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So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

Thanks
Dave

Not forgetting the effing round corners on the main Fx window and the
bookmarks pane are now occupying a few pixels of my Tabs below bar.

Off to userChrome to tweak again... If I can remember what to tweak :-(
D.

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On 9/29/26 12:28, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various windows/panes.

Some sites have them, some not. Are they new? I never would have noticed.
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Cheers, Bev
My house isn't a pigsty, it's an Immunity Enhancement Center.
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In article <119h47q$3jfcu$1@dont-email.me>,
The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/29/26 12:28, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various windows/panes.

Some sites have them, some not. Are they new? I never would have
noticed.

They were square in 156.0.1 from which I updated to 157.0

Since the update I've visited a number of sites, and as they are displayed within the Firefox main window it has rounded corners.

I would have noticed before... As noted in my previous posting, the new
roundy cornered windows take some of my Tab below pixels, cutting off the bottom of the tab.

I've been to my userChrome file and tweaked a couple of setting to get the
tabs fully displayed again.

Dave

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On 9/29/26 4:05 PM, Dnews wrote:

In article <119h47q$3jfcu$1@dont-email.me>,
The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/29/26 12:28, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various
windows/panes.

Some sites have them, some not. Are they new? I never would have
noticed.

They were square in 156.0.1 from which I updated to 157.0

Since the update I've visited a number of sites, and as they are displayed within the Firefox main window it has rounded corners.

I would have noticed before... As noted in my previous posting, the new roundy cornered windows take some of my Tab below pixels, cutting off the bottom of the tab.

I've been to my userChrome file and tweaked a couple of setting to get the tabs fully displayed again.

Dave

Since I'm not jumping on the upgrade, can you take a screenshot so we can see? --
Mint 22.3, Thunderbird 153.3.1esr, Firefox 156.0.1
Alan K.
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On 29-9-2026 21:28, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

about:config

set browser.nova.enabled to false
--
With kind regards,
Henk

https://www.hsdejong.nl

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On 30/09/2026 5:28 am, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

Thanks
Dave

Not forgetting the effing round corners on the main Fx window and the bookmarks pane are now occupying a few pixels of my Tabs below bar.

Off to userChrome to tweak again... If I can remember what to tweak :-(
D.

Am I missing something ..... not spending long enough looking at the
corners of my (non-full screen) Firefox display to see if they are round
or square or ......
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Daniel70
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Daniel70 wrote:

Dnews wrote:

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Am I missing something ..... not spending long enough looking at the
corners of my (non-full screen) Firefox display to see if they are round
or square or ......

Look at the Tools > Settings page

Personally I mudst say, round, square, doesn't bother me either way ...

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In article <119i8ni$3v4r4$1@dont-email.me>,
hsdejong <newsgroup@invalid.hsdejong.nl> wrote:

On 29-9-2026 21:28, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

about:config

set browser.nova.enabled to false

Thanks, that does work. :-)

D

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In article <119h8gi$3l036$1@dont-email.me>,
Alan K. <alan@invalid.com> wrote:

Since I'm not jumping on the upgrade, can you take a screenshot so we
can see?

Sorry.
I would if I could, but I've already tweaked my UserChrome file to make
the required adjustment. :-)

D

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In article <119ikrs$3dug$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On 30/09/2026 5:28 am, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

Thanks
Dave

Not forgetting the effing round corners on the main Fx window and the bookmarks pane are now occupying a few pixels of my Tabs below bar.

Off to userChrome to tweak again... If I can remember what to tweak :-(
D.

Am I missing something ..... not spending long enough looking at the
corners of my (non-full screen) Firefox display to see if they are round
or square or ......

Yea, I know it looks a bit pathetic, but I'm old and 'wunce' I've tweaked
an app to be as I want it, I get miffed when an external source FU my hard work. :-/

Had the rounded corners not intruded into my below tabs space, I'd
probably just grumped and let it go.

I'm very, very attached (Yea I know pun) to my Tabs below the toolbars.

Tabs above is a crime.

D
--

Dave Triffid
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On 30/09/2026 8:37 pm, Dave wrote:

In article <119ikrs$3dug$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On 30/09/2026 5:28 am, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various
windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

Thanks
Dave

Not forgetting the effing round corners on the main Fx window and the
bookmarks pane are now occupying a few pixels of my Tabs below bar.

Off to userChrome to tweak again... If I can remember what to tweak :-( >>> D.

Am I missing something ..... not spending long enough looking at the
corners of my (non-full screen) Firefox display to see if they are round
or square or ......

Yea, I know it looks a bit pathetic, but I'm old and 'wunce' I've tweaked
an app to be as I want it, I get miffed when an external source FU my hard work. :-/

So why had you altered them previously??
--
Daniel70
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On 9/30/26 6:05 AM, Andy Burns wrote:

Daniel70 wrote:

Dnews wrote:

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Am I missing something ..... not spending long enough looking at the
corners of my (non-full screen) Firefox display to see if they are round
or square or ......

Look at the Tools > Settings page

Personally I mudst say, round, square, doesn't bother me either way ...

https://postimg.cc/Bj1PZY68
are these the round corners? If so, I'm on 156.0.1
--
Mint 22.3, Thunderbird 153.3.1esr, Firefox 156.0.1
Alan K.
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On Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:26:04 +0100, Dnews wrote:

In article <119i8ni$3v4r4$1@dont-email.me>,
hsdejong <newsgroup@invalid.hsdejong.nl> wrote:

On 29-9-2026 21:28, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various
windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

about:config

set browser.nova.enabled to false

Thanks, that does work. :-)

D

For now...
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On 9/30/2026 6:37 AM, Dave wrote:

In article <119ikrs$3dug$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On 30/09/2026 5:28 am, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various
windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

Thanks
Dave

Not forgetting the effing round corners on the main Fx window and the
bookmarks pane are now occupying a few pixels of my Tabs below bar.

Off to userChrome to tweak again... If I can remember what to tweak :-( >>> D.

Am I missing something ..... not spending long enough looking at the
corners of my (non-full screen) Firefox display to see if they are round
or square or ......

Yea, I know it looks a bit pathetic, but I'm old and 'wunce' I've tweaked
an app to be as I want it, I get miffed when an external source FU my hard work. :-/

Had the rounded corners not intruded into my below tabs space, I'd
probably just grumped and let it go.

I'm very, very attached (Yea I know pun) to my Tabs below the toolbars.

Tabs above is a crime.

D

I'm old too. Sad to see that you obviously don't have higher priorities
and more important concerns than the shape of the corners of your web
browser! I'm enjoying my old age because I finally realize what's truly important in life, and what's just not worth the time, energy, and
higher blood pressure. Things that used to get me all wound up now just
get shrugged off as too petty to even think about. End result: I'm
happier now than I ever have been. Smile, shrug your shoulders, and
move on to the things that give you joy.
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I'm very, very attached (Yea I know pun) to my Tabs below the toolbars.

Tabs above is a crime.

A good user interface doesn't need to be replaced every year just for
the sake of change.

Not every change is automatically an improvement, and sometimes it seems
that the people responsible for Firefox change the user interface simply because they can, rather than because it actually makes the interface
better.

Fortunately, Firefox is still customisable enough to fix some of these "improvements" with userChrome.css.

And yes, tabs below the toolbars. Definitely!
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With kind regards,
Henk

https://www.hsdejong.nl

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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Daniel70 wrote:

Dnews wrote:

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Am I missing something ..... not spending long enough looking at the >>corners of my (non-full screen) Firefox display to see if they are round >>or square or ......

Look at the Tools > Settings page

I toggled the about:config preference pointed out by the O.P. elsewhere
in this thread. I found no such setting in about:preferences.

Personally I mudst say, round, square, doesn't bother me either way ...

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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Daniel70 wrote:

Dnews wrote:

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Am I missing something ..... not spending long enough looking at the >>>corners of my (non-full screen) Firefox display to see if they are round >>>or square or ......

Look at the Tools > Settings page

I toggled the about:config preference pointed out by the O.P. elsewhere
in this thread. I found no such setting in about:preferences.

btw, the corners are less rounded. I haven't seen actual square
corners.

Personally I mudst say, round, square, doesn't bother me either way ...

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On 26/09/30 06:00 AM, Alan K. wrote:

On 9/30/26 6:05 AM, Andy Burns wrote:

Daniel70 wrote:

Dnews wrote:

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Am I missing something ..... not spending long enough looking at the
corners of my (non-full screen) Firefox display to see if they are round >>> or square or ......

Look at the Tools > Settings page

Personally I mudst say, round, square, doesn't bother me either way ...

https://postimg.cc/Bj1PZY68
are these the round corners?-a If so, I'm on 156.0.1

It's kind of rounded, but not as fully rounded as in 157.
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"Adam H. Kerman" wrote:

I toggled the about:config preference pointed out by the O.P. elsewhere
in this thread. I found no such setting in about:preferences.

sometimes you need to add your own preference (type the missing name,
choose data type, press plus)

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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

"Adam H. Kerman" wrote:

I toggled the about:config preference pointed out by the O.P. elsewhere
in this thread. I found no such setting in about:preferences.

sometimes you need to add your own preference (type the missing name,
choose data type, press plus)

an you please explain how to customize about:preferences? I was aware
that a setting may be added to about:config.
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"Adam H. Kerman" wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

Adam H. Kerman wrote:

I toggled the about:config preference pointed out by the O.P. elsewhere
in this thread. I found no such setting in about:preferences.

sometimes you need to add your own preference (type the missing name,
choose data type, press plus)

an you please explain how to customize about:preferences? I was aware
that a setting may be added to about:config.

Sorry, I wasn't paying attention (though Mozilla don't help by calling
the individual entries on the about:config page "preferences")
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On 9/30/26 2:03 AM, hsdejong wrote:

On 29-9-2026 21:28, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various
windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

about:config

set browser.nova.enabled to false

I just tried 157 in Linux.
I kinda like it. I've got that browser.nova.enabled to true.
Firefox now uses a lot of my desktop theme. Checkboxes are colored, buttons have a purple
border, active items are highlighted in purple etc. If I change to my Orange desktop
theme they show through too. I don't see that much in the rounded anything (except the
buttons are more rounded).
--
Mint 22.3, Thunderbird 153.3.1esr, Firefox 156.0.1
Alan K.
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In article <119iv12$775f$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

So why had you altered them previously??

Personal preference.

Because I want my Tabs below the toolbars. In my universe that's the
logical place for them to be.

Many years ago we had a choice of above or below, then some FW decided to remove that choice.

Some of us used the userChrome file to correct that anomaly.

D.

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"Alan K." wrote:

I just tried 157 in Linux. I kinda like it. I've got that browser.nova.enabled to true. Firefox now uses a lot of my desktop
theme. Checkboxes are colored, buttons have a purple border, active
items are highlighted in purple etc. If I change to my Orange
desktop theme they show through too.

I don't know why FF and TB try to look different from native apps on any platform, surely they should just "blend right in"?
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JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> writes:

On Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:26:04 +0100, Dnews wrote:

In article <119i8ni$3v4r4$1@dont-email.me>,
hsdejong <newsgroup@invalid.hsdejong.nl> wrote:

On 29-9-2026 21:28, Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various >>>> windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

about:config

set browser.nova.enabled to false

Thanks, that does work. :-)

D

For now...

Lol!
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On 1/10/2026 4:04 am, Dnews wrote:

In article <119iv12$775f$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

So why had you altered them previously??

Personal preference.

Because I want my Tabs below the toolbars. In my universe that's the
logical place for them to be.

Many years ago we had a choice of above or below, then some FW decided to remove that choice.

Some of us used the userChrome file to correct that anomaly.

D.

To each their own ..... but don't you just hate, hate, hate it when some
Dev tries to enforce their preferences on you?? ;-P
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Alan K. wrote:

hsdejong wrote:

Dnews wrote:

So Firefox 157.0 is released...
Updated and am NOT happy, what's with the round corners in the various
windows/panes.

I don't want rounded corners, I like square corners.

Any known config to return to square corners?

about:config

set browser.nova.enabled to false

I just tried 157 in Linux.
I kinda like it.-a I've got that browser.nova.enabled to true.
Firefox now uses a lot of my desktop theme.-a Checkboxes are colored,
buttons have a purple border, active items are highlighted in purple
etc.-a-a If I change to my Orange desktop theme they show through too.-a I don't see that much in the rounded anything (except the buttons are more rounded).

I think the reason I don't like the tabs having all four corners rounded
is because they're supposed to emulate the tabs on a file folder. When I
look in my filing cabinet, I don't see any file folders with tabs that
have four rounded corners and floating above the actual folders.

As for the overall appearance and rounding the corners on other stuff
like the address field, changes like this just for the sake of change
are a waste of time IMO.

Of course, YMMV.
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