Vivaldi 1.9.818.44

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
[Search Engines] Add Ecosia as a pre-installed search engine.
[Notes] Implement sorting.
[Extensions] Allow changing placement of extension buttons on address bar.
[History] Add “Filter by Site” to panel.
[Web Panels] Add “Removed Web Panels” to the context menu to access previously removed web panels.
Fixes:
Platform:
[Windows] Close button area shall reach edge of maximized view on Win7/8.
[Mac] Vivaldi often crashes when closing tab.
[Linux][Address Field] Focus not in Address Field on startup, when on the start page.
Address field:
Sometimes the search gets triggered even if “Search in Address Field” is disabled.
Hovering over URLs in the drop-down skips entries.
Selecting bookmark folder shortcut with mouse in address field does not open in separated tabs.
Autocompletion should prefer shorter history item over typed history.
Autocompleting can be triggered while deleting a character.
Shorter History link should be prioritized over longer Bookmarked URL.
Cannot select folder from nickname with arrow keys in address bar dropdown.
Extensions:
Page action extension badges do not show up in address bar.
Extension button options still not rendering properly – uMatrix.
Show extension buttons when hiding toggle control.
Drag and drop extension can have huge extension badge icons.
Find in Page:
Needs a Limit for Selected Text.
Switching to different tab and back puts selected text in “Find in Page” field.
Search query is not selected in dialog.
History:
Manager content is not restored.
Add support for removing “Discarded User Data” from Clear Private Data dialog.
Manager performance improvements.
Focus search field isn’t focused by default.
Screenshots:
Configurable capture storage folder.
Need better behavior when cursor is out of the Vivaldi window (integration with environment).
Capture selection should be modifiable: work is still in progress.
Other changes:
[Keyboard shortcuts] clash with diacritic composition.
[Keyboard shortcuts] settings entry can become hidden.
[Quick Commands] One char nicknamed bookmarks not opened directly when match.
[Quick Commands] Searching inserts a space at the beginning of the query.
[Search Engines] Make Yahoo the default search for most countries.
[Search Engines] Allow editing a search engine to change it to use “POST”.
[Search Field] Home and End buttons work in dropdown.
[Spatial Navigation] Indicator changes state when clicked.
[Spatial Navigation] Jumps over certain elements.
[Themes] Start page + sign color does not change with theme.
[Update Notifier] It does not use the configured Vivaldi locale.
[Update Notifier] It doesn’t start for system-wide installs.
[Gestures] Require minimum length for gesture stroke.
[Bookmarks] Improve editor usability: Better handling for Escape and cancelling of actions.
[IME] First character typed in input box gets committed without converted to Japanese.
Favicons not shown when a page uses ‘link rel=”shortcut icon”.
Improve keyboard handling in panels: particularly how Escape is handled.
Moving tab in Reading View to a New window causes Reading View icon to disappear.
Open history page or bookmark page from middle click on corresponding panel buttons.
Opening and closing panels triggers errors and is jerky.
Right-positioned tab overlaps Page Actions menu.
Added separate setting for spacebar fast forward.
Misplaced “Detect Page Title Notifications” item in Settings.
Chromecasting Tab is not working correctly.
Fast-forward isn’t working on some pages where we would expect it.
Return focus from closed panel.
Performance improvements.
Update Chromium to 58.0.3029.82.