The Firefox release train keeps on rolling. With [1]Firefox 156 released , Firefox 157 is now in beta ahead of the planned release coming up at the end of September.

The Firefox 157 beta better handles HDR videos encoded with 8-bit color formats to properly display, improved audio/video synchronization when changing the playback rate for an HTML media element, and fixing the vertical tabs sidebar in some conditions.

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On the developer side is now support for the at-rule() function for @supports and support for the "chain" value for the CSS overscroll-behavior property.

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Firefox 157 is also bringing Mozilla's latest work on their Nova UI design, including the bringing back of Firefox's compact mode option for a denser UI.

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Firefox 157 Beta can be downloaded for those interested via [5]ftp.mozilla.org . Firefox 157 stable is expected on 29 September.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-156

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=firefox_157beta_1_lrg

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=firefox_157beta_2_lrg

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=firefox_157beta_3_lrg

[5] https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/157.0b1/