Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 7.3

[npro]

Allright this new dark splash screen is definitely a good choice, this time it has a (monochromatic) slighty darker color from the color the <7.2 Vivaldi center logo has , so it is darker overall and naturally it's the (lighter) logo that makes the contrast now, which I find not only not offending at all, on the contrary it gives more personality and class to Vivaldi. Personally I approve, I think the others in the Feature Request/complain thread will do so too, so thanks to @Ruarí and @atlemo for listening and making a really good choice.

(P.S despite the little tension )

[rseiler]

Surprised that Search History wasn't added to the new address bar given how large an omission is was, but I guess you have to leave something for the next major release.

[DoctorG]

New Splash look good.
Tested in Dark mode of Windows 11.

[Erofu]

[Startup] Changes are needed to the colors based on feedback (VB-115062)

This is so much better. Is Snapshot going to get this too?

[Pathduck]

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[olli]

@erofu said:

[Startup] Changes are needed to the colors based on feedback (VB-115062)

This is so much better. Is Snapshot going to get this too?

Yes

[Ruarí]

@pangolin: Actually exactly the reverse. We removed the coloured gradient and went back to grey. That is the change.

You can see how they look from this snapshot here, where I pre-annouced it last night while double checking the latest changes

https://social.vivaldi.net/@ruario/114264969832638870

[Ruarí]

@npro: For the record this change was lined up before that animated gif you uploaded. We were looking at it on different systems and setups and deciding on the best compromise to keep all parties happy. In the last snapshot you got the work in progress, this latest was a further iteration of that. And yes we choose to go even darker in the end.

All that said, to be clear, I am of course happy you are happy.

[Dancer18]

@Ruarí Why is the splash screen white in my dark theme?
In the private window, the splash screen has the same purple color as the theme. But not in the normal window.
The problem exists at least with the Linux version (LMDE6).

[Ruarí]

@Dancer18 Almost certainly your DE is not reporting in a way Chromium can detect. If you start with the command line option --force-dark-mode I presume it will work and you will also see dark mode versions of websites.

P.S. It is not white it is gray. These are the two splash screens possiblities as of this update

Light:

or

Dark:

[Dancer18]

@Ruarí Even if I start Vivaldi with vivaldi --force-dark-mode, the splash screen is bright.
On the other hand, I want to see the web pages in original.
The problem of the bright splash screen exists in both stable and snapshot, both in Linux and Windows (10).
It also exists in a fresh installation without modifications.

[Pathduck]

@Dancer18 said in Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 7.3:

and Windows (10)

Works fine here. Have you set your OS theme to dark?

[Chas4]

19th updated

[Ruarí]

@Dancer18 Are you seeing an actual change in behaviour in this specific minor update (i.e. it is now light but was always dark before this update)?

[Ruarí]

@Pathduck said in Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 7.3:

Works fine here. Have you set your OS theme to dark?

Indeed it sounds like you talking about your Vivaldi theme and not your OS theme. Then it is entirely expected. The startup screen is before Vivaldi theme loading and follows the OS themeing defaults.

Also this is not a change with this minor update, so you might be better discussing that in another section of the forums. We'd like to get feedback on the changes here.

[Dancer18]

@Pathduck Thanks for the tip. I had previously only selected the dark mode in Windows in general, but not the dark mode for apps.
Now it at least works in Windows.

In Linux, I have selected a dark theme for applications. However, the splash screen is still bright, even with other dark themes.

[npro]

@Ruarí said in Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 7.3:

And yes we choose to go even darker in the end.

this was the only way to go basically considering you really wanted to keep that message there, otherwise with black fonts on bright canvas it would still be too bright/flashbang and white fonts on bright/darker canvas would be too distracting like this old one was.

Now it is a not-so-intrusive but still legible set on a dark (not-blinding) canvas.

[Ruarí]

@Dancer18 said in Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 7.3:

In Linux, I have selected a dark theme for applications. However, the splash screen is still bright, even with other dark themes.

Your DM is probably not setting this in a place Chromium and thus we look. Try this

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/interface/color-scheme \'prefer-dark\'

[Pathduck]

@Ruarí I know @npro will probably hate this but I still think it could do with a little splash of red for the heart

[Ruarí]

@Pathduck I agree but this is what we landed on and I hope everyone will now accept it as a "best compromise".