@JewelleahLovewrite said in How to manage too many browser tabs in Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Vivaldi:
Please do not post in capitals, it is taken as if you are shouting/screaming!!
SEARCH
CHANGE THE DEFAULT SEARCH ENGINE THAT IS CURRENTLY BING
YOU CAN CHANGE THE DEFAULT SEARCH ENGINE FROM BING TO GOOGLE.
BING IS USED ON FIREFOX, I NEVER LIKED USING BING AND IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FIREFOX WAS ONLY USED ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.
I TRIED CHANGING BING TO GOOGLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO.
Settings/Search - search engines.
Look through the list for the one you want to use and click on "set as default search"
See also https://help.vivaldi.com/tutorials/switching-search-engines-quickly/
MAKE SURE THAT ENABLE AUTO UPDATE IS CHECKED.
I LOOKED FOR THE ENABLE AUTO UPDATE AND COULD NOT FIND IT ANYWHERE.
Settings/General - Updates
See https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/install-update/update-vivaldi/
I TRIED ADDING A WEBSITE NAME IN THE WEBSITE PANEL AND WAS UNABLE TO HAVE THE NAME I ENTERED TO BE ACCEPTED.
THE PERSON IN THE VIDEO I WATCHED ONLY HAD TO PUT THE NAME OF THE WEBSITE INTEREST AND IT WAS ACCEPTED; WHEN I TRIED TO DO THE SAME, IT WAS NOT ACCEPTED.
I WAS TOLD TO ENTER THE URL ADDRESS, WHICH THE PERSON ON THE VIDEO DID NOT HAVE TO DO AND I DO NOT KNOW THE WHOLE URL ADDRESS OF ANY WEBSITE(S). EX: NEWS, TELEVISION SHOWS AND MOVIE STREAMING, GOOGLE, ETC.....
ANY OF THE WEBSITE PANELS I DID NOT WANT I COULD CLOSE AND ENTER A WEBSITE THAT I WOULD ENJOY USING. THIS DID NOT PROVE TO BE AN EASY TASK TO COMPLETE.
First go to the website, then open the panel (F4) and click the '+' button to add it.
See also https://help.vivaldi.com/tutorials/how-to-add-a-web-panel/
AT ONE POINT I WAS SEARCHING FOR THE BOX ONE NEEDS TO CHECK TO ALLOW ADS BUT TO PREVENT TRACKING; EVEN THOUGH I AM WEARY OF ADS AND AM IN NO WAY WANTING TO LISTEN TO THE ADS.
I DO NOT LIKE COMMERCIAL ADS BUT I DO ENJOY WATCHING AND, OR LISTENING TO TELEVISION SHOWS AND, OR MOVIES AS I DO WORK ON MY COMPUTER.
See https://help.vivaldi.com/android/android-privacy/android-tracker-and-ad-blocker/
I WOULD NOT DARE DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS IF I DID NOT HAVE THE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY THE PERSON ON THE VIDEO POSTED ON YOUTUBE.
Without knowing which video you are referring to, I can't comment on how "good/useful" they are
BASICALLY I FEEL VERY INSECURE AND VULNERABLE DOING ANYTHING ON A COMPUTER, WITHOUT CLEAR AND CONCISE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS BY A COMPUTER TECH; AND EVEN THEN I AM NERVOUS.
So was everyone when they started out using computers. The first rule is "DON'T PANIC!!"
I WANT TO AVOID UNWANTED POP UPS ALTOGETHER, SO WHERE DO I HAVE TO GO, TO FIND THE BOX I HAVE TO CHECK, TO AVOID ANY POP UPS WHATSOEVER?
Settings/Webpages -Default Permissions
See also https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/website-permissions/
WHAT TELEVISION SHOWS AND MOVIE STREAMING SITES DO NOT HAVE COMMERCIAL ADS, AND CAN BE PLACED IN A VIVALDI WEBSITE PANEL?
THERE WAS ONE WEBSITE I WAS USING AND I WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH THE QUALITY TELEVISION SHOWS AND MOVIES SELECTIONS, AS WELL AS THE VIDEO QUALITY, SOUND QUALITY, AND LIST OF EPISODE SELECTIONS PER SEASON, WHICH COULD BE CONVENIENTLY CHOSEN.
THE ONLY THING I DID NOT ENJOY WAS THE BEAT THE CLOCK GAME (FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING) TO CLOSE THE TAB THERE WAS A VIRUS LOADING ON.
I DID WELL AS THE AVG SCAN BASICALLY STATED THERE WASN'T ANY VIRUS(ES) AND, OR MALWARE(S) ON MY COMPUTER.
THIS IS WHY I ASKED IF ANYONE ON THE VIVALDI STAFF KNEW OF TELEVISION SHOWS AND MOVIE STREAMING WEBSITE(S) WHERE CLOSING TAB(S) WITH A VIRUS LOADING IS IN NO WAY AN ISSUE.
This is country specific.
I BELIEVED VIVALDI EXCEEDED GOOGLE IN QUALITY SERVICE(S) AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ANY SUCH WEBSITE(S) TO BE PLACED FOR SELECTION ON VIVALDI SEARCH.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I DECIDED TO DOWNLOAD VIVALDI.
When you search, it is the search engine you use (not the browser) that provides the sites.
ANOTHER REASON IS FOR THE HIGH PRAISE OF VIVALDI BY THE COMPUTER TECH I WAS WATCHING ON YOUTUBE; WHO BASICALLY STATED THAT ONCE YOU TRY VIVALDI YOU WON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE BROWSER(S) YOU WERE USING BEFORE.
Well, everyone on these forums uses Vivaldi
DOES VIVALDI PROVIDE THE OPTION OF EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO BE CREATED AND, OR SET UP?
Yes, by creating your account in these forums, you have been allocated an email account !!
JewelleahLovewrite@vivaldi.net
See https://help.vivaldi.com/show-on-first-page/vivaldi-net-and-its-webmail/
PLEASE REMEMBER I AM A VIVALDI BEGINNER & I AM NOT A COMPUTER TECH EXPERT.
That's OK.
I suggest you create a new topic in https://forum.vivaldi.net/category/54/new-to-forum
for other questions you may have.
Also, Vivaldi Help files are available when you press the function key F1.