A New Firefox Look
Firefox is evolving with a refreshed design that makes the browser feel more modern, approachable, and consistent across desktop and mobile. The refresh also extends to Firefox’s voice and writing style, making product experience feel more human, direct, and unmistakably Firefox.
Via Jeff Johnson:
Nothing says “consistent” like making your large-screen keyboard & mouse UI exactly like your tiny touchscreen UI.
And nothing says “more human” like a manufactured voice and writing style.
Internally, we’ve been calling this work Project Nova, and today we’re excited to share a deeper look at what we’ve been building and where we’re heading next.
The goal of this work is to create a more cohesive foundation for Firefox: making the browser feel cleaner, warmer, faster, and more adaptable.
Some of the areas we’re working on include:
- Simpler navigation and a redesigned Settings experience
- Easier access to features like tab groups, split view, and vertical tabs
- The return of Compact Mode
- Refreshed visual updates across tabs, icons, spacing, and browser surfaces
- More customization options, including new themes and wallpapers
Previously:
- New Mozilla CEO
- Mozilla Changes Firefox Terms of Use
- Firefox at 20
- The Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop
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I guess "unmistakably Firefox" means "looks like the Chromium browsers you've been trying to avoid as best you can." Hopefully Waterfox remains very mistakably Firefox then. I don't need my software to be more human. I need it to work like it did 15 years ago.
I can't help but notice a trend this year of so many software updates using terms like "simpler navigation."
Who's the ones who have spent the last decade making it overly complicated in the first place?
I agree with billyok. If they released a browser that looked exactly like it did when it was called Phoenix, but loaded modern websites, I would be just fine.
"making your large-screen keyboard & mouse UI exactly like your tiny touchscreen UI."
Which Mozilla didn't do. The two UIs are obviously very different; making them the same was clearly not what they meant when talking about consistency. Seems like "consistency" is mainly about branding.
I'm getting so tired of this constant anger and cynicism.
Anyway, if you're serious about using the best browser available, you're already using Zen, so none of this should matter to you.
