--- title: The new Firefox design: More modern, more flexible,... description: Firefox is rolling out a redesigned interface with version 157 to all desktop and mobile users, following months of testing in Nightly builds. The update... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-firefox-design-more-modern-more-flexible-still-firefox-uicwahfd2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The new Firefox design: More modern, more flexible, still Firefox | daily.dev og:description: Firefox is rolling out a redesigned interface with version 157 to all desktop and mobile users, following months of testing in Nightly builds. The update... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-firefox-design-more-modern-more-flexible-still-firefox-uicwahfd2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uicWAhFD2.png og:image:alt: The new Firefox design: More modern, more flexible, still Firefox og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The new Firefox design: More modern, more flexible, still Firefox **[Mozilla](https://daily.dev/sources/mozilla)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Firefox is rolling out a redesigned interface with version 157 to all desktop and mobile users, following months of testing in Nightly builds. The update refreshes colors, icons, and themes across tabs, toolbars, New Tab page, and Private Browsing, while bringing back Compact Mode, adding a new theme picker with more wallpapers, and letting users pin shortcuts on the New Tab page. Mozilla frames the redesign as refinement rather than reinvention, preserving its independent, open-source stance and existing privacy and AI control features. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What's new in the Firefox 157 redesign? Firefox 157 rolls out a refreshed visual design across desktop and mobile, updating colors, icons, and themes in tabs, toolbars, the New Tab page, and Private Browsing. It also brings back Compact Mode for reducing tab and toolbar size, adds a new theme picker with additional themes and wallpapers, and lets users pin shortcuts on the New Tab page. _Track how browser interfaces evolve release over release by following Firefox updates on daily.dev._ ### Is Compact Mode still available in Firefox after the new design update? Yes, Compact Mode returned in the Firefox 157 redesign after users requested it back. It reduces the size of tabs and toolbars to give more screen space to web content, and includes an auto-compact option that activates on smaller screens. _Developers tracking browser UX changes can follow Firefox feature updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Try the New Firefox Design in Nightly](https://daily.dev/posts/try-the-new-firefox-design-in-nightly-uznhkbhfn) · Lobsters · 5 upvotes · 0 comments - [Designing Firefox for the future](https://daily.dev/posts/designing-firefox-for-the-future-84ctpgfaa) · Mozilla · 114 upvotes · 18 comments - [Firefox Is Getting a Major Redesign After 5 Years](https://daily.dev/posts/firefox-is-getting-a-major-redesign-after-5-years-he5snhweb) · It's Foss · 21 upvotes · 2 comments - [our first look at the browser's big redesign](https://daily.dev/posts/our-first-look-at-the-browser-s-big-redesign-ihizjpo4v) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design), [#firefox](https://daily.dev/tags/firefox), [#mozilla](https://daily.dev/tags/mozilla) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-firefox-design-more-modern-more-flexible-still-firefox-uicwahfd2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The new Firefox design: More modern, more flexible, still Firefox","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-firefox-design-more-modern-more-flexible-still-firefox-uicwahfd2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-firefox-design-more-modern-more-flexible-still-firefox-uicwahfd2"},"datePublished":"2026-09-29T13:01:30.925Z","dateModified":"2026-09-29T21:48:50.619Z","description":"Firefox is rolling out a redesigned interface with version 157 to all desktop and mobile users, following months of testing in Nightly builds. 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