Keep the 3-dot menu to hide less common extensions alive
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Recently, the way in which Vivaldi handle the hidden extensions is changed.
I preferred the old system and I would like to choose which one to use (overlay popup/3-dot icon).
The current overlay popup is not bad but the legacy one let to spare some clicks and had a better blend with themes (especially dark ones).
And please, make clearer what the toggle setting does.Vivaldi Stable+Snap | Patience Is The Key To Get The Vivaldi Spree | Unsupported Extensions | Github | w11 + Kde Manjaro + Android 13
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Another minus is that the dropdown automatically collapses (even before you close the popup) so you cannot keep it open for some time (I used it very often to access popups of hidden extensions more times in a row).
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@potmeklecbohdan Yeah, I'm not sure what they were thinking here. There must be some advantage to it, but it's not apparent to me.
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Quite right!
Since Vivaldi is about choice, it would be good to have this as a user-choosable option.
What would be best would be to able to hide some extensions permanently on some browsers, but not on others (eg I use both windows and linux, but there are some extensions which are linux only and I don't want to see them on my Win boxes).
Some boxes I use for dev work and on those I would like to see relevant extensions, but not on other boxes where I don't do any dev work.
Just throwing some suggestions out there!!!
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A simple improvement would be to have the extension buttons in a bookmark-style bar (i.e. above/below address bar) so it can utilise the entire width of the window (i.e. won't compete with the address bar). Some navigation/pagination should exist for edge cases where users have more extensions than can fit across their window. The user should also be able to toggle the extension bar (i.e. visible/hidden) using a pointer/button AND keyboard shortcut.
An additional enhancement would be to allow users to custom position the group of extension buttons in the extension bar (e.g. left, centre, right, justify) and allow users to custom position each extension button in the group of extension buttons (e.g. uBlock origin first [on left] because I use it most) - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts's_law - even better would be a manage bookmarks-style page where we can sort them how we want and import/export our extension settings.
I use an extension manager and only enable a core set of extensions (e.g. security, privacy, utility) and currently my address bar is not an address bar any more:
God help users who enable all extensions all the time?!
Regards
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@ldexterldesign And I thought I must be crazy w/ my 26 extensions (only 9 of them permanently enabled)
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@potmeklecbohdan browser extensions are the future of FOSS!
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@cheekybuddha I totally support a way to hide some extensions all the time. Half of mine are never accessed directly and don't need to show up anywhere outside Tools -> Extensions.
As for multiple machines, it appears the extensions are synced, but not their positions in the address bar or list - strange... Is there reason you don't just disable extension sync to keep your different selections intact?
Finally, I have a unique concern about the three-dot hiding system (haven't seen the new option yet). There is one extension icon I access much more often than any other when I'm using touch - so I keep it at the right edge of the address bar where I can touch it without having to aim so carefully between other icons. The three-dot icon insists on stealing the rightmost position and can't be moved like the other icons, so it spoils that convenience. Maybe it could be shift-drag moved like the extension icons?
Or maybe the icon spacing could have a touch option that spaced them much farther apart? My finger is currently six icons wide!
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From over on Reddit:
"What you are seeing in the latest snapshot is Work in Progress. In it's current state (as of 1732.13) the icons stack vertically, that will change back to horizontally.
"Also, one of the issues we're trying to address is 'what happens if you resize the browser window when you hav a lot of extensions, and no more room left?". We plan to let the extension buttons overflow into the menu in stead, so you can still access them via the arrow menu, while maintaining a functional UI."
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@potmeklecbohdan I have 17 active extensions and 3 userscripts, but my "core" extensions - meant as "never hidden" - are 7.
And 49 disabled ones (probably is time to do some cleanup).
@ldexterldesign I guess I'm too lazy to use extension managers to reduce ram/cpu footprint (which is actually a good idea). -
The latest snapshot Now gives you the option to choose between a popup and simply toggling the toolbar.
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@LonM I think it can be [DONE] as the change happened after the last stable.
