Vivaldi 7 | New Layout & User's Disagreements
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I sometimes think some users never use other software than browsers.
This is Blender 3D, left is 2.49, right is 2.50 and there are no buttons to change anything back.
Take it or stay at 2.49 forever.
Cheers, mib
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@mib2berlin said in Vivaldi 7 | New Layout & User's Disagreements:
I sometimes think some users never use other software than browsers.
This is Blender 3D, left is 2.49, right is 2.50 and there are no buttons to change anything back.
Take it or stay at 2.49 forever.Cheers, mib
I definitely use other software, though as a web developer primarily, I use browsers for more than just casual browsing. I hate forced changes in everything I use. Spotify is the most recent example of something I use on the regular that has been changing its design.
A lot of the software I use is on versions that are 5+ years old.
After this update in particular, I'm turning off automatic updates.
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@TheNorsePantheon
I will never understand this, I used Windows 11 one Year before it was published in the insider program and it is much better designed than Windows 10.
I use a rolling release distribution on Linux, always the latest newest software but my smartphone is 6 Years old.
The Blender change starts a revolution in the forums:
I hate it, I change to other software, all what we read here.
But now they are all quiet and use the 2.5 design, it's just better than 2.4 ever was.
Using a not up to date browser is not a good idea anyway, independent of the design.Cheers, mib
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I agree that the recent changes were annoying; we usually see a whole lot of complaints like this with each new release, but I have learnt that it takes very little effort to fix things. Last time, it was the stupid centring of buttons and fields on the Address Bar; this time it was UI and Menu spacing, plus an ugly theme. I have long used my own themes, so the latter is a non-issue for me.
Whatever the changes are, the Community is always here to help out if any users cannot figure it out for themselves.
It is never a good idea to use an outdated browser, and every minor update with Chromium fixes some security issues.
When I was Beta testing for Serif, we had similar complaints for every upgrade to PagePlus. There were hundreds of genuine improvements, but some users only saw the changes that forced them to learn something new.
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@Zalex108 great, but how do i get rid of this hideous context menu design? it literally looks like it's made toddler-safe
ok, got, forgot to check "compact menu layout". but i still hate that new design.
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Well, I've held off from updating to 7 because of the UI changes.
I'll echo everyone else's complaints - don't ever make drastic UI changes without making it opt-in at upgrade time!
This is one of the reasons I disable auto-updates on pretty much everything, even if I generally install them immediately anyway. If I'd come in one day and just screwed-up the UI on me I'd have been furious and probably getting myself banned here on the forums!
Now I'm prepared to take on the upgrade and follow the guides to restore as much as possible, so wish me luck!
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I don't really like this new UI, and the menu bar on xfce4 is not aligned and cannot be adjusted or reverted back to the original version, so I only reached 6.9 and hold the version, not upgrading anymore.
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@yylt
Hi, downgrade is not recommended, you may have a broken user profile now.
A few clicks and you can get the old design back:https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/102198/guide-v-7-user-interface
Or download old themes:
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Well, done the upgrade and it doesn't seem that different at all - maybe because I already use my own modified theme and it still seems to be using that?
Mostly it's just wasted space in the tab bar and maybe in the panels. Going to have a little play with options now...
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@Martyn
Hi and yes, it add 20 pixel horizontal in the tab bar, check the density settings in Appearance.
If you had a customized theme it doesn't change, except density iirc.Cheers, mib
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Yep, seems all I had to do was enable the 2 "compact" options and it's all looking pretty normal for me. Relief!
Pretty sure this is do with already having my own theme selected - a handy tip for anyone else in future I would suggest. Pick the theme you like and re-save it it as your own and it should then remain through any upgrades.
