Vivaldi 2.4 RC 2 – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 1488.29

[rhk]

The print/print preview problem is still not fixed in 1488.29, I really hope it is getting fixed before the 2.4 stable release.

See: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/32487/often-cannot-print/18 (over 1,300 views show that a lot of users face this issue)

@Gwen-Dragon reported it as VB-46572 to the related VB-46547.

I cannot consider Vivaldi with this error a stable, productive browser since every time I want to print a complex web page (i.e. Amazon, Ebay, etc.) I have to open Chrome or Edge, copy and paste the link, print and go back to Vivaldi and this up to 30 times a day which is very annoying and time consuming.

I'm wondering more and more about the strategy to incorporate nice-to-have features before making the browser stable to use on a daily basis.

[LonM]

@rhk I had completely forgotten about this issue as I ended up re-building my workflow of printing to just download for reading in an external PDF viewer.

I would certainly like to see it fixed, as its a major annoyance, but I can work around it, so it's not a show-stopper for a release candidate for me.

Also, this has been going on for longer than 2.4 if I'm remembering correctly. I fear this might end up being one of those bugs that ends up just settling in as being normal. Hopefully next release cycle with 2.5, as I don't see it being fixed at this stage.

[Thot]

Since this Snapshot. Browsing in Private Window and "Open Links in New Tab" on: Everytime I also get two new open Sites in the Non-Private-Window with the respective Site, which I think should only be opened once in the Private Window.

[LonM]

@Thot That sounds like a bad bug if it might leak private browsing, but I can't reproduce it myself. Do you have any extensions?

[Thot]

@LonM Seems to be ok now. Cleared all Cookies and Browserdata.

[LonM]

I'm seeing the error message about sync not connecting again. Is there any way to see what actually caused these (i.e. if it was a net issue, sync server issue, or vivaldi itself causing a problem)?

Right now you can use vivaldi://sync, but that only seems to start logging things after you load the page which isn't super helpful.

[Ruarí]

@lonm: Are you connected? Because we do have an issue where Sync warns that it has stopped working, but appears to still work anyway. We have a fix internally that we are considering. If there is an RC3, it will almost certainly include it.

[helsten2]

@lonm: Confirmed

Win10x64 Vx64

[helsten2]

@rhk: Confirmed

Win10x64 Vx64

[Hadden89]

any chance to have VB-49541 and VB-50913 fixed before stable?
(chr73 caused a lot of regression, I'm aware of that)

[Hadden89]

@ruario I saw that.
Usually happen when I open both an "old" snasphot (2.4.1468.4) and the last one (2.4.1488.28). But then sync seems to work fine.

[Pathduck]

Not sure when this started happening, but I notice when playing a YT video fullscreen, sometimes I forget to press 'F' to exit before I press Ctrl+W to close the tab. This will lead Vivaldi to 'lose' the tab bar completely.

I think I can reproduce this consistently. Not sure if it's this snapshot or if it goes a while back.

Also pressing F11 twice make it reappear, so this is a graphical glitch.

Anyone else seeing this?

Reported as VB-51157

[LonM]

@ruario: I was connected, but I noticed it after logging in to a computer that was previously locked - I don't know it that would affect anything. In any case, sync seemed to working fine anyway.

@hadden89 - maybe this is related. I had started my 2nd machine and it was running a snapshot from early last week. But it was only after updating it to the latest RC that it sent the error message.

[Pathduck]

Man, you broke "Show Closed Tabs" again :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

Damn, that's weird, after restart it's back again. So not sure how to reproduce. Apparently, also Alt-menu was broken when it happened, so something messed up my Alt-key I think?

[Steffie]

@Pathduck Still works fine here... but then again, it never stopped working for me in recent SS's either, even when others posted of hassles with it.

[AltCode]

All the issues I mentioned for RC1 are still present in this version.

• Enabling or disabling an extension option results in the buttons disappearing (e.g. Allow access to file URLs).
• Hibernated icons dim even if setting required to do so is turned off.
• Option-clicking the panel icon does not enable or disable floating panels.
• The profile icon disappears while in guest mode.
• The trash icon does not work while in guest mode.
• The home button should be disabled while in guest mode.
• Private windows can still be opened while in guest mode.
• "vivaldi://guest-intro" text should be absent from the address bar, just like "vivaldi://startpage" is absent in a regular tab.
• vivaldi://startpage, vivaldi://bookmarks, and vivaldi://history are not disabled while in guest mode (vivaldi://settings and vivaldi://extensions are disabled, which is inconsistent).
• All pages briefly show the following error message before loading:
  

[iAN CooG]

@AltCode said in Vivaldi 2.4 RC 2 – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 1488.29:

Enabling or disabling an extension option results in the buttons disappearing.

Uhm, I tried changing some option like Allow access to file url or Allow in incognito... and I confirm it toggles on/of the icon. Really weird.

[AltCode]

@iAN-CooG Did you enable/disable the extension itself, or one of its options (e.g. Allow access to file URLs)?

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[iAN CooG]

@AltCode yep sorry, I tried the options now, I confirm the bugged behaviour

[rhk]

@LonM said in Vivaldi 2.4 RC 2 – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 1488.29:

I had completely forgotten about this issue as I ended up re-building my workflow of printing to just download for reading in an external PDF viewer.

My workflow seems to be different. I'm ordering a lot of products from different websites. I'm usually printing the product descriptions as well as the order confirmations to a PDF printer (PDFFactory) that collects all pages in one document and then save the final PDF document in the appropriate folder. So in my case, there is no option to download a PDF, I have to create it first by virtual printing.

By the way "Save to PDF" doesn't work either since Vivaldi is not even able to render the preview of the page for printing.