in Firefox Nightly back in July. The new theme is called Nova and promises to make the popular open-source web browser feel cleaner, faster, adaptable, and warmer, according to Mozilla.
As part of the new Nova design, Mozilla is also bringing back the Compact mode with reduced spacing for smaller screens, alongside a Standard mode providing balanced spacing for most screens and a Touch mode optimized for touch screens with larger window elements and click targets.
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Firefox in a New Skin! Nova Redesign Has Become The Default
Firefox has a new look that brings it up to 2026 web browser standards, where having a clean, minimal user experience is a growing phenomenon.
Called "Nova," the redesign leaked before an official announcement was ever made, with Mozilla playing catch-up a few months later via a technical blog outlining how they were approaching this major transition.
That transition turned out to be more work than the mockups made it look.
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Firefox 157.0 is Available with Big UI Redesign & Compact Mode
Firefox 157.0, the new biweekly release of this popular web browser, is available to download.
The new version of this browser features the biggest redesign of its user interface in years. As you see in the screenshot, the window corner, tabs, address bar, input box, menus, and almost everything with borders are more rounded than before.
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Firefox 157.0 released
Version 157.0 of the Firefox browser has been released. It features "
Firefox's biggest visual refresh in years
", the ability to use hardware AV1 decoding with WebRTC calls, and a number of fixes.