Vivaldi 1.8.770.50

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 features:
Create a new and more advanced history
History panel
Auto-muting options for tabs
Add option to set home page to startpage
Add “Open Link” (in current tab) to document context menu
Make option for graying/shading hibernated tabs
More visible highlight to use drop-down
Allow creating a note from dragged text
Add “Copy Selection to New Note” menu entry in Notes menu
Add “Open Image” to image context menu
Add new tab introducing to new features on update
Context menu for image searching is needed
Uninstall should open an uninstall page to help find out how Vivaldi can be improved
[Windows] Allow notifications of new versions even if Vivaldi is not running
Fixes:
Platform
[New feature][Windows][Settings] Add a preference to enable or disable auto-update
[Mac] Crash using drop-down list in the options of extension ImprovedTube
[Linux] Increase the reliability of working proprietary media (H.264/AAC/MP3) on Ubuntu
Address field
Copy and cut encoded option in address bar setting is not respected
Display help text/placeholder in URL bar
First suggestion looks selected by default in the search field
URL auto-complete does not consider typed history
Bookmarks
Different behaviors in Bookmarks Bar after right/left click
Search results are removed
Editor in panel does not open when creating new item
Always show details in the panel
Notes:
Convert character correctly using Korean IME
Disable attachment buttons when no Note is focused
Enter text to search for a note. Close panel and open => Search text is present but results are forgotten
Folder name is not updated when switching between folders
Folder name not working with Korean
Screenshots open in active tab
Settings:
Allow disabling of Widevine
Allow disabling of Flash
Allow disabling of the internal PDF viewer
Prevent focus from jumping when changing homepage setting
Other changes:
[A11y] Keyboard inaccessible Address Bar buttons
[Reader] View button in address field fails when translated
[Search field] Down key to open search engines list
[Search field] Dragging text from address bar to search bar works
[Speed Dial] “Add Bookmark to Speed Dial” action always pre-fills last URL
[Themes] Audio icon appears white with tabs on left/right side when in dark theme
The new download confirmation dialog appears in all windows but disappears only in one
Tabs should be marked as hibernated on cloning and optionally on startup
Allow defining many TLDs for Ctrl+Enter expansion and cycling through them
Reader mode grabs focus while navigating UI with Tab
Populate Find in Page dialog with current page text selection
Scroll to top/bottom gesture not working after reopen closed tab
URL auto-complete does not consider Typed history with Prefer Bookmarks on
[New feature] Allow for easier text selection within a link: bundle Select-Like-A-Boss
Keyboard settings labels overflow
Let Clear Private Data dialog remember state
Confirm opening bookmarks over maximum did not work when hitting return button
Drop-downs should handle modifier/middle click
Find in page text overlap
Find in page gets focused on some pages
Let free area of panel bar accept drags to create web panel
Put imported notes from Opera 12 in the main notes node, not the root node
Remove full-screen entry from panel context menu
Search Suggest URLs get copied between search engines in some cases
Vivaldi crashes when deleting an app from Web Panel
Auto-update window flickering
Changing tabs by scrolling doesn’t work with vertical tabs in overflow
POST does not send data to new tab
Audio icon is black when small
“Open” action in document context menu is the first menu item
vivaldi://newtab shows Google page
“Clear download list” button inactive after restart of Vivaldi
Remove document context menu entries that do not work in web panels
Remember scroll position in bookmarks, history, etc.
Can’t write articles on Medium.com: lie to Medium and pretend to be Chrome
Unable to unpin tabs by keyboard shortcut
Bookmark properties cleared when preview is updated
Crash in notification pop-up; when selecting allow/deny
Updated Chromium to 57.0.2987.111