Vivaldi browser Technical Preview 4 is here!
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For me this TP4 release was pure disaster as many issues that previously I did not have now appeared:
- the content of my BookmarkBar (created for this purpose) initially was mixed up with bookmarks/folders that previously were not there, then today its content disappeared entirely without any intervention from my side;
- the bookmarks editing is still unstable: drag & drop of a bookmark from one place to another (to reorder) has to be performed several times until it is moved to the place expected; typing the name of a bookmark the browser miss some letters and should type them with some pause to ensure they will appear; if I use 'search' for a bookmark as I want to find it and move to some other place - then it is not possible in the result to see where the bookmark is actually placed now, there is no information for that.
- trying to make copy - paste of any word from a site into the address bar yesterday - instead of the copied word my browser pasted just 'ToRead' (a name of folder containing my bookmarks). It was resolved after restart but was curious;
- put a word in address bar and press Enter. It should be used also as search field but it does not happen in this build. The word just stays there and no search is launched;
- same case happens with the URLs copied from a browser/document. When I put it in the address bar and press Enter - the site is not launched;
- Stop button does not work for the downloading files;
- sometimes the borders of the browser go 'beyond' the PC screen and it could be hard manipulated. I mean that instead to fit to the display, the menu & close/resize buttons are almost invisible on the top of the screen like they were shifted partially to 2nd desktop and then cut.
All this happens in TP4 32 bit on Win 8.1.
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Wow - none of that happens here with TP4 32-bit on Win 8.1 (except of course the long-standing issue with problems arranging bookmarks.)
Have you thought of starting over with a clean profile?
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That would be great.
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I have for some months now.
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Nice work, now he doesn't crash on startup))) Keep going
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I have it as my main browser on my Surface Pro 3, I haven't installed Opera on this like I did on Pro 1 and 2.
But on the go I use the browser mainly as a fast access to information, I don't do long sessions.
On desktop, my main browser is still Opera, it's the only one that really works. I completely disinstalled Chropera, and I usually have both Opera and Vivaldi Opened, the first for when I need to save session and bookmarks, and the second for pages that have bugs or session I know I won't need to update.I won't go full Vivaldi until they add synchronization support. But I won't ever remove Opera from my PC, it's a old relic of an almost perfect browser still kicking ass to all major competitors.
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Totally agree. Windows 8.1, 64 bits, that happens to me too. Except the problem with the searcher, the rest is totally the same.
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The startup options lack of "chose popup" from Opera…
And there is an issue with italian translation. The Speed Dial, although been called "Speed Dial", is referenced as "Selezione rapida" (with it's an "ok" translation, but on Opera it was called "Avvio Rapido" which is better).It should either be called "Speed Dial" or "Avvio Rapido" on both.
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I assume that clean profile could be a solution for part of them, but frankly said for TP versions would not spend time to search and backup files already customized by me (notes, bookmarks, searches) as we did in old Opera (before synchro builds) in order to reuse them afterwards. You may call me spoilt, but I would use clean profiles just if there is a synchronization available.
And normally the casual user would rely on updates only, then there should be some development mechanism to avoid/reduce such issues. -
The last issue I have sometimes with other applications, too, on Win8.1.
If I click on any part of the window frame, the top is readjusted to be accessible. -
Command line switches are mighty friends but they require restart of browser. Still better than nothing. Thank you for help.
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This one feels really unstable, a bit faster in loading pages and stuff, but really unstable to use.
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I like the position of the navigation buttons better like it is now, since it eg doesn´t shorten the space of the adress when comparing it with bookmarks. Maybe have this as option would be fine.
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Bug?: Add a page to bookmarks by drag & drop doesn´t work here (win8.1 32bit)
Feature request:
Is there a comfortable way to add a bookmark into a sub-..-subfolder? (As in Opera 12?) The way to do this by the bookmark symbol on the right side of the address bar doesn´t seem to be streamlined for this case.. (rather Firefox-like) (really important for me)Other than that TP4 is stable here (Win8.1 32bit) and the mouse gestures with ALT pressed is really nice on my laptop - thanks!
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Flash movie issue is not solved in Vivaldi TP 4.↓↓
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Most flexible UI? UI is already nice, but say this if you reached the level of the old opera … themes, dragging around almost everything, etc.
now its like between chromium (almost nothing changable) and firefox (everything, parts need addons). -
Agree, waiting for it.
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Thanks a lot and good luck to the team.
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Good job, team. The browser is already working solidly. But one request for the new feature of touchpad gestures: please make this customizable! I've searched the settings for a way to disable this with no success. As I'm using the browser on a desktop, I'm usually working with the mouse in my right hand and the keyboard under my left hand, frequently switching to other windows with Alt-tab and it's really easy to create an accidental gesture with just releasing the Alt key after some random mouse movement.
Thanks for fixing this. Until then, I'm forced to use the older version.
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New to vivaldi. Downloaded TP4 to Win 7 x64. Videos play in Youtube, and raw .mp4 but not on FB. Any ideas?