Firefox 89 for Mac Released With Cleaner Design, Multi-Touch Zoom, and More

[MacRumors]

Mozilla today announced the public release of Firefox 89 for macOS with a redesigned and modernized core browsing experience.

The latest version of the browser features a simplified toolbar with less frequently used items removed, allowing the focus to be on the most important navigation items. Menus and prompts have also been streamlined across Firefox to have cleaner designs and clearer language. The more consistent styling extends to many other elements of the browser.

Firefox 89 also features floating tabs that contain information and other cues when you need them, like visual indicators for audio controls.

For macOS users, Firefox 89 now features the familiar "elastic" scrolling effect utilized in many other applications. A gentle bouncing animation will indicate that you reached the end of the page while scrolling.

Another feature added for macOS users is support for multi-touch "smart zoom." Users can double tap with two fingers on the trackpad, or with a single finger on the Magic Mouse, to zoom the content beneath the cursor into focus. This multi-touch gesture has long been supported by Apple's default Safari browser as well as Google Chrome.

Firefox 89 contextual menus are now native on macOS and support Dark Mode too.

The complete Firefox 89 release notes can be found on the Mozilla website.

Article Link: Firefox 89 for Mac Released With Cleaner Design, Multi-Touch Zoom, and More

 

[dlewis23]

The way the tabs look at the top looks really bad. Should take that back to the drawing board.

 

[B4U]

Can we just stop messing with the UI or at least let us have the option to keep things the way they are now?

 

[star-affinity]

Yes! The contextual menu is dark when in dark mode finally.
The browser now feels a little more macOS native?

I think the tabs looks OK, but will probably need a little getting used to.

Edit:
Hmm… Dropdown menus for bookmarks in a folder in the Bookmarks Toolbar are not dark – did they forget that? 🤔

Edit 2:
As of version 91.0 the menus for bookmarks in the Bookmarks Toolbar are now also dark. 👍

 

[KaliYoni]

Another application with a Sir Jony hide-and-seek interface? Ugh. I'm tired of of easter eggs being an integral part of UI/UX.

 

[majus]

When a product isn't broke -- don't fix it!

::EDIT:: I should have tried it before I complained. Now using it. Happily, nothing much changed for me; everything is where it should be.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Tabs look awful. How on earth do you grab the window if the tabs stretch right across?

 

[JMStearnsX2]

Tabs look awful. How on earth do you grab the window if the tabs stretch right across?

This seems to be a new thing with Big Sur, I hate it.

 

[poematik13]

I hate when they keep changing UI's. Just ****ing leave it. Focus on the performance and stability.

EDIT: just updated and i love it lol. Looks and feels smoother and more mac native !!!

 

[macintoshmac]

I have been using the nightly build for a while, and while the tab bar design initially comes as a shocker, I grew to like it surprisingly soon. Redesign is great. Most Mac-native as it has been in a while.

 

[CallMyBookie]

I'm using it right now and I'm not having any probl

 

[Realityck]

The latest version of the browser features a simplified toolbar with less frequently used items removed, allowing the focus to be on the most important navigation items. Menus and prompts have also been streamlined across Firefox to have cleaner designs and clearer language. The more consistent styling extends to many other elements of the browser.

I agree you should be able to toggle from the previous populated menu to the simplified one , then only be stuck with a simplified menu that you need to customize.

 

[tranceking26]

Looks fine to me, especially in dark theme. Either way it'll still stay backup to Safari.

 

[69Mustang]

Image: lofi hip hop radio

I love lofi. I listen to hours while painting in Forza. I use it to sleep when I can't fall asleep naturally.
The Monterrey Bay Aquarium even uses lofi on their YouTube.

 

[robertcoogan]

I like the multi-touch zoom! About time -

 

[maternidad]

I MUCH APPRECIATE THIS REDESIGN. IT WAS VERY MARJORLY CONTRIBUTING TO THAT I DID NOT USE FIREFOX REGUALRLY THAT THE GRAPHICS IT PRODUCED WERE DISPLEASING TO ME. ESPOECIALLY, I HATED the custom context menu whose purpose was obviously to be similar to macOS’sUNFORTUNATELY THAT OURPOSE WASN’T STISFIED.

additional changes to make:
1. DON‘T SHOW A LIGHT MACOS WINDOW AFTER EVERY DOWNLOAD, especially in dark mode
2. DON’T SHOW LIGHT MACOS WINDOWS AT ALL WHILE DARK MODE IS ENABLED.
3. DON’T REACT TO SCROLLING GESTURES DIFFERENTLY TO EVERY OTHER MAC APP.

 

[Six0Four]

Still, doesn't show time stamps in your history. Fail.

 

[anshuvorty]

When a product isn't broke -- don't fix it!

Designers need to earn their keep...they need to justify their paycheck, so that is why we get redesigns from time to time.

 

[Unsupported]

What happened to the blocked cookie count? 🤔

 

[JosephAW]

Glad to see they are supporting older macOS from Sierra and higher.

 

[TMRJIJ]

The CSS forced-colors media query is now supported.

Interesting

 

[velocityg4]

I've been using a Dark Theme for years now. Didn't even realize they didn't have a native theme.

As for Zoom. I don't like the implementation. I'd rather it pinch to scale than pinch to zoom.

 

[maternidad]

Didn't even realize they didn't have a native theme.

Firefox has included a dark theme for many years!

 

[bluecoast]

Haven't seen it yet but am really looking forward to the context menus not being white in dark mode.

Hopefully in subsequent releases we can see a further reduction in the non native UI elements that FF has used for the last 10 years or so.

 

[StevieD100]

Oh dear. Now I'll have to spend many hours getting the UI back to what I want. If that fails then it will be time to say goodbye to FF after almost 20 years. The people responsible for this need to be taken out and given a good [insert punishment of your choice]. Keep on like this and you won't have any users left to pee off.