Vivaldi 7 | New Layout & User's Disagreements

DoctorG

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DoctorG

@okurok Full ack. Changes are not nice for some users.
But that is my private opinion.

SebSebsensen

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xef

@SebSebsensen how exactly are they responsible for your lack of attention to detail? how is this comment even helpful or contributive to the discussion? you misplaced the comment to the wrong person. own it and continue on with your grievances.

DoctorG

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jrkl75

It seems like this topic has completely derailed
Let's get back to the point.

Some people like it, I'm not one of them;
A lot of space is being used;
Tabs look like buttons;
It's not a theme (or is it?);
It's forced on update;

The thing that needs to be (somewhat) worried about is that it can be very off-putting to some of the new users or people that look for a different browser and see this "childish/non-professional-looking-layout-coloring".

SebSebsensen

@xef said in Vivaldi 7 | New Layout User Disagreement:

@SebSebsensen how exactly are they responsible for your lack of attention to detail? how is this comment even helpful or contributive to the discussion? you misplaced the comment to the wrong person. own it and continue on with your grievances.

The guy made three consecutive, now deleted posts in the other thread and one of them told people in bold/CAPS to not abuse the thread etc. pp.

Maybe this forum is different, but I've been on message boards as owner/admin/mod and normal user since the 1990s and it is 99% mods and admins and not ordinary users who do that.

Anyways, since the guy has now proudly blocked me for my apparently pain-inflicting observation (probably counts as violence, even) I guess that he is just doing it too feel more important than he is. Sorry for not living here.

xef

@SebSebsensen I have run communities for decades up to the current day, maintaining a partnership and monetised community with around 300k user reach on every major platform - I can speak from personal experience when saying users setting a tone on a platform is far from unheard of or unusual. perhaps your experience does not represent as large of a sample size as you believed it did.

again, feel free to go back to your original point and discussing your disagreement with software functions rather than whatever this is. but while we're still here- you seem to be a bit confused by the responses you've gotten so far, so let me do you a favour and explain a basic fact in life: behaviour is a function of its consequence. if you are getting a particular response from others, you should look internally and try to find out that reason.

I do not live here, as seen by my profile contributions. no need to offload your responsibilities onto me or anybody else next.

SebSebsensen

@xef said in Vivaldi 7 | New Layout User Disagreement:

again, feel free to go back to your original point and discussing

How very generous of you, thank you so much.
You keep setting the tone together with the other dude, I'm out.

I am sure you'll find enough other people you can tell how to behave, just make sure that the topics you "allow" them to use aren't locked before you do

xef

@SebSebsensen ah yes, the age-old classic "I'll take my ball and go home" response. my foresight did not account for that potential outcome.

just remember that people gave you a chance to discuss things with your words like a rational human being, you just didn't like being evaluated for the things that you say.

next time, if you'd like to have more success in basic discussion, check out the "feedback checklist" outlined by Brene Brown.

Zalex108

In general

Hi,
I've just tested on a Clean Profile.
Changing the 1st option on the Guide turns the round tabs to flat again.
It compacts many UI elements as well.

To revert it seems something easy, being it's possible on Vivaldi.

Another thing is that the users has to search for a "fix" to get the previous desing.
This would be more uncomfortable in some cases.

For lot of tabs in a row would look weird, but there's all kind of users and there's already the Workspaces, so this would met many different options for many different users.

The AutoUpdate,
Not sure whether informs about the changes or just the manual update.
There would be read it and also allows to wait or search information before install it.

BTW,
To run Profile back ups of Vivaldi and also any other important software, is something to be aware when getting any Digital device despite seems something not globally advised.

As a reminder

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Avoid Data loss
Follow the Backup | Reset links below

Vivaldi Backup | Reset + Extra Steps

jrkl75

@Zalex108 said in Vivaldi 7 | New Layout User Disagreement:

Another thing is that the users has to search for a "fix" to get the previous desing.

This can be a problem for many if not most people, since it seems like most people don't like to read anymore. My parents called me to set it back as before, still have to go there XD (https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/102203/redesigned-experience-as-theme)

Zalex108

@jrkl75

Yes,
When managing other's computers the action time is sometimes more limited than in just one's.

At least is a setting that can be reverted so should be just an anecdote

Archit2006

@okurok Mate! You can just revert it back into the settings!!
go to Settings >> Appearance >> Window Appearance.
and change it to the compact and here you go.
I am not getting how you're claiming that vivaldi forced it .

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okurok

@Archit2006
I reverted it back. It was the first thing i did after this update.

I don't have the problem with Vivaldi creating new customizations, i have the problem with my settings being messed with after updates.

You don't need to CAPS everything, i can clearly read it even with proper typing.

DoctorG

@Archit2006 I think the setting is not really clear for some users.
(*) Old UI
( ) Modern UI
would be better for usability.

Zalex108

@DoctorG said in Vivaldi 7 | New Layout User Disagreement:

@Archit2006 I think the setting is not really clear for some users.
(*) Old UI
( ) Modern UI
would be better for usability.

Or get both

(*) Old UI / Compact
( ) Modern UI / Regular

Ganuza07

Hmm.. There is a basic problem with this update, and it is that it needed a post explaining how to revert the changes that it applied.

When I installed Vivaldi, more than a year ago, it guided me through a lot of cutomization options.
This update should have had that. It would have saved a lot of headached.

"Things have changed! Choose a new theme"
"We added new visual options for tabs. Would you like to use the new style or keep the classic?"

And so on, you get the idea.

DoctorG

@Ganuza07 Yes, unexpereinced users should get a guidance page after such serious upgrade.

//EDIT:
Just a page with the new UI and click a button if they want to use it or have the old/compact layout.

jrkl75

@DoctorG I don't think I'm an unexperienced user. Well, I'm probably more of a moderate-experienced-user. And I don't think this has anything to do with how experienced you are.

The change for me was a HUGE "no-no" at first glance and it reminded me of "clown-colours" (some call it modern colours) THEN I looked into the settings (fiddled with those) before I went to the forum and found that there was a setting (somewhat hidden) named "Corner Rounding".

Having this new look is absolutely not a bad thing since it's obvious many people like it. I think the implementation went a bit wrong due to peoples preferences. For me the new look is absolutely not professional and off-putting. Vivaldi-team should take it as a lesson, and may I suggest to make it a theme in the future and not force upon update but give the user a notification where they can try out the new "experience".