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Feature requests for 1.9 / 1.10
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@Pesala hope it can be fixed in the next version XD.
even with the problems i mentioned above, except them,
vivaldi is really good-looking and fast. and the flash plugin wont
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@Pesala What is wrong with the opening of the Find toolbar?
From what I see, F3 already behaves like you want (starting immediately a search on previous search string or on selected text), except the display of the toolbar.When you "ctrl+f" something, the search bar is displayed, and then you can navigate through results using F3. For me, hitting F3 directly is a shortcut to do the exact same thing, but without the 1st step of manually entering a search string. However it seems relevant to me to have the same behaviour (ie search bar) once the search action is started.
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@Guilimote said in Feature requests for 1.9 / 1.10:
Please see how it works in Opera 12.17.
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A button for installing extension from disk
It seems that the only way of installing CRX-extension from disk is dragging it to vivaldi://extensions page. Sometimes dragging is not a good option (e.g. when Vivaldi is running under another user account). Please add some button to vivaldi://extensions page for installing an extension from disk w/o dragging it (e.g. by selecting file in browse dialog or pasting its path). -
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Show list of closed pages (recycle bin menu) as a mouse gesture command
Please add such a command for mouse gesture command list, it is quite convenient (I have RUL gesture for it in Firefox and use it very often - it is much faster than pointing to recycle bin button). -
I do not know if this feature was already talked about before! Search through web panel (like Opera 12). Image
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Drag and drop functionality on the Downloads menu
Being able to drag a downloaded file from the Downloads menu (on the sidebar) to inside a website is the only feature I miss from other browsers now that Vivaldi is the only I use. Downloading a file and immediately being able to add it as an attachment in an email would be great!
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Hope there can be option to toggle trash icon on the top right
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Make pinned tabs permanent across ALL windows
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@huhaa I absolutely second this feature request.
What I really really want is ANY chromium-based Safari alternative which properly integrates with iOS' Safari, which means, access to my iCloud keychain and access to Safari's Reading List Feature.
I've read somewhere this is only possible for a Mac Appstore application, which is the reason no chromium browsers support the feature anymore.
I'd gladly and without any hesitation shell out 20 Euros to any Mac Appstore app, including Vivaldi (which I like, but cannot use without the mentioned iCloud integration), which lets me have:
- A chromium based browser with decent extension support
- Full iCloud integration with iOS Safari
- Properly working developer tools (unlike Safari's)
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When opening history, focus should be in the search bar.
I'm amazed that's still not the case, since the only real reason to open the history is to search for something. -
@Pesala I want the same thing! It's great to customize the speed dial's thumbnails as we did on Opera.
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Do not reread tab history pages on navigating forward/back
Please add an option to keep tab history pages in memory and do not reread them every time when user presses Forward/Back buttons. I use gestures and rereading appreciably slows history navigation. -
@meymigrou I hope Vivaldi can do much better. There's already some code in the Modding Forum for those who cannot wait, but I hope for something more user-friendly.
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Option to automatically unload web panels after they've been closed for a certain period of time. I've noticed that web panels remain rendered after the panel is closed, which can lead to high memory usage in the same way that opening a lot of tabs can. I've been getting around this so far by manually killing the web panel processes from Vivaldi's task manager.
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Additionally, ability to hibernate web panels.
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I've seen several posts suggesting some sort of alternate feature request system as a replacement for these threads. There is a service called Uservoice which is tailor made for this purpose:
Here's an example of it being used by app developer Allegorithmic to gather suggestions for their painting app named Substance Painter:
https://allegorithmic.uservoice.com/forums/261284-substance-painter/filters/top
There is also a competing service called IdeaScale which works in a similar fashion:
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There are always lots of requests for having customizable menus, and debate over how tabs should behave and so forth. A good example of how to solve this is the Firefox extension Tab Mix Plus, which has been one of the most popular Firefox extensions since shortly after the browser launched. It allows extensive control over what is in each menu, how tabs open, how things are displayed in the UI and other things.
The request is for Vivaldi to include full on Tab Mix Plus like customization.
Instead of having to debate over what should be in which menu and how tabs should work and so forth, each user could instead just set everything to work exactly the way they like. Wouldn't that be better?
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Allow the theme color of some important UI elements to be customized individually, or just set them to use the primary highlight color to be easier to see. In particular the scrollbar buttons and the little icon on the tabs that shows which tab has sound playing can be difficult to spot (please remember not everyone has perfect vision).
In Firefox I used an extension called "NewScrollbars" that changed the buttons on the scrollbars to a more visible color (I used bright orange). I installed the extension one day on a whim and was really surprised what a big difference it made.
The active tab can also be difficult to discern when using certain theme colors. Below is what it looks like using my setup, which is just the preset "Human" theme with a couple of adjustments.