Remove "minimum size of tab thumnail", when tab bar is on the side [revert recent change]

[GeeZuZz]

Since the first version of Vivaldi, if you had the tab bar on the side, tab thumbnails have been reduced in size as more new tabs are created, with no minimum thumbnail size, in order to fit as many tabs as possible (e.g tabs eventually doesn't show thumbnail, just looks like normal tab)

Someone seem to have reported this as "bug" VB-77184 which was "fixed" in version 6.7.
Now, the thumbnails have got a "minimum height", which causes them to not shrink much, and instead pop outside of view, and create a vertical scroll bar.

This change has been objected by multiple people in these threads:
Thread 1
Thread 2
Thread 3

I suggest this change is reverted (so thumbnails can shrink indefinitely), or made into a setting, because of these reasons:

1. It's very inefficient use of the tab bar
2. The change has introduced a very poor UX, see screenshot and text below.
3. Scrollbar should be avoided until absolutely necessary. "thumbnail is not showing" should not be considered a bigger usability issue, than having to deal with a scrollbar and tabs hidden out of view. After all, not seeing a thumbnail is the standard among all browsers, so no real usability issue.
4. Its previous behavior has been used since Vivaldi was born. If it took 9 years of daily use from lots of people, before someone reported as a bug - is it really a bug?
5. The change is equivalent to a horizontal tab bar (without thumbnails) having a new "minimum tab text width", causing tab bars to be full after only 10+ tabs. Everyone would agree that it's better to shrink the tabs indefinitely to fit more tabs. So there's no reason it should be different when tab bar is vertical.

• There are multiple tabs outside of view, with no very clear indication that there are more tabs not shown.
• Scrollbar blends in with the web site and can be difficult to notice
• Scrollbar won't scroll with mouse wheel if "switch tabs with scrolling" is configured, making it even more difficult to use.

[darkwolf]

Totally need a rollback on this new behaviour.

I work with almost 200 tabs opened, and now it's a real pain in the ***, forcing scrolling and scrolling, but a want to keep thumbnails, very useful.

An I don't want to change a setting everytime.

As a workaround, it would be nice to have a small button to expand/collapse thumbnails following your needs, just nearby the cloud and bin icon.

[VGranger1989]

Agree!
It's interesting, I've been using Opera Presto for 16 years, the vertical tabs were working so well for so many years, but are (…) in new Vivaldi. When I scroll down, the tabs just jump from one to another, mess.

In the post,
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/98648/vertical-tab-bar-no-longer-auto-adjust-thumbnail-size-instead-pushes-tabs-out-of-view-with-scroll-bar?page=1&lang=en-US

many arrogant replies say that thumbnails are useless. I think as a user-centered browser, Vivaldi at least should make it an option.

If can't, I'm considering downgrading, since the experience is rather awful.