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1.7b
Jan 14, 2025

What's new in 1.7b

Firefox 134.0.1
GitHub Release
GitHub Run

This is a small update, but it brings some nice improvements to the workspace and the overall experience.

IMPORTANT FOR FLATPAK USERS: The app id has changed, please see this post for instructions on how to migrate

✨ New

Updated to firefox 134.0.1 (Fixes the YouTube issue!)

New workspace behavior when closing tabs, it's more customizable now

Improved workspace transitioning, giving it a more realistic and smooth feel

Made context switching animations context aware, making them more intuitive

Improved glance animations

Compact mode now has a better opening transition and compact mode sidebar has a small delay when closing

Essential tabs now have the favicon as the background

Enabled full LTO for windows and linux builds (speed and size improvement)

Added support for better UI in rounded corners, giving a more native feel to the app

Fixed paddings on the sidebar if the element-separation is too small

🐞 Bug Fixes

Fixed wrong spacing when using right side tabs

Fixed URL bar being below the tabs visually (Issue #4276)

Fixed the browser not closing when the last tab is closed (and the preference is set)

Fixed keyboard shortcuts being restarted on startup, saying they are corrupted

Fixed unfocusing the browser with widget.gtk.rounded-bottom-corners.enabled causes the bottom corners to stop being rounded (Issue #4294)

Fixed a small border being visible at the top of the window (Issue #4264)

Fixed compact mode not closing sometimes if the mouse is moved too fast

Fixed essentials not re-appearing when multiple windows are closed at the same time

Fixed spacing when a workspace doesn't have any icons

🚧 Breaking Changes

MacOS users default toolbar layout has the webpanels button removed

Disabled smooth scroll on tabs by default (like it was in previous versions)

Changed flatpak id from 'io.github.zen_browser.zen' to 'app.zen_browser.zen'


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