Page load with no indicator
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I frequently have times that I'll click on a link that isn't a download link there is no indication of waiting for the page or other indicator. Shortly after clicking I'll see the address bar change color and do a progress across the bar. However, sometimes I find the time delay is so long I'm not sure if I clicked it properly or what may have happened. Is this normal behavior? I'm used to Chrome and Firefox showing something from the moment I click on a link. Windows 10, Vivaldi 1.3.551.38 32bit. (as a side note, I experienced this when submitting this post.)
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I frequently have times that I'll click on a link that isn't a download link there is no indication of waiting for the page or other indicator. Shortly after clicking I'll see the address bar change color and do a progress across the bar. However, sometimes I find the time delay is so long I'm not sure if I clicked it properly or what may have happened.
Is this normal behavior? I'm used to Chrome and Firefox showing something from the moment I click on a link.
Windows 10, Vivaldi 1.3.551.38 32bit.
(as a side note, I experienced this when submitting this post.)
It's behavior that's "normal" for the way Vivaldi is designed right now. Developers have not yet settled on the best way to make it better.
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For me, I watch the "reload current page"-button.
In most cases it changes to the "stop loading"-button (i. e. an x-shaped cross) when you clicked (properly) on a link or a button of the web-page.
So,if nothing happens but the "reload current page"-button changed its appearance to the "stop loading"-button, then I know for sure that there is some background activity in order to load the new page (or perform the desired action)Hope, this "work-around" works for you too
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Thank you. I never noticed that before.
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Yay for Lucius!
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I frequently have times that I'll click on a link that isn't a download link there is no indication of waiting for the page or other indicator. Shortly after clicking I'll see the address bar change color and do a progress across the bar. However, sometimes I find the time delay is so long I'm not sure if I clicked it properly or what may have happened.
Is this normal behavior? I'm used to Chrome and Firefox showing something from the moment I click on a link.
Windows 10, Vivaldi 1.3.551.38 32bit.
(as a side note, I experienced this when submitting this post.)
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Must be blind but where do i find this "reload current page"-button? Looked and looked, but can't find it. TIA
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Must be blind but where do i find this "reload current page"-button? Looked and looked, but can't find it. TIA
It's the symbol to the left of the "Home" icon next to the addressbar. A partial (apx 270 degree) circle with an arrow at the end of it is the "reload current page" button. When that converts to an "X", meaning a page is loading, that is the "stop loading" button. As soon as Vivaldi begins to try to load a new page, that button changes from the circle-arrow to an X.
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I hope that a future version can replace this with an animation as it's not clear for new users. Thanks!
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Yes this is a MASSIVE issue. So far I like Vivaldi, but the lack of a 'Working' indicator has cost us a lot of time, and in 2 cases accidentally deleted data.
The issue being, the user clicks on "Delete". The process takes a little while on our back end, so the user sits and waits and waits and waits only to find out the Delete was not started. Or even worse yet, the delete is clicked, then the user thinks nothing is happening clicks again.
Even an add on module or SOMETHING is better than nothing.
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I do realize this topic is around 1yr old, but this remains an important UX issue.
Lucius's suggestion is helpful and works - but it's not particularly intuitive. Something else I've noticed (with 1.13.1008.36) is that when a page starts loading we see something like 0 bytes 0/0 over on the right hand side of the address bar and this of course tells us how many bytes have loaded etc (and might be a useful indicator that a page is loading in of itself).
Unfortunately, if you navigate to a different open tab then return to the one where the page is loading that information disappears. Some of the apps I work with take quite a long time to process form submissions and so on and without an animated loader icon - or some other clear indicator that a load is in progress - things get quite confusing.
As a sidebar, I did try writing a browser extension with a content script that overrides the favicon with a suitable icon (the idea being it would restore the original on document loaded) though this approach isn't workable as content scripts seem not to execute until the document is ready (if anyone has ideas for other approaches I could explore, let me know!) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thanks
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