New look, new feature – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3483.4

npro

This update will for sure alienate elder users. It's not that good-looking either, on the contrary, it is too round (= more "feminine" design, not neutral/professional enough), some icons are confusing (windows icon that looks like a pot with steam, the "X" for translation), their contrast is weak with those greys (looks like ithey were drawn with a pencil), some have "volume" but others not (= inconsistency). The time display in black font looks weird next to those "fat" grey icons. It started to look like Opera from a few years ago.

sjudenim

@Hadden89

This is what I found on that https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Trusted-sites

Doesn't really say much. It also doesn't let you remove those from the trusted site, I just tried.

npro

@daniel said in New look, new feature – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3483.4:

here is lots to like! E.g., Tab Stacks are much more distinct on the Tab Bar.

Still too "busy" with all the similar colors of the same family and lines, and eye straining with light themes. If only you would improve the Windows Panel for that (and obviously for better functionality as well -using any of the available options has its own big disadvantages, and is rather a pain using-)...

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Ayespy

@npro I'm in my 70's, and like the new design better than the old. Of course, though, I use compact UI setting.

npro

@Ayespy you are not the "representative" elder average user though, you have been using Vivaldi since the Opera Presto days.

Ayespy

@npro I submit no one is the "Representative" older user. Everyone is unique. We typify people at our peril.

npro

@Ayespy said in New look, new feature – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3483.4:

@npro I submit no one is the "Representative" older user.

@Ayespy the representative average user. From what I've seen over many years, older people go by habit and visual recognition, so if they see a new unfamiliar icon the troubles have just begun.

Gif2D

@rtransformation 6.A, 6.B … 6.F, 7.0

g_bartsch

@npro My mom is in her 80s and any new little thing on any of the programs throws her off.

npro

@npro And for sure they typically don't read announcements, they don't know how to go to the Settings and even more download old themes.

Ayespy

@npro I suppose that may be. My wife was the early tech adopter in our family. Now she hates anything new, and pretty much hates tech altogether. That said, she never trips over or complains about any change in Vivaldi.

electryon

@npro said in New look, new feature – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3483.4:

This update will for sure alienate elder users. It's not that good-looking either, on the contrary, it is too round (= too "feminine" design, not neutral/professional enough), some icons are confusing (windows icon that looks like a pot with steam, the "X" for translation), their contrast is weak with those greys (looks like ithey were drawn with a pencil), some have "volume" but others not (= inconsistency). The time display in black font looks weird next to those "fat" grey icons. It started to look like Opera from a few years ago.

You take for granted that all older people who use Vivaldi had being using the default interface.
My mother for example doesn't. She refused to use Vivaldi because it looked... weird and so different than other browsers.
Her exact words... is this browser from 00s, it looks too old, it reminds me Internet explorer lol.
I "made" her to use Vivaldi with a CSS that made it more ....mainstream, more flat.
And I am sure it is not just me.
Many Vivaldians setup Vivaldi for others with CSS etc and make it more "mainstream" in order to "make" other people to use it:)

Panino

This dashboard is "obviously" missing a weather widget.
Or at least it could show weather info on the Calendar/Date widget.

Ayespy

@Panino I added my own weather widgets, two of them, to decide which one I like best. Obviously, date/time/weather would be a brilliant widget.

jimmynewtron

@adacom I have made several changes to the look and feel of Vivaldi like auto-hide sidebar and addressbar, but every time Vivaldi changed versions, the configuration files were broken. So I stopped doing it myself and hope that the Vivaldi team will change the look and feel of the browser. Thanks.

jimmynewtron

@adacom Now, I hope they add the multiple video pop-out feature. That way, I can stop using Firefox for good.

tob1as

I like the new UI so far. Thanks for including an option for compact menu layout.

Haress

Hi, can i update my current browser to newer versions? I downloaded snapshot and it's separate browser. Curious because, it's just a lot of time to setup everything again. Thanks

petrmahdal

When do you expect it's release to a production channel?

Hadden89

@petrmahdal No ETAs are given... When you see an RC build it means it will come soon to stable.