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

wasgij6 · Jun 15, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.201.2 Improvements to Search Engine Management, Spatial Navigation, Gray look and the foundations for customisable mouse gestures

The highlights today are improvements to search engine management, spatial navigation, an alternative UI look and work in progress towards customisable mouse gestures. In addition, there are a number of nice, requested fixes (see the changelog below for details).
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/tea...igation-gray-look-customisable-mouse-gestures

wasgij6 · Jun 25, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.209.3 More visual improvements and better mouse support

In the previous snapshot we introduced the option for a more classic looking (gray) UI. Following your helpful feedback we have tweaked and further improved this theme. As promised, we have also introduced a new option for a darker theme. To make it easier to work with keyboard shortcuts, we have added a new "cheat sheet" for keyboard shortcuts and updated our settings window. In addition, we added initial support for mouse scroll wheel tab switching and for Linux users, forward/backward mouse key support.
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/tea...isual-improvements-scroll-wheel-tab-switching

wasgij6 · Jun 30, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.212 - On our way to TP4
Hey everybody,
While I am typically the guy with the bad news about snapshot delays, I have the honor of providing you all with the newest one today (on time. Yay! well, almost ).
This snapshot includes a new feature enhancement to our popular mouse gestures (more on that below) and a lot of fixes for the most frequently reported bugs from the last snapshot such as a blank extension page, issues related to mouse gestures and tab switching, the broken search box and various UI issues.
Other than that, you can now finally install Adblock Plus if this is the ad blocker of your choice. It should no longer crash Vivaldi.
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/teamblog/item/35-snapshot-1-0-212-on-our-way-to-tp4

wasgij6 · Jul 7, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.219.3 - A cleaner Speed Dial and lots of fixes

Before we dive right into some of the changes made in this week’s snapshot build, we thought we would spend a little bit time explaining our plan going forward.

As our development continues on toward beta, we have added quite a few new features and made some significant changes to our products over the last two months, since TP3.

Because many people around the world download Vivaldi browser TP3, a build available for public download from vivaldi.com, we thought it would be a good idea to release the another newer Technical preview based on the current snapshot code.

As preparation for TP4, this snapshot focuses on mainly bug fixes, but sneaked in a few more customization options on Speed Dial!
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/teamblog/item/36-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-1-0-219-3-clean-speed-dial

ronjor · Jul 13, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.219.34 - TP4 is just around the corner

Written by Ruarí Ødegaard

July 13, 2015
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/teamblog/item/37-snapshot-1-0-219-34-tp4-is-just-around-the-corner

stapp · Jul 13, 2015

Thanks ron, it's working nicely under Sandboxie.

ronjor · Jul 14, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.219.43 - Translation updates before TP4 Featured
Written by Ruarí Ødegaard
July 14, 2015

We are even closer to TP4 now. This build includes a few more translation updates and some small tweaks for a better experience.
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/teamblog/item/38-snapshot-1-0-219-43-translation-updates

The Red Moon · Jul 14, 2015

Does this browser run with an updated flash player on linux?

wasgij6 · Jul 15, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.219.51 - Crash fix before TP4

We are really close to TP status now. Before that happens we updated the translations some more and fixed an issue with Disqus.

The Disqus commenting system uses a popup window, which they immediately close after successful login. Unfortunately, this left our password saving dialog—which appears just after the close of the window—associated with nothing. We now close the password dialog with the window that spawned it. Unfortunately this fix has the downside of giving you no time to interact with it. Until Disqus fix this issue—this also affects the password managers of other browsers—you can login via their website to save the password into Vivaldi's password manager.
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/teamblog/item/39-snapshot-1-0-219-51-crash-fix-before-tp4

ronjor · Jul 16, 2015

Vivaldi browser Technical Preview 4 is here!

Written by Tatsuki Tomita
July 16, 2015

Hi everyone,

It has been a little over two months since we launched our last Technical Preview. After 7 weekly snapshots, lots of bug fixing and 4 weeks of the entire team working together in Magnolia, today, we are releasing the Vivaldi web browser Technical Preview 4!
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/teamblog/item/40-vivaldi-browser-technical-preview4-is-here

ronjor · Jul 17, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.228.3 - With Chromeless UI

Written by Ruarí Ødegaard
July 17, 2015

Following the release of TP4 we are back to adding new features. Today we have a particularly interesting one for those that want to make better use of your screen real estate. We have a new mode with no user interface at all! Use Ctrl+F11 or ⌘F11 (on a Mac) to try it out. We also we have a bunch more bug fixes!
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/teamblog/item/41-snapshot-1-0-228-3-with-chromeless-ui

Rasheed187 · Jul 18, 2015

stapp said: ↑

Thanks ron, it's working nicely under Sandboxie.
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Which version of SBIE are you using? I'm getting errors with the newest Vivaldi.

stapp · Jul 18, 2015

4.20.

I ran the installer inside Sbie on XP. No problems with downloads etc.

Rasheed187 · Jul 18, 2015

stapp said: ↑

4.20. I ran the installer inside Sbie on XP. No problems with downloads etc.
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OK thanks, then I guess it's time to upgrade.

djg05 · Jul 18, 2015

Just tried the latest version on win 8.1

Still installs to C:/Users which it shouldn't. No option as to where to install.

Can set magnification but does not apply or remember to web pages. Remains at 100%.

Unintalling for now.

wasgij6 · Jul 18, 2015

djg05 said: ↑

Just tried the latest version on win 8.1

Still installs to C:/Users which it shouldn't. No option as to where to install.

Can set magnification but does not apply or remember to web pages. Remains at 100%.

Unintalling for now.
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To install in program files you have to run the installer as admin and select install for all users in the installers options.

djg05 · Jul 19, 2015

wasgij6 said: ↑

To install in program files you have to run the installer as admin and select install for all users in the installers options.
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Thanks - didn't know that. Other browsers and programs do not go through that rigmarole.

Still do not like it in its current state.

wasgij6 · Jul 22, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.231.3 - Draggable tab bar, favicons in the address bar and spatial navigation improvements

Today's build includes two nice changes to the tab bar, favicon support in the address bar dropdown, spatial navigation improvements and Windows installer fixes.

It's still holidays here, with quite a few people away enjoying the sun. Nonetheless we have some nice fixes for you.

Tab bar improvements

A lot of you complained that it was impossible to drag the window on the tab bar. We hence spent some time fixing this for you. On the downside this means that middle clicking on the tab bar to open a new tab does not work anymore for now. We will look at finding a way for both of these possibilities to work together again. In the mean time we feel that this is a more sensible default. Another change to the tab bar is that the gap above tabs when the window is maximized can be removed in settings, which enables you to switch tabs more easily by just throwing your mouse all the way to the top. This used to be tied to disabled tab stacking, but we now made those two settings independent, so that it works for everyone!

Address field favicons

In the address bar drop drop down, we have added in favicon support, making it a little easier to locate correct URL, with just a quick glance!
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/tea...-3-draggable-tab-bar-favicons-address-spatnav

zfactor · Jul 22, 2015

why oh why can they not give us a normal bookmarks button at the top. i am not a fan of the side bar. just a normal button with a drop down like firefox has

wasgij6 · Jul 28, 2015

Snapshot 1.0.233.3 - Reload bypassing cache shortcuts and a visual clue for Rewind
A new week and a new snapshot. We are still a little light on staffing during the holiday period, but we have a few more updates for you nonetheless. Highlights today include shortcuts for reloading the page bypassing cache, better visualization of what “rewind” does and fixes to the URL field selection, Quick Commands and tabs.
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/tea...-cache-shortcuts-and-a-visual-clue-for-rewind

Snoop3 · Jul 28, 2015

i likes to say "Vivaldi"

wasgij6 · Aug 18, 2015

Finally a new release with the addition of much needed features.

Snapshot 1.0.249.12 - Web Panels, Extension buttons UI, Progress bar info and tab performance improvements.

We have been hard at work over the last couple of weeks, resulting in a snapshot with many nice improvements and bug fixes. We have an initial web panel implementation, we added support for more extensions, our progress animation gets an overhaul and we have a couple of nice performance improvements.
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https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/tea...ess-bar-info-and-tab-performance-improvements

Rasheed187 · Aug 19, 2015

wasgij6 said: ↑

Finally a new release with the addition of much needed features.

https://vivaldi.net/en-US/blogs/tea...ess-bar-info-and-tab-performance-improvements
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Interesting stuff, it finally seems to be getting to a final release. It's been a while since I last checked, and I have to say it's not bad at all.

wasgij6 · Aug 19, 2015

Rasheed187 said: ↑

Interesting stuff, it finally seems to be getting to a final release. It's been a while since I last checked, and I have to say it's not bad at all.
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I think it's still from final. Still have to go through the beta process to fix bugs and optimize.

MisterB · Aug 19, 2015

Extension buttons finally. That is one of the things that was keeping me from using it. No easy access to the extensions.

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