Vivaldi 1.6.689

Vivaldi is a new, feature rich web browser that combines an Opera-like interface with a Chromium open-source platform.

Vivaldi is very similar to the Opera browser in many ways. There are some pretty cool features which are nice, such as the interface, which fades colours to match the dominant colour on the page as you navigate between sites.

Aside from the snazzy effects, the browser has clearly been designed with power users in mind, as the Quick Commands tool shows. This helps the user to search or run commands in much the similar manner to OS X’s Spotlight feature.

Vivaldi supports browsing with mouse gestures, and the ever-familiar ''speed dial'' interface, which shows your favourite tabs on the new tab page is also a great, albeit old, feature that is present in this new web browser.

Key Features include:

• Quick Commands.
• Tab Stacks.
• Notes.
• Adaptive Interface.
• Spatial Navigation.

The layout of Vivaldi looks great too. Inside the left toolbar is the bookmarks menu is the Bookmarks and Downloads menus and a Notes tool as well. There is a lot housed here, however the interface manages not to feel at all cluttered. Items are placed in logical places and are all kept small and out the way giving you a fresh, clean feel.

Overall, Vivaldi has a crisp, sharp-edged interface, which uses simple but effective fonts and icons. It is clearly aimed at power users as the different features and tools show. It is relatively small (for a browser) and is not that hard on system resources. If you feel like a change from Chrome, Safari, Opera or Firefox then why not check it out?

- [New feature][Tabs] Detect numbers enclosed in brackets (parentheses) in page title to use as tab notifications.
- [New Feature][Tabs] Ctrl/? double click tab should select tabs of same host.
- [New Feature][Tabs] Title renaming for tab stack: enable via "Settings ? Tabs ? Tab Features"
- [New feature][URL field] Ctrl or ? click on the address to cut off the rest of the URL.
- [Windows][HiDPI] HTML in update dialog not HIDPI friendly.
- [Windows][HiDPI] Installer looks blurry on HiDPI displays.
- [Windows] Maximized browser window overflows 1-2 pixels onto second monitor.
- [Windows] Updater window out of focus.
- [Windows] Auto update should not open immediately after user has checked for update manually.
- [Bookmarks] Drag and Drop misbehaves on bookmark bar (VB-23606).
- [Bookmarks] Show site name or URL in tooltip when hover an icon in bookmarks bar.
- [Bookmarks] Reduce vertical space in Edit Mode for panel.
- [Bookmarks][Speed Dial] Improve copy/cut/paste for bookmark tree, bookmark bar and Speed Dials.
- [Bookmarks] Can not drop a URL after last item on the bookmark bar.
- [Extensions] Click the same extension button doesn't close its menu.
- [Extensions] Last pass search field not auto focused.
- [IME] hover in address bar turns the text invisible.
- [Notes] It should be possible to map copy marked text to new note as a keyboard shortcut.
- [Reader mode] Button re-paints upon loading new tab/reload.
- [Reader mode] Should not show on reddit.com.
- [Reader mode] update needed because failures on a few sites.
- [Search field] Dropdown not closing on new tab.
- [Search field] Added setting for always opening result in new tab.
- [Search field] Search bar typed history is filtered towards content in search bar.
- [Search field] Delete typed history not working correctly.
- [Search field] Remove the icon from typed history.
- [Search field] Alt+Enter no longer opens new tab.
- [Speed Dial] Cannot show unlimited Speed Dials in one folder.
- [Tabs] Blank page if the only tab of the window is dragged to the same tab bar.
- [Tabs] Clicking on active tab doesn't always switch to the last used tab, after enabling "Click active tab to switch to previous tab"
- [Tabs] Stacked tabs dragged together even with stacking off.
- [Tabs] Group the tab stack related context menu items.
- [Tabs] When both pinned and unpinned tabs selected only Unpin option in context menu, toggling states.
- [Thumbnails] Pages loaded in background tab do not update thumbnail.
- [URL field] Search in address field settings are out of sync.
- [URL field][Search field] Focus styling is not the same as default UI focus.
- [URL field] Copying the first character in the URL bar results in the entire contents being copied.
- Improved startup procedure.
- No Referer Header with open new tab.
- Mouse cursor not hidden when video is in fullscreen mode.
- Fullscreen does not show hint on activation.
- Missing Numeric pad shortcuts for single key shortcuts.
- Backspace in text fields in web panels triggers going back.
- Improve tree auto expand during drag and drop.
- Incorrect Context Menu for Tab-stack Move To Submenu.
- Simplify drag and drop around trashcan in trees.
- Updated Chromium to 55.0.2883.92.