Firefox Gets New Updated UI for Options (About:Preferences) Page

- Last updated on August 8, 2017 by VG

UPDATE: Firefox's new Nightly build now comes with a new look of Preferences page as shown in following image:

In the recently released Firefox's Nightly build 55.0, Mozilla has updated the UI for its Options page which can be accessed via Firefox Menu (Hamburger 3-lines button) -> Options or by typing about:preferences in address bar as shown in following screenshot:

Mozilla has grouped and renamed lots of previous tabs in this new updated UI of Options page. For example, in previous versions the Options or Preferences page contained following 8 tabs:

General

Search

Content

Applications

Privacy

Security

Sync

Advanced

Now the new Options page contains following 4 categories/tabs only:

General

Search

Privacy & Security

Firefox Account

Mozilla has merged several options and sections present in different tabs into a single tab in this new UI. Now the new Options page looks more organized and is easy to browse.

Now let's talk about all the new tabs/sections in details!

The first "General" tab contains following sections:

Startup

Tabs

Fonts & Colors

Languages

Downloads

Applications

Digital Rights Management (DRM) Content

Nightly Updates

Performance

Browsing

Network Proxy

Second tab "Search" contains following sections:

Default Search Engine

One-click Search Engines

Third tab "Privacy & Security" contains following sections:

Forms & Passwords

History

Address Bar

Cached Web Content

Site Data

Tracking Protection

Permissions

Nightly Data Collection and Use

Phishing Protection

Certificates

Fourth tab "Firefox Account" is a renamed version of Firefox Sync feature.

Related: [Tip] Disable or Remove Firefox Account Sync Feature in Mozilla Firefox

So you can see many sections present in different tabs of previous Firefox versions have been merged together in new tabs in the latest Nightly build.

Mozilla will keep refining this new Options/Preferences page UI and we might see new tabs and sections in future versions.

PS: You can disable the new UI and restore old classic Preferences page using following tutorial:

[Firefox Tip] Restore Old Classic Options (About:Preferences) Page

Also Check:

[Firefox Tip] Remove Search Box from Options (About:Preferences) Page

[Review] The New Photon User Interface (UI) of Mozilla Firefox

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