Why you SHOULD be using Firefox

Darujhistan · 17 Sep 2026 at 16:40

Been on FF for what must be 20 years, never see it this bad, constant single tab crashes, constant multiple tab crashes, I've had to move my POE1 set up onto another browser, I'm not running out of RAM by the way.

None of the updates are fixing this issue.

Steampunk · 17 Sep 2026 at 20:24

Darujhistan said:
Been on FF for what must be 20 years, never see it this bad, constant single tab crashes, constant multiple tab crashes, I've had to move my POE1 set up onto another browser, I'm not running out of RAM by the way.

None of the updates are fixing this issue.

It's very rock steady for me, and they've just fixed a video issue that's been annoying me for a while (stuttering in a pop out window when you mouseover another video and trigger two playbacks at once). Have you tried a clean install with no add-ons to test? I've seen weird behaviour in the past that goes away with a clean install or problems caused by a misbehaving add-on.

Ice Tea · 19 Sep 2026 at 09:10

Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake

From Waterfox to LibreWolf and Pale Moon, there's a browser for almost every Mozilla dissenter

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Mozilla and MZLA have delivered the latest releases in their new fortnightly cycle, but users who dislike the faster pace have alternatives.

willhub · 21 Sep 2026 at 09:34

I struggle to decide on my main browser, they all seem as bloated as each other, generally the computers can of c ourse handle bloat, but still, gigabytes of ram eaten by any of them these days.

Orcvader · 21 Sep 2026 at 10:46

willhub said:
I struggle to decide on my main browser, they all seem as bloated as each other, generally the computers can of c ourse handle bloat, but still, gigabytes of ram eaten by any of them these days.

I feel like modern websites are just as much to blame, YouTube and Reddit for example are pretty heavy sites with a lot of unnecessary animations and effects.

opethdisciple · 28 Sep 2026 at 09:43

I believe the Nova update releases tomorrow

darael · 29 Sep 2026 at 13:08

After playing with Firefox nightly, the biggest thing niggling me are the forced colours. I use the light theme in Firefox and I don't mind the light gray look on the tab bar and buttons. Firefox nightly seems to enforce a rainbow of colours, whether you want them or not.

Glanza · 29 Sep 2026 at 14:26

v157 out today

Firefox

www.firefox.com

Firefox's biggest visual refresh in years is now available, with a modernized look across the browser toolbars, sidebar, menus and individual features, built with our updated design system.

mrk · 29 Sep 2026 at 15:16

Rob_B · 29 Sep 2026 at 15:27

Oh wow, now the tabs are rounded, and wasn't split view already a thing? Revolutionary

Orcvader · 29 Sep 2026 at 15:44

I guess Nova is finally stable. Didn't like the bright borders but looking at the theme section the Ash theme made colours more similar to the previous style's dark mode.

Although I really am not a fan of the round tabs...

Glanza · 29 Sep 2026 at 15:50

Rob_B said:
Oh wow, now the tabs are rounded, and wasn't split view already a thing? Revolutionary

Split view has been live for a while. I keep clicking it by mistake when going for the open new tab option, then have to split them.

RavenLunatic · 29 Sep 2026 at 16:10

Having an issue with FF.

For some reason it does not display buttons to start an online chats within webpages.

Switching to Chrome and the button to chat works just fine.

darael · 29 Sep 2026 at 16:10

Orcvader said:
I guess Nova is finally stable. Didn't like the bright borders but looking at the theme section the Ash theme made colours more similar to the previous style's dark mode.

Although I really am not a fan of the round tabs...

I feel very much the same. I've gone for the Ash theme and I'm also not a fan of the rounded tabs - in fact, everything being round. What does a colour at the top of Firefox bring to the table, let alone rounded buttons etc?

My next little niggle is the little timer/clock on the bottom right of the favicons, when you click the address bar and you see previously viewed sites.

darael · 29 Sep 2026 at 16:11

RavenLunatic said:
Having an issue with FF.

For some reason it does not display buttons to start an online chats within webpages.

Switching to Chrome and the button to chat works just fine.

Try disabling Enhanced Tracking Protection. If this doesn't work, disable your ad-blocker. Usually doing one or both of these works for me.

RavenLunatic · 29 Sep 2026 at 16:39

darael said:
Try disabling Enhanced Tracking Protection. If this doesn't work, disable your ad-blocker. Usually doing one or both of these works for me.

Strict protection tracking was the problem.

Thank you

loftie · 29 Sep 2026 at 18:22

Orcvader said:
I guess Nova is finally stable. Didn't like the bright borders but looking at the theme section the Ash theme made colours more similar to the previous style's dark mode.

Although I really am not a fan of the round tabs...

I went for https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/perfectdarktheme/ since ash seemed to go from black to grey up the top.

MarcLister · 29 Sep 2026 at 20:03

Rob_B said:
Oh wow, now the tabs are rounded, and wasn't split view already a thing? Revolutionary

Couldn't find a setting to revert the tabs to the square ends. Presumably there's some custom CSS or something that would do it?

yashiro · 29 Sep 2026 at 20:14

Set browser.nova.enabled to false if you want to go back to the old look.

loftie · 29 Sep 2026 at 20:23

Cheers. I don't mind the new style too much, but I just don't see the point of it. Even more so since it takes up more space up the top for me for zero reason (which just gets on my nerves).

I wonder how long until they remove the setting.