Minor update to Vivaldi 1.9
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@g_bartsch Vivaldi is also very popular (comparatively) in Russia and Eastern Europe - I suspect partly because of displaced OldeOpera users coming home.
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Since Jon is responding which is rare I wanted ro take the opportunity to ask if a if a native user agent switcher function is being considered to help combat issues with DRM video sites incompatibility or if a effort is being made to help large services recognize Vivaldi as a browser ?
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@asianmusicguy said:
a effort is being made to help large services recognize Vivaldi as a browser ?
Yes, Vivaldi has an extensive list of sites where it changes its UA so those sites don't block access or break. Among these is Netflix, WhatsApp and some Google services.
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@an_dz: If I may i would like https://www.primevideo.com added to that list its the url for non US amazon prime members and ive been trying to get it addressed for ages from bug requests to user agent switcher requests so id love for someone to look into it eventually thank you in advance
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@jon: I still think @cqoicebordel is right at removing the setting, I agree that the setting should be somewhere.
I don't care about this info being sent to you because I know you don't sell it or use that for ads or other filter bubble crap.
But Vivaldi should also be the browser for the tin-hat paranoids
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@asianmusicguy: This is already VB-24319.
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@an_dz: I agree. I must admit, I didn't like the old "Report Diagnostics -- Help us to improve..." option because it was unclear exactly what data was being sent. The "Count me as a Vivaldi user" option that we had (for one snapshot) was much better.
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@bitok: It counts different things. On downloads, it counts, obviously, downloads. But with the upload, it allow to count if the user is actually using Vivaldi.
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@g_bartsch: Also, I have seen some themes for Vivaldi that totally burned my eyes, but seems OK in Japan (totally kawai ) so that could be a factor too.
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@stagger_lee: Except that it's not what the feature was for. It was only for counting the users, there are only a few statistical interesting info in there, no debug infos.
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@juniorsilva30: Privacy is always important, and especially on Internet. Knowing what info you are leaking should be mandatory before going on the Internet. After that you are free to leak those info or not, but you should be the sole master of your infos.
And since you have nothing to hide, why do you wear clothes and have curtains on your windows ? :p -
@mdnjou: It is true. Our number one country with respect to users is Japan. The US is number 2, followed by Germany and Russia.
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@xyzzy: Thanks!
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@cqoicebordel: That is the point. We know how many downloads we have, we just want to know how many active users we have, where they are based and OS usage.
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Dear Jon,
Today I used Vivaldi's latest stable version. I really liked the new stuff the company's been putting into this browser however the super high CPU usage by Vivaldi is preventing me from making this browser my default. Is it possible for your development team to start focussing on reducing CPU and mem usage? Would really appreciate it!
Sincerely,
RHSTOGUS
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I am an Opera user since version 6. With Vivaldi I feel like on the way back home. I'm just missing the link-panel - or did I just not found it yet?
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@vitvit It isnβt there yet but hopefully it will come in time. You could file this as a feature request.
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@Ayespy said in Minor update to Vivaldi 1.9:
displaced OldeOpera users coming home
I feel that nicely sums up the reaction so many of us felt, with the advent of V. Thank goodness!
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@JuniorSilva30 said in Minor update to Vivaldi 1.9:
I do not care what you collect! I'm no criminal! Do not have nothing to hide! I
Oh come on! That is, with respect, rubbish. It is a feeble argument to assert a false nexus between non-criminality & having no care at all about privacy. By your logic, you'd therefore have no worries about making all your account passwords, including banking, visible to others... after all, why not -- you're not a criminal!
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@jon Oh nooooooo. I'm devastated that Oz ain't leading the field.