Former Opera CEO Launches Vivaldi, A New Browser For Power Users

Branch point – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2165.3
January 14, 2021
https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/branch-point-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-2165-3/

 

Call me crazy but I can't find the new email-client feature in Vivaldi, does anyone know where to find it?

 

Enable it in vivaldi://experiments. Then restart.

 

LOL thanks, strange that nobody mentioned this clearly on the Vivaldi website.

 

Weird that Mail isn't shown on the Start Page, while Calendar is. I'm not really into the sidebar.

Seems like you were right, Google did screw it up. After some more troubleshooting I discovered that the problem is related to the blocking of third party cookies. After allowing google.com and google.nl, it seems like I can now finally see coments again without having to first clear my cookies on YouTube.

 

QR code scanner improvements – Vivaldi Android Browser snapshot 2170.3
January 19, 2021
https://vivaldi.com/blog/mobile/android-3-6-2170-3/

 

I have pinned Vivaldi to the taskbar. When you start Vivaldi, it has another icon next to it. Is it a bug?

 

Tab fixes and a minor Chromium bump – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2165.22
January 22, 2021
https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/ta...romium-bump-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-2165-22/

Medium Size Speed Dials – Vivaldi Android Browser snapshot 2173.4
January 22, 2021
https://vivaldi.com/blog/mobile/android-3-6-2173-4/

 

Thank you for the info.

I didn't have to change the executable as mentioned there. Here, just starting Vivaldi and pinning the running icon fixed the issue.

 

This still happens to me, even with a fresh install. Weird.

 

I think I also saw such a problem, it will probably be fixed. But do you guys really like pinning apps to the taskbar? I find it quite unhandy, I prefer launching apps via the Quick Launch toolbar.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4624-add-remove-quick-launch-toolbar-windows-10-a.html

 

I agree, always used to use Free Launch Bar (essentially Quick Launch Bar).
But kinda given up on it with my latest machines - just using the W10 start menu with some pinned apps (Firefox, etc.) ...

Sorry, guess this is OT!

 

Don't pin Vivaldi to the taskbar. Start Vivaldi, right-click the taskbar icon and click Pin to taskbar. It fixed the issue here.

 

I didn't even know about Free Launch Bar, seems to be a bit more advanced than the standard Windows Quick Launch, which is enough for me. But yeah, I never understood why people are into pinning stuff, I hate it. The Dock on macOS also seems to be quite unhandy compared to the Windows Taskbar.

 

Thanks man that worked like a champ!

 

A few small fixes – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2165.26
January 26, 2021
https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/a-few-small-fixes-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-2165-26/

 

Vivaldi 3.6 RC 1 – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 2165.32/34
January 27, 2021
https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/vivaldi-3-6-rc-1-desktop/

Closing in on 3.6 – Vivaldi Android Browser snapshot 2178.3
January 27, 2021
https://vivaldi.com/blog/mobile/android-3-6-2178-3/

 

Vivaldi 3.6.2165.34

Vivaldi takes tabs to the next level, literally
https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/desktop-releases/vivaldi-tabs-two-level/

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Vivaldi 3.6 launches with Two-Level Tab Stacks feature
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/28/vivaldi-3-6-launches-with-two-level-tab-stacks-feature/

 

I really don't need this stuff, even though I do open quite a lot of tabs sometimes. But I believe they should be focused on other stuff. We need more bookmark sorting options, the stupid download warning should be removed, and we should be able to export settings to different Vivaldi profiles with only one click, to name a few.

 

Vivaldi Mobile RC 2 – Vivaldi Android Browser snapshot 2178.29
January 30, 2021
https://vivaldi.com/blog/mobile/android-3-6-2178-29/

 

it has little niggly issues and is slow compared to other chrome forks, but it is unmatched on its UI, every other browser dev has no desire to make a new UI, just all clones of chrome UI. I am using edge for streaming sites and vivaldi for almost everything else now.

 

What do you mean with slow? I see other people complaining about this also, but I don't see any big difference with other browsers when it comes to start-up time and website loading. However, I do always test it with uBlock Origin installed.

 

Vivaldi Mobile RC 3 – Vivaldi Android Browser snapshot 2178.33
February 1, 2021
https://vivaldi.com/blog/mobile/android-3-6-2178-33/

 

Seems to be a thread issue of some sort. Its an issue I used to ironically see on the old opera and old firefox.

But its basically slow compared to e.g. chrome or edge on same amount of tabs, if you only use low amount of tabs its full speed but with 200-300 tabs it bogs down a lot, and sometimes soft locks on a tab where it stays forever processing a request until you close tab.

However to be clear its nowhere near as slow as firefox was, its still overwall a fast browser, and I can easily accept it given all of the improvements in the browser.