What is stopping you from using V all the time?
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So I guess I can now add that the thing stopping me from using Vivaldi is that it will no longer launch. It'll just load up all my tabs as processes and an hour later still won't actually load the UI, forcing me to end process after process hoping that I'll finally catch the one that will wipe out the rest of them.
I'm sorry, but any browser that is based on chrome is crap down to its DNA. I don't think any chrome browser will ever be good enough for my needs.
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So I guess I can now add that the thing stopping me from using Vivaldi is that it will no longer launch. It'll just load up all my tabs as processes and an hour later still won't actually load the UI, forcing me to end process after process hoping that I'll finally catch the one that will wipe out the rest of them.
I'm sorry, but any browser that is based on chrome is crap down to its DNA. I don't think any chrome browser will ever be good enough for my needs.
Unfortunately, then, you'll just have to use IE or a Moz browser, or wait several years for someone to develop a new engine. Or you could switch to Otter, when their offering becomes usable in two or three years if they don't give up ahead of time.
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Unfortunately, then, you'll just have to use IE or a Moz browser, or wait several years for someone to develop a new engine. Or you could switch to Otter, when their offering becomes usable in two or three years if they don't give up ahead of time.
I'll probably stick it out with Opera 12.17 as long as I can and use an alternate on the sites that don't work with it anymore. There's still hope that Vivaldi will step into that role, but I've just never had much faith in all the chrome clones… that engine just seems like it was built for people who check facebook, watch a cat video, and then turn their computer off. Moderate to heavy use just grinds them all to a halt, but I guess the future is what google dictates.
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BTW, how IS Vivaldi on Cat Vids ? ;
~Sadly, even that has its problems for me. The moment before Vivaldi starts playing anything with sound it sends a loud pop through my speakers.
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funny, because I asked ther same question in the german forum
So what is stopping me:
- overall performance (I've 6 pinned tabs + 4 never-close tabs + more tabs if I need more. With this scenario, preview is very slow and tab handling horrible)
- bookmark handling (it's awful to sort many bookmarks. you can delete multiple one but you can't drag'n'drop multiple bookmarks to sort them into another folder)
- mouse gestures are way too slow and not precise (I've installed iron browser with a gesture extension and this is working better than the build-in gestures from Vivaldi :S )
- at some websites my cookies aren't saved so I've to login every day (yes, I got them in the cookies management)
Of course, it would be cooler, if the mail client would be integrated and custom buttons would work, but IMO this is tweaking
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It's true that staying logged in to certain sites (like disqus for instance) is a problem - Vivaldi simply cannot remember, even after a page reload, that it was logged in.
This has not kept me from setting it as default, however.
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My list of reasons are;
- It is not finished, or even at Beta release yet.
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It's true that staying logged in to certain sites (like disqus for instance) is a problem - Vivaldi simply cannot remember, even after a page reload, that it was logged in.
This has not kept me from setting it as default, however.
Well that was one of the few recurring Opera problems, although almost inexistent on 12.7.
It's part of the "feel @home" program :lol:
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The number one thing that is preventing me from using Vivaldi is the UI speed.
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-Rearranging tabs is buggy, with pinned tab icons disappearing into tab stacks that don't really exist, or just refusing to change order as they move right back to where they were after I drag them to a new position. Definitely a bug and I'm not concerned about it, just mentioning it.+1
-Status bar really needs to be combined with the address bar… or at least have the ability to move it to the top of the screen.
+2
I like to have zoom slider on the address bar-The X on tabs. I'd like an option to remove that… I can close a tab with a hotkey and don't have to worry about a misclick closing a tab.
+100
I don't use X on tabs many years.–---------
I'm using Firefox right now instead of Vivaldi because of- smooth scrolling
- links/text selection (with ALT-key)
- awesome bookmark menu on the address bar
- RAM + single process
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1. I am missing the feature of choosing several different searching enginges in context menu
2. Missing the mail client, tooMost of the other things are great!! Hope to get a new Opera
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I really want to use V all the time, but one thing bugs me.
I am not able to dock the developer tools. As a web-developer with only two monitors, it's really a pain to waste so much space with two open windows from vivaldi.
I usually have my text-editor (sublime) on the left monitor, and my browser on the ride. When i start programming with nodejs, i have two consoles extra.
So, when i can't dock the developer tools, they always fade into the background after a while, what keeps my from using vivaldi all the time.
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[ol]
- No email client
- Unable to customise mouse gestures
- Mnemonic shortcuts like f,t,p = Execute program, "O:\FTP Commander\ftpcomm.exe"
- Custom buttons
- Skins
[/ol]
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@serious:
Actually, I got another one: The url matching is as crap as in all other browsers. If I enter "[servername]" I want to be taken to said server and not a google search! At least do an NSLOOKUP first before throwing my internal server names at google!
Even worse, in chrome you can type "[servername]/" to prevent a search, in Vivaldi you have to enter "http://[servername]".
Take a look to the settings. There's a "disable search on addresfield" setting, now
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The thing I'd like to have is the ability to back up bookmarks to HTML. I managed to do that in earlier releases when the vivaldi:bookmarks page worked and allowed you to do that. So I do have the option to import the HTML file I saved from then, in the event of having to do a clean install.
That said, I have no problem using Vivaldi as default. I can live without custom buttons, extension icons etc, for now. But it will be good when those are introduced to the browser.
Like most people who post on here, I've had a few glitches along the way using Vivaldi. But that's to be expected with something so new. A learning curve.
Using the latest Snapshot, 1.0.178.2, it's impressive to see the progress made so far, and in quite a short space of time by the Vivaldi Team.
Overall, I've found that using Vivaldi since its first release has been a relatively painless experience. I've not had endless crashes, in fact hardly any at all, and have found the browser to be reasonably quick when in use, and getting quicker. This has instilled a confidence in me to use the browser on a daily basis. To trust it. Personally, I see no reason not to use Vivaldi as default.
Others will have different experiences to mine, for sure. So I can understand why some users are not quite ready to take the leap just yet. We all have different needs. But for something that's not even a Beta version yet, it's a more than decent browser. A credit to the developers. It's a solid product.
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@serious:
Actually, I got another one: The url matching is as crap as in all other browsers. If I enter "[servername]" I want to be taken to said server and not a google search! At least do an NSLOOKUP first before throwing my internal server names at google!
But, wouldn't that feature be annoying in many cases? Suppose I want to search Google for "jupiter". I type in "jupiter" in my address bar but, oops, I'm taken to our internal server jupiter.example.com ! I didn't know such a server existed . . . .
Currently, many browsers, including Vivaldi, treat the string as a server name only when it includes a dot "." or other special characters. For example, type "bbc.co.uk" into the address field and press return on Vivaldi. You'll be taken to```
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@ davesnothere;
I've tried the Bookmarks - Import - Vivaldi option several times. All I get is a rotating arrow with 'Import in progress' Nothing happens, it just hangs there. Only way to stop it is to re-start Vivaldi. So it doesn't work for me.
I have no problem importing bookmarks from HTML. It would be nice to have the option to export bookmarks to HTML as well. Just personal preference.
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@ davesnothere;
I've tried the Bookmarks - Import - Vivaldi option several times. All I get is a rotating arrow with 'Import in progress' Nothing happens,
Importing from where?
I imported 1,147 bookmarks in 80 folders from Opera 12.17. It took a minute or two. Maybe you're just not waiting long enough? Some users have tens of thousands of bookmarks. To see how many you have, open bookmarks.adr in NotePad and do a find and replace of #URL with #URL
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1. No Email client
2. Broken import from Opera 12.16 (Linux version)
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@ Pesala;
From the bookmarks page, if you click Import and then the drop down menu for the browser list Vivaldi is listed with the other browsers, which I think is what davesnothere is referring to ?
Selecting that option, Vivaldi, you get the box asking what you want to import. Bookmarks, Passwords and History. Select bookmarks and then import. The box that opens says 'Import bookmarks and settings - Import in progress' and the rotating arrow. Following your suggestion in the previous post I let the process run for ten minutes but nothing happens.
To answer your question about importing from where? … that's the confusing part to me, I'm not sure where it's importing them from. But the option is there.
I have 120 bookmarks for Vivaldi in six folders, so not that many, and lots of them are specific to the browser so I don't want to lose them. I was able to export them to HTML from a previous build and can easily import them back to Vivaldi should I need to, because that option is available. I don't want to import bookmarks from another browser, they're not all the same. That's why I'd also like to have the option to export them to HTML every once in while.
I don't know if I've cleared that up. I hope I have. It's really not a problem as long as I have the HTML file saved. But for those users who do prefer to simply export their bookmarks to HTML, and can't do it, it might be.
Thank you for the suggestions.
