new today,
better tomorrow
What's new in 1.8b
Huge update filled with improvements and QoL features.
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✨ New
🔥 Tabs are handled in different containers, meaning faster transitions and better swiping experience
🔥 Added support for acrylic backgrounds for windows 11 with mica support
🔥 Added a better gradient generator that follows color theory
🔥 Added support renaming pinned tabs
🔥 Added support for a state-less empty tab (only enabled if 'zen.urlbar.replace-newtab' is enabled)
🔥 New, better on boarding experience
Pinned tabs will now have an 'indicator' to reset back to the original URL
Windows users will now be able to watch DRM content (experimental wmfcdm encrypted media, off by default)
Improved URL bar styles, colors and more
Updated to firefox 135.0.1
When opening a new tab with the URL bar, the newtab button is now selected for better understanding
Added a timer setting that states how much the newtab URL bar should wait before clearing it's contents (default is 45 seconds)
Faster initialization of the UI and better initial loading experience
Increased font size for macos users
MacOS users will now have zen display as 'Zen' instead of 'Zen Browser' in the native top bar
Removed 'status alert' green dot from tabs
Added improved and bouncier toast notifications
URL bar is now fully floatable, always at the center of the screen and with better looks
Added an option to completely ignore hovering over the compact mode sidebar ('zen.view.compact.show-sidebar-and-toolbar-on-hover' in about:config)
Improved shadows, borders and corners in common UI elements
Compact mode now also gets texture if any is set
MacOS window buttons are now mono colored (zen.widget.mac.mono-window-controls in about:config)
Add support for additional languages: Welsh, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, Hebrew, and Icelandic
Swiping between workspaces now has a force feedback and a maximum limit
Double clicking on an essential now resets to the original URL
Changed default behavior of the '-' button on pinned tabs to reset, unload and switch the tab
🐞 Bug Fixes
Fixed weird text generation when rendering PDFs/Google Docs on some websites, without the need to disable hardware acceleration
Fixed glance opening on the wrong location when expanding while opened on a normal tab
Fixed tabs being clipped while dragging with the touchpad
Fixed the floating URL bar hiding while doing IME composition
Fixed transparent URL bar when focusing it on fullscreen
Fixed workspace switching sometimes selecting the wrong previously selected tab
Fixed tabs sharing screens not hiding when switching workspaces
Fixed URL bar glitching when focusing in compact mode
Fixed pinned tabs separator using the wrong tabs when hiding
Fixed rearranging essential tabs containing glance tabs
Fixed normal tabs opening where pinned tabs are after having a glance tab opened
Fixed trying to unload an about:* page rendering the browser useless
Fixed floating URL bar glitching hovering compact mode sidebar
Fixed pinned/essentials tabs being reorganized when opening multiple windows
Fixed renaming/changing icons on some occasions not working
Fixed pinning tabs with glance opened not working
Fixed pinned tabs / essentials opening in the container that the window was opened
Fixed not being able to move around multiple pinned tabs at the same time
Fixed selecting essentials/pinned tabs when switching workspaces
Fixed opening new windows with container specific essentials showing all at once
🚧 Breaking Changes
Removed profile switching toolbar button and dialog, now that firefox will release them in their next version
Bottom toolbar has been reset to the default