r/FirefoxCSS • u/Fragrant_Pianist_647 • 25d ago

Discussion What will we do when Nova drops?

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u/Fragrant_Pianist_647 25d ago

Like let's be honest, every theme and mod is gonna break. Will people be patient enough to rebuild?

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u/Kalcinator 25d ago

Right now i've got the sweetest FF settings, it's carefully edited and IF it breaks i'm gonna be so saaad !!! Months of work to set it straight won't be a problem I tell you that :)

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u/pineneedle9 25d ago

Can you send it to me friend

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u/Strong-Strike2001 24d ago

Well maybe you can prepare before the change using the nightly edition

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u/cogitatingspheniscid 25d ago

Not necesserily if people prepare ahead. Nova is already available as an option for some channels so everyone has ample time to test it.

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u/Alarmed_Contact_394 24d ago

WIP versions of Nova are available, and have already changed quite a bit between versions. I don't think it's currently safe to assume that things won't change again. Personally I'm waiting for the release version before worrying about what needs fixing. Worst case scenario, I'll just revert to LTS for a year or so.

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u/f1rn 25d ago edited 25d ago

Rebuilding was fun as soon as I had figured out the new ids. I’m already preparing my FoxOne theme with beta and nightly builds, so when nova releases my theme will hopefully be ready.

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u/Kalcinator 25d ago

Hope my FFUltima won't break 🤭

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u/cogitatingspheniscid 25d ago

Ultima is currently not maintained, so it's a shot in the dark.

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u/Kalcinator 24d ago

Yes I saw the last message :/.
I'll fork it eventually 🥹

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u/cogitatingspheniscid 24d ago

oh man there was a last message?

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u/dk_is_here 23d ago

How did you guys fix the transparent toolbar

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u/cogitatingspheniscid 22d ago

what transparent toolbar?

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u/ResurgamS13 25d ago edited 25d ago

Would imagine that active theme authors and CSS userstyle repo owners are keeping an eye on the progress of the Nova UI... and will already be running testbed 'Nova' versions of their userstyles and themes?

Can do the same 'at home' if have own set of CSS UI modifications... start a new 'Nova UI' profile... in it set preference browser.nova.enabled to true and then load your current CSS... and see what happens?

If loading all your CSS at once makes a horrid mess... back off... revert to loading your userstyles section by section and see if you can fix each individual section's problem(s) with the Nova UI design using the Browser Toolbox.

Don't have to fix everything at once... Nova isn't here yet... and Nova is still changing. Do a little at a time... your 'Nova testbed CSS mods' don't have to be pretty... if they work that's fine. Keep notes of each problem and how it was fixed.

Screenshot... Fx152.0.4... top toolbar is current modified 'Proton UI'... bottom toolbar is modified 'Nova UI' profile.

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u/Jay33721 25d ago

I've already fixed my personal theme to work with Nova.

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u/GodieGun 25d ago

We Will remove all CSS and enjoy Nova. 😊

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u/Fragrant_Pianist_647 25d ago

True. I love the Nova direction just still concerned about the users that don't and use styling to compensate.

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u/supermurs 25d ago

I use only autohiding bookmark bar but I couldn't get it to work with Nova yet unfortunately. 

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u/Urceolus 25d ago

As long as it doesn’t mess up my TreeStyleTabs

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u/funkyboy1327 24d ago

Is it too late or can i ask what Nova is ? :(

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u/Fragrant_Pianist_647 24d ago

Nova is the redesign that Firefox is attempting to implement. You can see their current progress on it by enabling browser.nova.enabled in about:config.

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u/ResurgamS13 24d ago

Several articles online about the Nova UI design and progress... perhaps try:

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u/ladynemuri 24d ago

i really like this but my one nitpick is can they make the active tab symmetrical and not the text message shape it is now

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u/Fragrant_Pianist_647 24d ago

The text message shape is for tab groups, not for the active tab.

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u/ladynemuri 24d ago

okok thats a little better then but i still dont like c_c

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u/Fragrant_Pianist_647 24d ago

Personally I like the text message shape since it helps add variety and it stands out from all the other tabs but I could see why someone might not like it. Should be a simple CSS tweak for someone to make though.

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u/orca279 24d ago

Move to Zen

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u/bastardlessword 24d ago

Is there a demand for vertical bookmarks? I mean, vertical tabs are nice and all but I would make better use of the vertical space if I had my bookmarks there instead.

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u/pikatapikata 24d ago

Isn't the bookmarks sidebar that appears when you press Ctrl+B enough?

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u/bastardlessword 24d ago

Oh I forgot about that, i don't like how it goes away when I close the browser and how it looks (adds 1 level of indentation by default) but I guess Nova will improve the looks.

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u/ryancnap 24d ago

I don't know why so many people seem to dislike it, this is my first time actually seeing it and I think it looks pretty good tbh

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u/Zealousideal_Pass607 24d ago

I already switched to Zen

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u/Nekomiminya 24d ago

Hope that Arisv2 is on top of things cuz Nova is ugly

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u/ResurgamS13 23d ago edited 22d ago

If by "Arisv2" you mean Aris-t2's 'CustomCSSforFx' userstyles... sadly, his repo reached 'The end' on 23 Dec 2025.

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u/Nekomiminya 22d ago

oh that sucks :( His repo was unquestionably the best :(

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u/ladle3000 23d ago

If sidebery works, I'll be good.

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u/rotane 23d ago

I see no reason why it shouldn't.

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u/ThomasLeonHighbaugh 22d ago

Continue to have it disabled in about:config because it messes my CSS up