Open a link outside Vivaldi not opening if a browser window is not open

DrWho

Same on MacBook Pro 16 with Monterey 12.0.1.

I submitted bug report today and referenced this forum topic.

slajerek

Confirmed. Really annoying, I switched back to Safari.

smurf

This is a problem that was introduced with the major Vivaldi 5 update (not a point update), Mac Catalina. If the Vivaldi app is running in the background but has no windows open, and I click a link from another application (or open a local .html file, etc.) then Vivaldi becomes frontmost but only with a blank window (as though I hit command-N); the link I clicked doesn't load.
If Vivaldi 5 already has a window (empty or not, doesn't matter), then clicking a link from another app works fine.

smurf

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legitimatepanda

My default browser is always set to Browserosaurus - check it out:)

washbush

I recently had the occasion to reinstall Vivaldi. Since then, whenever I click on a link that would take me to an outside source, (such as a link received in an email), Vivaldi will only take me to the Homepage. It does not continue on to the source of the link. This does not happen in Safari, Google Chrome or Firefox, which all continue to direct me through to the intended source of the link. What am I overlooking? It must be something I missed in setup but I have spent an hour looking with no luck.

John

younkint

@washbush

You aren't overlooking anything. This problem for Mac users was introduced in Version 5. If you look back in this forum a few weeks, you'll see a discussion of it. I believe it's been reported as a bug.

There's no fix yet, but there is a rather annoying work-around. Just leave a page (perhaps your homepage) open at all times. The links will then open in a new tab.

I hope this is fixed soon.

AngeHeureux

Perhaps it is a problem of my prefs, but I have a problem with Vivaldi when I want to lauch a page from an URL (for example, a link in a mail).
If Vivaldi is started, but without opened windows, on the click of the URL, Vivaldi launch only the tab with Speed Dial !!! Not the target page of the URL !!! That's the problem.

Note :

If Vivaldi is not started, in this case, the click of the URL launches Vivaldi, a first Tab with speed dial, and the target Page : it's ok
if Vivaldi is started and have already opened pages, at least the Speed Dial Tab, the target page is correctly opened in a new Tab.
The problem occurs only in case of Vivaldi started but with no opened window/page....

Thank you in advance for the help.

PS : Is it possible to desactive the speed dial page ?

pafflick

It was already reported by other users too (check the following threads for reference: Open a link outside Vivaldi not opening if a browser window is not open and When clicking on links in email, Vivaldi only goes to Homepage).

I'm not on Mac, but one of our testers tried it on macOS 12.0.1 and was unable to reproduce that issue with one of the Snapshot builds. Could you try the latest Snapshot (installed separately) and check if it's still broken there?

AngeHeureux

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AngeHeureux

@pafflick
I've tested as you proposed by installing the vivaldi snapshot, set it as default browser, and tested from a URL present on a mail : exactly the same behavior as I described in my first post "Problem on launching a page called by an URL" same problem in the same case.... Sorry !
I hope you find a solution, because I often close all windows of Vivaldi, but Vivaldi stay launched. And each time, we have to click twice on the URL to reach the page !
I don't know since which version the problem occurs, but i quite sure it was not the case at the beginning of my use of Vivaldi (some months)

TigranMargarian

Have the same issue on 5.0.2497.32 (Stable channel) (x86_64)
It is quite annoying, especially during work (my database connection needs to open a tab to authenticate before executing a query)

pafflick

@angeheureux Well, maybe it's more tricky then... Anyway, if you're able to reproduce that issue consistently, please take some time to read the article on how to report a bug and follow the instructions there to report it to the developers. Thank you.

AngeHeureux

@pafflick done ! bug #VB-85727

triss1

It's now been reported at least three times (my report was VB-84597). The dev team needs to take it seriously but instead closes the tickets as non-reproducible. I'd love to know what setup they are testing on. Maybe it would give us a clue as to why it's not happening for them but is happening for the rest of us.

AngeHeureux

For the moment no feedback. I hope that they'll see, if there are so many feedbacks as ours, that the problem is real and their condition of tests are not corresponding to the real ones ! It's not a big problem, but it's annoying to have to click twice on a URL to open the page (basic function of a browser)

OakdaleFTL

@legitimatepanda Browserosarus doesn't change the behavior noted here... (Nifty little utility, though!)

Pesala

@podrageanu One month is no time at all in relation to fixing bugs. The Vivaldi Team is always fixing bugs, but there are thousands of bugs, and only twenty-two developers.

I recommend that you choose a browser that suits your needs. All of them have their Pros and Cons.

OakdaleFTL

@pesala One thing I don't quite understand: Why would anyone using a modern computer not keep a browser window open at all times?

(I admit, I've pared back on the number of tabs I keep open... Almost down to 100. But that's due mainly to the ease of saving named sessions. )

markusfreise

Same here. MBP M1 Pro on Monterey. This is annoying and breaks the UX of this great browser.