Window panel and file download improvements – Vivaldi Browser Snapshot 1.13.997.3

[neltherion]

GREAT!

I haven't tested it yet but can someone tell me if the new windows panel can group
tabs based on their URLs or not?

I never used the Classic Opera's windows panel and I'm just curious if it can group tabs based on their URL...

[Pesala]

@neltherion Tab stacks are shown in the window panel, and can be ungrouped. Tabs selected in the panel can be stacked. Pinned tabs are shown as a single entry. There's not yet a menu option to group tabs by URL. One must do that from the Tab Bar.

[GT500]

I just installed the snapshot, and I was pleasantly surprised to see Vivaldi opening faster. I know it's a warm start, and I'll have to see how it works on a cold start, but so far I'm liking in.

I did notice that the browser won't open maximized anymore. Cheesy workaround was to edit the shortcut (on Windows) to open Vivaldi, and set it to always open maximized, then unpin the old icon from the Taskbar and pin the edited icon in its place.

[Pesala]

@gt500 The easy workaround is to startup with the last session.

[Folgore101]

@matsuda0707 I have the same issue as well. Vivaldi is always opening on the left side of my primary monitor with only about a quarter of the width of the screen.

Windows 10 pro 64bit + Vivaldi 64 bit

[Folgore101]

Thanks for this new snapshot.
The boot has remained unchanged, about 5 seconds, while the loading of the pages is considerably faster.
The download speed is very convenient, you could slightly increase the font?

[GT500]

@pesala: I don't want the last session to open automatically. I prefer the browser to open with just the speed dial, and I click whatever I want to open.

Editing the shortcut was pretty easy, and I get to keep using the browser the same way I was before, so it's not a big deal.

[GT500]

The downloads panel is getting more useful too.

[saudiqbal]

What happened to right click menu? I cannot select a word and select "search with" its gone!

[Nekomajin]

Could you expand the download warning feature to a general warning on exit?

[YamiryuuZero]

YEAH! NEW SNAPSHOT! FINALLY!
Gee, guys, you know I'm addicted to snapshots. If you stop giving me my weekly dose, I'll have abstinence crisis. XD

I hear your warning. I understand your warning. I don't care about your warning!
I've already downloaded and am currently testing!

I really love how you guys implemented those changes to downloads. That's going to make the UI much more appealing and less complicated for me!

I hope this delay caused by Chromium changes has been dealt with, because I don't know if I'll be able to survive one more month of not having updates. I need professional help.

[Ayespy]

@yamiryuuzero said in Window panel and file download improvements – Vivaldi Browser Snapshot 1.13.997.3:

I hope this delay caused by Chromium changes has been dealt with, because I don't know if I'll be able to survive one more month of not having updates. I need professional help.

Not entirely, but closer to the end than to the beginning. If it were wholly dealt with, you would not see the "known issues" and the automatic update would have been enabled.

[Steffie]

@cqoicebordel: Can you pls clarify this change? Are you saying that Chromium 62, & hence now this new V-SS, have Flash fully disabled NOW, ie, no user-intervention can re-activate it? If so, that would explain why none of my fav sites that use Flash will now work in the new SS. If this is the new normal, i will have to use another browser to access those sites... PITA. Yes, yes, i share everyone else's dislike of Flash, & also want to be rid of it, BUT until some of the sites i rely on every day, get the message, users like me who can't/won't simply abandon those sites [that would be cutting off my nose to spite my face] would simply have to use another browser.

[Steffie]

@rexfahrer: I confirm. My default UI = 85%, which still works. However PW is 100%, = ugh!
Worse though: closing the PW also closed my main V window... helluva shock!

EDIT:
Strewth Steffie, can you not read & absorb?

Known issues
Crashes associated with the private window

[rsaeks]

Looks like the bug on Mac where viewing the Search settings only displayed the colored circle next to the search provider has been addressed. In the previous snapshot the icons for set default / edit / delete next to a search engine were missing and all three circles were indistinguishable in their actions.

[Steffie]

Congrats to V-Devs for surviving the major rewrite.

My initial SS launch momentarily shocked me, as it had forgotten my Use Native Window setting... it's so very long since i last saw Vivaldi "undressed" that it momentarily floored me, til i realised what had happened.

I can confirm that the Known Issue of "Crashes associated with the private window" also applies to the Linux rpm version, sadly. Closing Private Window closes all V windows... gasp.

Wrt the "new" Windows Panel... it's not new for me, given i've been using it since it first appeared in Experiments. Sadly, now as then, Pinned-Stacks are still not seen in the WP; for me this reduces the WP benefit by >50%. Pls Devs, allow the WP to see & work with ALL tabs, irrespective of their disposition.

[Pesala]

@saudiqbal I noticed that once, but now it's working normally. If you can figure out a reliable recipe submit a Bug Report

[ROTFL]

@cqoicebordel: Add this to request list please

[Kocho]

with this and the previous build mouse gestures do not work

[Kocho]

@kocho: pfff, I meant in pop-up windows