Portable Version
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@schreck Yes, you can choose not to have your passwords synced. You do, however, have to enter a password (either your forum password or a new one) to start sync. Then you can pick what items to sync.
I have never heard of an extension to export extension settings. There may be one, but I do not use or research extensions, so I would not know.
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you sure the extension settings are not synced?
so the extensions are not copied, just the list of installed ones and then downloaded and installed in the new vivaldi? -
@schreck As the sync feature is still experimental in the Stable channel, I think that a safer way (for now) would be to do that manually. I have successfully transferred my profile from one device to another (including extensions settings) and I described the procedure here.
The biggest drawback is probably that you have to install the extensions manually on the new machine, but you won't have to configure them again, they'll have their old settings.
If you want to copy only the extensions, according to this article you should copy the following folders:
Extension Rules
,Extension State
,Extensions
,Local Extension Settings
,Local Storage
,Managed Extension Storage
,Extension Cookies
andSecure Preferences
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its one of the missing features that makes me switch between vivaldi and opera as my chromium default browser. Opera itself have a portable version which its really portable in every sense addons, settings everything its there plus the fact that opera sync its also fully functional and working. Its gonna take a while for vivaldi to have sync running but having a complete portability would be helpful
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I agree, i love Vivaldi but I need a portable version, i'm using a PortableApps-Like USB key with 90% of my apps on it, so I can switch the usb key between several computers. I've uninstalled Vivaldi and i'm using Chromium & Opera on the key because they have both a portable version. So the problem is not chromium !
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Have almost moved to a new OS, and sadly Vivaldi is the only program missing there.
And also there has already been many cases when I wanted to copy over a clean-but-fully-customized-and-configured Vivaldi to my relatives', friends' and collègues' PCs, just like I did with Opera, but I simply couldn't.
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@ayespy I dont get it, I mean you can use the standalone as portable without any problems, sure you need usb2.
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@burbuja Yes, you absolutely can use it portably now, with sync, but the design (minus sync) is not 100% built to move from one machine to the next, without sync, because of the way passwords and extensions are encrypted. And for that reason only, it would not accurate to rename Vivaldi Standalone to Vivaldi portable.
Someone like me, who doesn't use extensions, could always use it like a portable if I could remember all of my passwords.
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Standalone mode doesn't work as a portable mode at all. For those like me who often switch between machines (several times a day), the standalone version is unusable.
I started using Opera at the very beginning (~1995), and switched to Maxthon when Opera "classic" (14) died. When I discovered Vivaldi, I was very happy because it really renewed the Opera mind I loved, so I switched to Vivaldi. This is the best browser for me, but I cannot use it properly for now, so I'm using Chromium & Opera as portable apps, because these are really portable (with working sync).
I need portable apps because I must use multiboot OSes on my main computer (different OSes for Work, Testing & General Purpose) & others computers as well. 75% of my usual apps are on my USB key, each time an OS is started, all shortcuts & file associations & default apps are defined to points to the USB key automatically. But this does not work with Vivaldi (I need to reconfigure sync each time I switch the OS).
I hope they will release a portable version, not depending on the Windows session!
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@coxynel To build a completely portable, yet secure version, requires either leaving it open to hacking, or developing an entirely new encryption scheme. Vivaldi will only issue a portable version when they can do so without putting user data at risk.
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@ayespy I mean, nobody should save passwords on the usb stick, for the case of losing it.
I don't know, how far is Google Chrome or Firefox "really portable" ....
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@burbuja Chromium & Firefox are fully portable. I have Maxthon, Opera, Chromium & FireFox on my stick, all updated to the latest release and fully working as portable apps, without any issue. I don't know anything about Chrome, i've never used it.
@Ayespy I understand, but how do Chromium (& Opera, FireFox or Maxthon) proceeds then ? Are they unsecure ? Anyway, I hope they will find a solution for Vivaldi, i'm using it on the current pc and i really love it.
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@CoxyNEL Not sure what encryption scheme those do in order to make passwords and extensions portable. But until Vivaldi developers write a "go anywhere" encryption protocol to protect that data, there will not be a true portable Vivaldi.
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so you are saying the devs are not able to make it fully portable, despite every other browser is available as a portable app? like for m3 im waiting for this to happen since years..
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@schreck I didn't say they are not able. I said "until Vivaldi developers write a 'go anywhere' encryption protocol'..." There is probably little to no limit to what the Vivaldi devs are able to do. But it's a small team, and there are priorities - one of which does not include portable at the moment. Portable is not among the top 30 requested features (it only has 27 votes, ranking it 43rd). Mobile is among the top 10, and is being actively developed. But not portable.
I have been waiting for a vertical bookmark bar for over four years. That also has not been priority. In the meantime, over 129 new features have been introduced, and more continue to come with each release. It can't be predicted at this time, when we might see portable.
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@schreck said in Portable Version:
despite every other browser is available as a portable app
Chrome, which vivaldi uses as Base, is not available as a fully portable app (there's some issues with passwords) , so that makes it difficult for Vivaldi to manage.
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@LonM Vivaldi is based on the work of the open source Chromium project, like many browsers today. But the Chromium browser, which is a kind of "demo" of the underlying technologies, can be built in a fully portable way. Portable or not, this is a design choice, this has nothing to do with the Chromium project. Many browsers based on the Chromium's work are fully portable (like Opera is).
Vivaldi is what Opera should had become (after Opera 14), but Opera is always portable (like it already was) while Vivaldi is not.
I agree that this is not a priority, but Vivaldi is a "power user" browser, this is not Microsoft Edge. I understand Vivaldi is a small team (i had 2 startups in the past, in which i was lead developper with a small team to help me), but how a browser born as the "true successor" of the Opera's 14 spirit could lack this feature ?
I want to support Vivaldi, i'm using it at home, but i'm forced to use Opera on my stick & mobile device (sync is fully working on both).
My encouragements to the team anyway, Vivaldi is the best browser.
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Bumping and resurrecting just as a reminder for the Vivaldi team that a truly portable version of Vivaldi is a much wanted feature.
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any progress on portable vivaldi or any improvement in vivaldi sync which last time i used it it was crashing and burning and couldnt sync addons
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@eilegz
Hi, portable no but I use Vivaldi all day on different Linux/Windows systems and no burning and all addons are synced.
Some more settings are synced, too.Cheers, mib