Firefox is undoubtedly one of the most popular open-sourced browsers on the internet. Initially released in September of 2002, it is developed by Mozilla Foundation.
It is considered to be the spiritual successor of Netscape Navigator since the Mozilla community was founded by Netscape. Firefox uses the in-house developed Gecko engine.
Unsurprisingly, like other web browsers, Mozilla frequently updates Firefox that introduces new features and fixes existing bugs.
Having said that, many Firefox users are now saying (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) that their background has turned black after updating to the latest version.
As it turns out, Mozilla has changed Firefox’s behavior with the browser now automatically selecting the theme based on the image the browser uses.
Users thought that it was a bug and reported the issue to Firefox developers. However, a top forum contributor said that it was not a bug but an intentional behavior.
Fortunately, we came across a workaround that might help revert the changes made in the latest version of Firefox. It involves making changes to preferences in the about:config page.
If you want to undo the changes the latest update brings, make sure you set layout.css.prefers-color-scheme.content-override to 2.
We hope Mozilla gives Firefox users the option to revert the forced dark mode theme in the near future. If and when they do, we will let you know so stay tuned for updates.
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Featured image source: Mozilla
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