SoundCloud Like causing white overlay

brianWreaves

On Macmini5,1 (Early 2011) MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 using Vivaldi v6.2.3105+ without any extensions, both of which are the latest versions possible.

Has anyone had any dramas with SoundCloud's page elements being hidden by a white overlay of the webpage when attempting to Like a playing track? This happens either by the keyboard shortcut using "L" or clicking the heart icon at the bottom. As well, the Like isn't preserved, it reverts to the Unlike state. The music will continue playing. It doesn't happen when I remove a Like (Unlike). There are no other shortcuts assigned to "L" in Vivaldi. Until about early October it has worked for as long as I can remember.

On the same Macmini5,1, Like works correctly on Firefox v115+, again latest FF available.

I will add, a similar issue was occurring over the last year on my Macbook Air 2020 M1 running MacOS Sonoma 14.7+ on Vivaldi v6.9+. On that Mac, there wasn't a white overlay hiding SoundCloud page elements, instead it wouldn't retain the Like and renders a temporary modal stating there was an unknown problem. With Vivaldi is v7+, whether the Like is retain or reverted to an Unlike is inconsistent and without a modal indicating failure. Again, no dramas with Firefox v131+ on that Mac.

I realise this could be a SoundCloud issue but I haven't found anyone else having this issue.

brianWreaves

No one else has experienced this issue? Someone please suggest how I can troubleshoot this issue further?

When I view the HTML/CSS, I did find the CSS attribute to prevent the white overlay when disabled. However, clicking on the screen does nothing as the cursor doesn't change from an arrow to finger. Also, the Like isn't retained.

Pathduck

@brianWreaves

Please try the troubleshooting steps, including testing in a clean profile and disabling adblocking/extensions: https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/troubleshoot/troubleshooting-issues/

akllepikov

@brianWreaves
Hi I just switched from opera yesterday and had the same issue; pressed like on a sc song screen goes completely white song continues playing. I am on Windows 10, turning off ad block completely in vivaldi settings seemed to fix the issue for me.

brianWreaves

@akllepikov Thanks for that, it worked for me as well!

For anyone else with this issue:
After triggering the white screen, and before I changed the Ad Block setting, I clicked on the shield in the address bar. On the dropdown was a notification that Vivaldi did notice an issue with the page and a link to report it. The browser is picking up on the issue so I wonder if it could be sorted by the devs???

Anyway, changing to "Block Trackers" didn't work, only changing to "No Blocking" worked. After I did that and tested again, I was presented with a CAPTCHA. That is the source of the issue, the CAPTCHA isn't loading.

Screenshot of SoundCloud CAPTCHA blocked by its Ad Blocker

Once I verified the CAPTCHA, I reenabled the Ad Blocking, and the Like is still working. We'll see how long before I have to use the CAPTCHA again, but it working for now.

Pathduck

@brianWreaves said in SoundCloud Like causing white overlay:

On the dropdown was a notification that Vivaldi did notice an issue with the page and a link to report it.

If you mean this?

That shows on all sites where resources are blocked. Doesn't mean Vivaldi is "noticing an issue".

I don't even know why they have the "Report" link because it would just lead to lots of false reports that will just be closed.

There's nothing Vivaldi can do about blocklists breaking sites. It's just par for the course when using adblockers, some sites just break. Sometimes the blocklist maintainers fix it quickly, sometimes not. The blocklists are not maintained by Vivaldi, it only parses the blocklist rules to determine what to block.

I use uBlock Origin, and sometimes sites break and I have to disable the blocker, at least temporarily. It's just something we have to accept when blocking ads.

Anyway, changing to "Block Trackers" didn't work, only changing to "No Blocking" worked. After I did that and tested again, I was presented with a CAPTCHA. That is the source of the issue, the CAPTCHA isn't loading.

The reason, from a quick test here, and getting the same problem, is that requests to the domain
captcha-delivery.com
is blocked by the DDG Tracker Radar list.

        "captcha-delivery.com": {
            "domain": "captcha-delivery.com",
            "owner": {
                "name": "DataDome",
                "displayName": "DataDome"
            },
            "prevalence": 0.00403,
            "fingerprinting": 2,
            "cookies": 0,
            "categories": [],
            "default": "block"
        },

From the blocklist source: https://downloads.vivaldi.com/ddg/tds-v2-current.json

This list is maintained by DDG, it is only used by Vivaldi.
https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-tracker-radar/

IMO the DDG list seems a bit too aggressive, and breaks more sites than Easylist. I suggest enabling Easylist and disabling DDG.

Or just keep the blocker disabled on Soundcloud.
Soundcloud is a good site, so if you use it you should give something back by allowing ads IMO.