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

5.0.2497.51
Minor update (7) for Vivaldi Linux Browser 5.0
January 31, 2022

 

5.0.2498.36
Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Android Browser 5.0
January 20, 2022

 

5.1.2567.39
Vivaldi’s new update adds Scrollable Tabs and Reading List.
February 9, 2022

 

5.1.2567.36
More Theme colors on Vivaldi on Android.
February 9, 2022

 

For me the best browser on Android. I like the (configurable) tabs and the (also configurable) ad- and tracker blocking. And nevertheless fast.

 

Vivaldi 5.1 arrives for desktop and Android
February 9, 2022

 

Will check it out, but I almost never browse on smartphones. I simply download apps for my most use services.

 

IMHO also imprtant is that Vivaldi is one of the few chromium based browsers on Android that does not show your local IP-address.

 

Vivaldi adds a sidebar panel to manage the Reading List with new options
February 15, 2022

 

I wonder if this feature will be handy in practice. I remember that at first I didn't think I needed the Tab Stacking feature, now I use it all of the time. But on the other hand, I have never liked using the sidebar. I use it only if I need to monitor downloads.

 

5.1.2567.46
Minor update for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.1
February 15, 2022

Spoiler: Changes v5.1.2567.46

The following improvements were made since the initial 5.1 stable release:

• [Chromium] Upgraded to 98.0.4758.105 (includes fix for CVE-2022-0609)
• [Crash][Windows] Playing videos (VB-86275)
• [Mail Beta] Account root folder shows all messages for all accounts (VB-86337)
• [Mail Beta] Clicking Other folder takes 10s (VB-86245)
• [Mail Beta] “Message not found in _listEntries” shows in logs (VB-86365)
• [Mail Beta] Show/hide archive status should affect the counters (VB-86082)
• [Sync][Notes] Gets into a note re-upload loop (VB-86710)

 

5.1.2567.49
Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.1
February 16, 2022

 

5.1.2567.45
Minor update for Vivaldi Android Browser 5.1
February 15, 2022
https://vivaldi.com/blog/mobile/minor-update-android-5-1/

 

5.1.2567.52
Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Android Browser 5.1
February 23, 2022

 

5.1.2567.57
Minor update (3) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.1
March 2, 2022

 

5.1.2567.60
Minor update (3) for Vivaldi Android Browser 5.1
March 2, 2022

 

5.1.2567.68
Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Android Browser 5.1
March 16, 2022

 

Vivaldi's Reading List feature is now available in the latest snapshot for Android devices
March 16, 2022

 

5.1.2567.66
Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.1
March 16, 2022

 

Vivaldi 5.2.2623.24

Vivaldi introduces a Reading List Panel, shows statistics on blocked trackers and ads.
April 6, 2022
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-5-2/

Spoiler: Changelog

Changelog from Vivaldi 5.1 to 5.2

• [New][Blocker][Speed Dial] Show cumulative privacy statistics (VB-86162)
• [New][Reading List][Panels] Add a Panel (VB-86282)
• [New][Search] Add privacy focussed search engine Qwant, for certain countries (VB-87910)
• [New][Tabs] Improve tab dragging user experience (VB-86295)
• [Address Bar] Lost typing in the URL field (VB-86199)
• [Address bar] Displays search icon with search disabled (VB-86593)
• [Address bar] The URL field will lose the text selection with a custom start page (VB-87267)
• [Address bar] Unable to press Shift+Del to delete items in the “typed history” (VB-86718 )
• [Address bar][Menus] “Copy without parameters” omits the last character (VB-86635)
• [Blocker] Dialog background size issue on smaller screens (VB-86521)
• [Bookmarks] Icons without titles on the bookmark bar are not centered (VB-85976)
• [Bookmarks] Import button in manager does nothing (VB-87585)
• [Bookmarks] Info inconsistency on Bookmark Bar Display setting (VB-86591)
• [Bookmarks] Remove NHK, 7-net, recochoku bookmarks (VB-87161)
• [Bookmarks] Remove Yandex.Games and Yandex.Market (VB-87201)
• [Bookmarks] Show “Added bookmark” even if the address field is hidden (VB-86989)
• [Chromium] Upgraded to 100.0.4896.81
• [Command Chains] Change default order (VB-86724)
• [Command chains][Keyboard][Gestures] Fails before restart (VB-85590)
• [Commands][Tabs] Add position commands (VB-87214)
• [Crash] when closing tab with onbeforeunload dialog (VB-86640)
• [Downloads] Ability to resize download popup vertically (VB-84837)
• [Drag and Drop] From file manager to the window does nothing in some cases (VB-2583)
• [Drag and Drop][Tabs] Drag image doesn’t work anymore (VB-86607)
• [Extensions] Popup does not update size when document loads (VB-87162)
• [Extensions] chrome.sessions.getRecentlyClosed says chrome.sessions.MAX_SESSION_RESULTS is too large (VB-87576)
• [Extensions][Address bar] Incorrect focus on Extensions in dropdown (VB-87893)
• [Extensions][Themes] Chromium logo displayed on extensions page when OS theme is dark (VB-87843)
• [History] Scroll bar hides numbers in week view (VB-85552)
• [Languages] No Kabyle language in the list of accepted languages (VB-87488 )
• [Linux] Focus not in website after leaving video fullscreen (VB-83626)
• [Linux][Media] Change proprietary codecs to 101.0.4951.15-106454 (VB-87445)
• [Notes] Checkmarks in checkboxes not displayed anymore (VB-87404)
• [Notes] Make it easier to create new note in Notes Manager (VB-87674)
• [Notes] The “Open in Tab” button in the panel does not work (VB-86932)
• [Panels] Make panels easier to hide/close (VB-87797)
• [Popout Video] PIP button not appearing on videos on france.tv (VB-84385)
• [Profiles] “Manage people” popup doesn’t use profile info (VB-77729)
• [Quick Commands] Add support for filtering words (VB-75763)
• [Quick Commands] Filtering should allow to filter extension (VB-87610)
• [Quick Commands] Filtering should select the appropriate item (VB-87609)
• [Quick Commands] Hint Suggestion is broken when filtering (VB-87713)
• [Quick Commands] History doesn’t do a full search (VB-87532)
• [Reading List] Add an unread counter and show it in the icon and panel (VB-86652)
• [Reading List] Add multiple selected tabs at once with dialog or shortcut (VB-86403)
• [Reading List] Not working properly with a youtube video (VB-86759)
• [Reading List][Menus] Add link context menu (VB-86401)
• [Reading List][Panel] Add button is active on internal pages (VB-86720)
• [Reading List][Quick Commands] Add Reading List (VB-86755)
• [Settings] Can not display long title correctly when “show tab bar” is unchecked (VB-87096)
• [Settings] Rename “Crypto Token” setting and confirm its change (VB-86388 )
• [Settings] Use a smaller amount of border-radius on checkboxes (VB-87389)
• [Settings][Command chains] Wrong item displayed (VB-87630)
• [Speed Dial] Add Qwant for France/Germany/Italy (VB-87911)
• [Speed Dial] Add “Open full browser settings” button to Quick Settings (VB-86987)
• [Speed Dial] Make it possible to change the default search from the no Google dialog (VB-86420)
• [Speed Dial] Search dropdown under privacy dialog (VB-87282)
• [Speed Dial] Start page settings are covered by search field in a narrow view (VB-87347)
• [Speed Dial] UI fixes for Quick Settings (VB-87119)
• [Speed Dial] Unnecessary “Site info” tooltip (VB-86887)
• [Speed Dial][Settings] Show ‘Add’ button Should be Title Case (VB-84781)
• [Tabs][Keyboard] Selection by keyboard shortcut issue (VB-70433)
• [Tabs] Selection outline is uneven (VB-79907)
• [Tabs][Quick Commands] You can pin a tab inside a stack through quick command (VB-29302)
• [Themes] Clean up Razer integration with the new theme system (VB-87484)
• [Themes] Improve contrast and appearance of checkboxes and radio buttons (VB-86799)
• [Themes] Improve contrast for selected data in the tree view (VB-86611)
• [Themes][Tabs][Panel] Vertical pinned tabs covered floating panel if Blur=0 (VB-86782)
• [Translate] Breaks gog.com newsletters (VB-84232)
• [UI] Avoid white flash on startup (VB-87263)
• [Update Dialog] Inform users which version number they will update to (VB-86453)
• [Window management] “Open Link in Another Window” produces unexpected behavior (VB-86869)
• [Windows] Moving a tab to new window does not open in a maximized window (VB-20038 )
• [Windows] Support saving and restoring windows on the correct virtual desktop [workspace] (VB-86037)
• [Windows][Media] Video issues for some users (VB-87590)
• [Windows][Settings][Themes] Eyedropper in color picker in Theme Editor does not work (VB-85018 )
• [macOS] Missing white border on top of the window (VB-76917)
• [macOS][Tabs] Align Trash icon with profile and extensions icons (VB-87003)
• [macOS][Update] Update sparkle library to 2.1.0 (VB-86831)
• [Calendar Beta] Add button to open Calendar from panel (VB-87670)
• [Calendar Beta] Add a description to clarify the purpose of Calendar Accounts (VB-87900)
• [Calendar Beta] Agenda panel doesn’t display events past midnight correctly (VB-73520)
• [Calendar Beta] Agenda view does not allow changes (VB-86599)
• [Calendar Beta] All day events misaligned in week view (VB-87362)
• [Calendar Beta] All day not set when syncing task (VB-86657)
• [Calendar Beta] Calendar selector button bad text alignment (VB-83649)
• [Calendar Beta] Can not add a task from agenda view by clicking when “Select Period” is chosen (VB-87083)
• [Calendar Beta] Can not create calendar from dialog (VB-86500)
• [Calendar Beta] Can not hide Google task lists (VB-81062)
• [Calendar Beta] Can not remove event reminder (VB-86377)
• [Calendar Beta] Can not sync all-day task complete (VB-86789)
• [Calendar Beta] Can not use enter to create an event after marking a task done (VB-86807)
• [Calendar Beta] Can not add web calendar events (VB-87698 )
• [Calendar Beta] Change Layout → View (VB-87683)
• [Calendar Beta] Clicking task in Agenda moves the calendar to January 1970 (VB-86512)
• [Calendar Beta] Color is set as #4c70f0 regardless of pre-assigned color (VB-86354)
• [Calendar Beta] Colour picker has a useless dropdown selector (VB-83723)
• [Calendar Beta] Copying an external event retains organizer (VB-84318 )
• [Calendar Beta] Current day marker shows for any year (VB-66888 )
• [Calendar Beta] Date is too close to the edge (VB-87190)
• [Calendar Beta] Deleting a single occurrence of a repeating event still triggers notification (VB-86861)
• [Calendar Beta] Difficult to spot if the black calendar is selected (VB-71548 )
• [Calendar Beta] Drag to resize inconsistent with drag to create (VB-87356)
• [Calendar Beta] Editor is transparent in Day View (VB-87283)
• [Calendar Beta] Event editor does not popup when making multi-week events (VB-86866)
• [Calendar Beta] Events created offline are never synced (VB-80862)
• [Calendar Beta] Improved contrast for Current Day / Time marker (VB-87360)
• [Calendar Beta] Incorrect focus on Calendar dropdown menu (VB-87890)
• [Calendar Beta] Multi-day events that span two lines are not highlighted correctly (VB-86864)
• [Calendar Beta] Multi-day events don’t get a proper outline (VB-87573)
• [Calendar Beta] Navigate through months in week view in the panel (VB-73753)
• [Calendar Beta] New event thrown away when changing time (VB-87872)
• [Calendar Beta] Notifications for all-day events are not so useful (VB-86225)
• [Calendar Beta] Option to create a new calendar during import added (VB-87010)
• [Calendar Beta] Pop up window calendar disappears while changing tabs (VB-87647)
• [Calendar Beta] Show Calendars full color as indented stroke (Day & Week) (VB-87640)
• [Calendar Beta] Simplify default calendar handling (VB-86071)
• [Calendar Beta] Support toggling of event property task (VB-87712)
• [Calendar Beta] Trying to screenshot while adding a Calendar event, creates a series of them (VB-80900)
• [Calendar Beta] Unify and clean up Attendee status icons (VB-87465)
• [Calendar Beta] Unknown format after adding CalDAV calendar: better validation and fallback (VB-8040
• [Calendar Beta] Upcoming events show trashed events (VB-86941)
• [Calendar Beta] Update broken due to the unused due field (VB-87836)
• [Calendar Beta] Wrong color when dragging to resize event (VB-87834)
• [Calendar Beta] Year button is clickable but does nothing (VB-86682)
• [Calendar Beta] welcome dialog not shown during the first run (VB-86595)
• [Calendar Beta] will not open if at least one tab is not open (VB-86827)
• [Calendar Beta][Crash] When clicking on a task in taskbar to the right in agenda view (VB-86804)
• [Feeds Beta] Titles in the feeds panel can get mangled (VB-87380)
• [Feeds Beta][Keyboard][Commands][Panels] No shortcuts or command (VB-84539)
• [Feeds Beta][Panel] Opening a feed opens mail panel’s unread instead (VB-87326)
• [Mail Beta] Add support for the User-Agent header but allow the user to disable it (VB-1767)
• [Mail Beta] Add the ability to create IMAP folders: delete and rename not yet implemented (VB-24537)
• [Mail Beta] Adding a Yahoo account does not work (VB-87294)
• [Mail Beta] Align close button inside multi-input elements (VB-87160)
• [Mail Beta] Body missing when opening draft (VB-87798 )
• [Mail Beta] Cannot import more from Opera 12 account (VB-85851)
• [Mail Beta] Changing mail account to offline seems to not take effect immediately (VB-84728 )
• [Mail Beta] Create a separate process for mail background work (VB-75952)
• [Mail Beta] Create link box looks bad (VB-83310)
• [Mail Beta] Displaying emails to/from contact includes (lots of) irrelevant emails (VB-87138 )
• [Mail Beta] Do not bold unread subject in mail-detail-header (VB-87694)
• [Mail Beta] Double scrollbars (VB-87530)
• [Mail Beta] Drafts not possible to create or edit (VB-85187)
• [Mail Beta] Extra line breaks before and after signature (VB-87865)
• [Mail Beta] Filtering optimizations – query filters (VB-87327)
• [Mail Beta] Filters running indefinitely (VB-86996)
• [Mail Beta] HTML mail signature replacement and signature delete on reply not perfect (VB-71106)
• [Mail Beta] IMAP Inbox paths are not case sensitive (VB-77181)
• [Mail Beta] Implement setting to render plaintext (VB-25397)
• [Mail Beta] Importing an IMAP account from Opera Mail doesn’t import the “Prefetch full messages” setting for the account (VB-77762)
• [Mail Beta] Incorrect counter in panel & status bar on startup (VB-87726)
• [Mail Beta] Incorrect focus outline for signature (VB-87729)
• [Mail Beta] Is prefetching already imported bodies (VB-81283)
• [Mail Beta] List doubled on indexing new account (VB-87919)
• [Mail Beta] Make Send button easier to find (add text label) (VB-86733)
• [Mail Beta] Make senders name bolder when message is Unread (VB-87833)
• [Mail Beta] Manual setup of accounts can lead to messages not sent, but put in sent folder (f.x. Fastmail) (VB-86529)
• [Mail Beta] Mark read/unread button not working (VB-87553)
• [Mail Beta] Marking [flagging] a mail not possible (VB-87393)
• [Mail Beta] Marking unread on sent to self also marks the sent message unread (VB-74321)
• [Mail Beta] Messages sometimes show up twice (VB-87507)
• [Mail Beta] Might switch to a different profile window that does not have mail configured (VB-87828 )
• [Mail Beta] Missing signature when composing a new message and “Place signature at the top” enabled (VB-87877)
• [Mail Beta] No way to add an image in signature (VB-59838 )
• [Mail Beta] Only show fetching message on root folder when it’s closed (VB-87646)
• [Mail Beta] Opens in two windows (VB-87691)
• [Mail Beta] Removing an account does not remove its custom-folder filters from db (VB-86429)
• [Mail Beta] Saved filters slow everything down to a crawl (VB-87645)
• [Mail Beta] Selecting folder does not clear search (VB-86180)
• [Mail Beta] Show mail button should open mail with all three columns without the side panel (VB-80186)
• [Mail Beta] Signature should be applied above the quoted history in a reply composer (VB-69065)
• [Mail Beta] Texts in the folder view loses alignment as the width of the view gets shortened (VB-86612)
• [Mail Beta] Thread indentation should stop at 5 (VB-67491)
• [Mail Beta] UTF-7 encoded message body not decoded correctly (VB-84218 )
• [Mail Beta] Unify background color for mail list and tweak vertical list details (VB-87485)
• [Mail Beta] Unseen / unread counter should keep the default color (VB-87735)
• [Mail Beta] No hint that HTML can be used in signature (VB-74116)
• [Mail Beta] Panel progress indicators are misleading and sometimes wrong (VB-86501)
• [Mail Beta] “From” name incorrectly displayed when the e-mail is the same but the name differs (VB-75707)
• [Mail Beta][Import] Progress indicator missing for syncing after import (VB-86823)
• [Mail Beta][Keyboard] Show keyboard shortcuts in Tooltips for Mail Toolbar (VB-87025)
• [Mail Beta][OAuth] I get prompted to enter my Outlook password again the next day (VB-84230)
• [Mail Beta][Panel][Settings] Automatic doesn’t work with shortcuts (VB-87461)
• [Mail Beta][Panel][Settings] Doesn’t open automatically when global floating panels are enabled (VB-87337)
• [Mail Beta][Quick Commands][Keyboard] Opening Tabs from Mail windows should respect modifier keys (VB-87791)

 

Vivaldi 5.2.2623.26

Minor update for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.2
This update includes various crash fixes and some updates to the Mail/Calendar/Feeds beta.
April 8, 2022
https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-5-2/

Spoiler: Changelog

The following improvements were made since the initial 5.2 stable release:

• [Bookmarks] Renaming is broken (VB-87413)
• [Crash] On startup for some users (VB-88024)
• [Crash] When display info for some images (VB-79919)
• [Crash][PWA] When changing site settings / permissions (VB-85190)
• [Crash][Settings] After search and “Display All” (VB-87808 )
• [Panels][Downloads] “X” to close missing (VB-88023)
• [Tabs] Moving tab bar position from right to left causes tabs to be reloaded (VB-84094)
• [Tabs] “Tile Horizontally” is selected by default (VB-87455)
• [Calendar Beta] Adding reminder at event time will cause -9 hour bug (VB-87840)
• [Calendar Beta] Can not add event in agenda view if no event is shown (VB-87874)
• [Calendar Beta] Ignore invalid data for event attachment (VB-87905)
• [Calendar Beta] Recurrence day of month picker not wrapping (VB-87547)
• [Calendar Beta] Typing in date input broken with some date formats (VB-87716)
• [Calendar Beta][Keyboard] Single key shortcut “c” does not work for creating a new event (VB-87618 )
• [Calendar Beta][Panels] Use “small” icon style for button (VB-87858 )
• [Mail Beta] Blank label without a delete option (VB-87395)
• [Mail Beta] Import from M2 duplicates contacts (VB-87839)
• [Mail Beta][Calendar Beta][Performance] Start Mail and Calendar earlier during launch (VB-87928 )
• [Mail Beta][PWA] Can not use Mail if a PWA is launched first (VB-88008 )

 

BTW, I would advice not to upgrade to Vivaldi 5.1 and 5.2, it's a bit buggy. Seriously, it's so annoying that you can't easily downgrade Vivaldi without having to uninstall the current version. I'm guessing it's the same for other Chromium based browsers, not sure about Firefox.

 

Vivaldi 5.2.2623.34

Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.2
This update includes a fix for a common crash when a dialog tries to display on a newly opened tab.
April 14, 2022
https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-four-5-2/

 

Not buggy here.I have been using the vivaldi browser on fossapup puppy linux 64bit for well over 5 months and my only issue has been with the pinterest website but other than that it has been a terrific browser and better than chrome and firefox in my humble opinion.