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

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  1. stapp

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    I don't get any warning on this machine from my AV (emsisoft)
    It takes a while to scroll to the bottom of all the films, it jumps back up a bit each time you scroll to the bottom. Is that what you mean?
    Eventually it jumped up less each time and I got to the bottom of the page :)
     
  2. Rasheed187

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    No, I have no problems with scrolling. But make sure to remember what the page looks like today and then load it tomorrow to see if it has been changed. Normally they update this site once every day, but on my system, Vivaldi somehow fails to auto-refresh this page, this is the weirdest thing ever. Thanks for checking.
     
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    Hey! It's been a while since I joined this thread, so I'll try to reply to a couple of topics that have been discussed recently.

    Regarding Manifest V3 and ad blocking. There are still a lot of unknowns, so it's hard to promise anything, but I know that we're keeping a close eye on things and we'll see what we can do to remove Google's restrictions. We will also keep improving the built in tracker and ad blocker and MV3 has definitely moved blocker related tasks up in the list of priorities.

    When it comes to new features, what we implement is a mix of feature requests made by users on the Vivaldi Forum, ideas from developers, larger vision (e.g. Mail, Calendar and Feeds were planned from the start, it just took years to build), etc.
    We constantly do under the hood improvements as well, but they're not always mentioned in the release blogs (should see them in the changelogs, though).

    What are your expectations with regards to searching for bookmarks in the address field?
    Bookmark dialog issue is in the system, but there's no progress yet.

    @Rasheed187, have you tested the issue with streamwijzer.nl in a clean User Profile?

    @zapjb, we'll keep support for Windows 7 as long as we can, but we are indeed dependent on what Chromium will do.
     
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    I wonder if it's technically possible to remove this stuff from Chromium and perhaps you guys will eventually need to open up an extension store for extensions that will only work in Vivaldi.

    No, I didn't test it with a new User Profile, but no other website is giving me this problem. It's like somehow Vivaldi doesn't meta refreshes this page. And I haven't got a clue why Win Defender starts spiking the CPU when I load this page in Vivaldi.

    Great to hear that you guys are planning to get rid of the bookmark dialog when bookmarking a page. And I noticed that search in the address-bar should become more sensitive, now it might ignore a lot of your bookmarks. For example, if I search for ''1B'' then it should already show me certain bookmarked Instagram profiles that start with 1B, but now it doesn't until I type 1BT.
     
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    Vivaldi is already pretty good, but IMO the focus should be on other stuff, I'm missing true innovation. The adblocker should become like uBlock and Ghostery with an ''element picker'' which allows you to remove annoying objects. If possible, Vivaldi should reduce its RAM usage which is currently pretty insane, but Chromium is mostly to blame.

    Tab Stacking should be improved, you should be able to remain inside a stack even when you close the first or last tab. Vivaldi should be able to block autoplay of videos and the annoying cookie consent dialogs. And how about a built-in picture and video downloader for sites like Instagram? This way we wouldn't have to download sketchy extensions. And saving pictures via ''drag and drop'' would be nice too.
     
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    With enough resources, many things are possible.

    Try testing the website in a new User Profile. If it behaves the same there, try in a different browser too, if you have any. It would help us narrow down whether it's something in your main profile, in Vivaldi or perhaps the issue is on the website's side.

    Regarding the Address Bar, it's a very sensitive part of the browser and it's difficult to change things in that code. We have already fixed some issues there, but we know there are more and devs are working on fixing them as well.

    Regarding Tab Stacks, test the different options in Settings > Tabs > Close Tab Activation. Perhaps there's something that suits your preferences better.

    Disable Auto Play is available from Privacy and Security settings, though needs a bit of polishing.

    For cookie warnings, see Vivaldi Tip #19.

    I haven't delved into the topic of content downloaders, so feel free to educate me, but don't these type of downloader apps and extensions run into trouble with copyright and other legalities?
     
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    Vivaldi 5.5.2805.42

    Minor update (3) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.5
    This update includes a security update from the Chromium project (including a fix for CVE-2022-3723), crash fixes and other improvements.
    October 28, 2022
    https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-three-5-5/
     
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    I will do so and report back.

    Yes, the addressbar is basically pretty dumb at the moment, at least the search function is. Also, strangely enough I have never managed to enable autocomplete when it comes to directly searching in Google Search via the addressbar, should this work in Vivaldi?

    That won't solve the issue. The problem is that when you have several tab stacks, let's say 3, then you should be able to remain in the middle tab stack, when closing the first or last tab while inside this stack. No matter if you have configured Vivaldi to activate the left or right tab when closing a tab. Currently, you will end up in the first or last tab stack. I'm surprised that Vivaldi developers don't think of these kind of details.

    Trust me, auto play blocking doesn't work on most sites and certain extensions do a better job than this setting. Same goes for cookie warnings, I'm already using uBlock with a certain filter, but browsers like Brave and the DuckDuckGo have implemented a more advanced system.

    It should be legal, since it's the same as saving just about any image on the web. There are websites that allow you to download this stuff see link, but it's a lot easier with extensions. Problem is that a lot of those extensions are sketchy.

    https://www.save-insta.com
     
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    I just noticed theres a portrait next to search box hovering over it it says Person 1. What the heck is it? And how do I get rid of it? Also was it always there?
     
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    Drag the account picture away.
     
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    I believe this has always been there, unless you disable it via Vivaldi settings, it's hidden somewhere. And like swami said you can also drag it away.
     
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    TY got rid of it. What's it for?
     
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    This is for managing multiple profiles. So for example you can have a work profile and a home profile. And they all have their own settings, like bookmarks, extensions and passwords. I use it sometimes to test stuff. And of course you can also use it in case multiple people use the same Windows account. The thing that bugs me is that you still can't copy settings from one profile to another.
     
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    BTW, I think this might have been an issue not with Vivaldi but with the site itself, because I also saw weird behavior on Edge and Firefox. But seems it has been fixed, now the site loads normally even when Win Defender is enabled. With that I mean, Win Defender doesn't spike the CPU when the site gets loaded. So it was a very weird issue.

    BTW, you guys still haven't fixed the problem with copying of text on images. Try to copy text on images on the AD site, you won't get to see the correct ''right click'' context menu options, there is no ''search with Google'' option.

    https://www.ad.nl
     
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    Sees to be already fixed in the Snapshot version, so it'll be in the Stable version soon as well.
     
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    Vivaldi 5.5.2805.44

    Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.5

    This update includes a security improvements from the Chromium project.
    November 11, 2022
    https://vivaldi.com/blog/minor-update-four-5-5/
     
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    OK this would be quite cool! Any news about the ''dumb'' bookmark dialog? I want an option to disable it when bookmarking websites. And can the Vivaldi team take a look at Vivaldi's memory management? It feels like it's quite leaky. I sometimes open certain pages on let's say Yahoo Finance, and I don't think it's normal how much RAM Vivaldi is using.
     
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    I'm afraid I have some very bad news. It hasn't been fixed in the latest Vivaldi 5.5.2805.44 version. And even worse, Vivaldi has introduced a new bug. Now if you type in a nickname, the website will open in the same tab, instead of a new tab, very annoying! This stuff should be configurable.

    I also get a video playback error on the AD newspaper website, see links. It works just fine in Edge. And shouldn't it be possible to downgrade Vivaldi to older versions without needing to completely uninstall it? I just knew I shouldn't have upgraded, this latest version has basically improved nothing.

    https://www.ad.nl/vechtsport/alista...ent-wacht-b-staal-met-vertrouwen-af~a113bd58/
    https://www.ad.nl/koken-en-eten/broccoli-koken-zo-raak-je-de-smaak-en-vitamines-niet-kwijt~ae60573f/
     
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    Vivaldi 5.5.2805.48

    Minor update (5) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.5

    This update includes a security fix for CVE-2022-4135 from the Chromium project.
    November 25, 2022
    https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-five-5-5/
     
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    Vivaldi 5.5.2805.50

    Minor update (6) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.5
    This update includes a security fix for CVE-2022-4262 from the Chromium project.
    December 3, 2022
    https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-six-5-5/
     
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    Are you saying you won't get to see the bookmark dialog anymore? But I don't see this new feature being mentioned anywhere?

    Also, please fix the problem with tab stacking. When you tab stacks by hostname, and you close tabs inside a certain tabstack, it might close to another tabstack because tab A was opened from tab B, and both tabs are now located in two different tab stacks, are you following me?
     
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