Built-in Ad Blocker – Vivaldi Android Browser snapshot 1864.3
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The options you can select from are ‘No Blocking’, ‘Block Trackers’ or ‘Block Trackers and Ads’.
Have you decided yet what will be the default in the release version?
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Will it be possible to choose your own block lists like in the Desktop version? That would be nice as advanced option.
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The new ad blocker is cool!
However, Vivaldi on Android (beta as well as snapshot) still doesn't work with LastPass, which is unfortunately a showstopper for me to use it as my default browser. -
I have just installed the APK for V on Android (ver. 2.11.1813.18) on my Kindle Fire (2018).
- Ad blocker interface seems backwards (to me(?))
- Sync no longer works
I can open the sync panel > Log into my account > enter the Encryption Password
At that point the screen is frozen. I can get no further.
I know there are probably only 8 Kindle users and this may not be a Priority but is there a way of reverting to the last APK so Sync works?
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@mscha said:
The new ad blocker is cool!
However, Vivaldi on Android (beta as well as snapshot) still doesn't work with LastPass, which is unfortunately a showstopper for me to use it as my default browser.+1 1Password user here
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@Gwen-Dragon Downloaded this morning Toronto time (?).
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Hey there, I downloaded this snapshot and the ad blocker doesn't seem to be working. I double checked the settings and the browser version and no matter how many times I reload the tab or restart the app the ads still appear.
Is there something else I should do apart from selecting the option in the Settings menu?
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@rnet Try it on different sites first, maybe the filter list in use doesn't block the specific ad you are looking at.
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@luetage It doesn't seem to block any AdSense and Concert ads, among others: https://imgur.com/a/MauGQpj
At this point I'm wondering what exactly does it block because I see absolutely no difference with the usual amount of ads I get with no adblocker at all.
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@rnet I just noticed that an AdSense ad at the top of this webpage disappeared after half a minute or so, all the others are still there. It kind of defeats the purpose to waste battery and data to load all ads first then blank them long after the fact. Is this intended behaviour?
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@rnet A filter list doesn't block an ad after some delay, but right when the site loads. As said, try different sites first and compare them on desktop without blocking. If you want anyone else to test, you will have to provide links.
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I really welcome all the changes, but could you please give us back the reload button?
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@mossman said in Built-in Ad Blocker – Vivaldi Android Browser snapshot 1864.3:
Testing to see if fix for VB-64310 is what I need to stop my phone keyboard from obscuring the input area of e.g. this forum...
Just need to type a bit more text in here and... Nope. Now I'm typing blind again... Sigh.
Finally got round to submitting the report: VB-65296
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@rnet: This whole delay until ads get removed sounds like you might be loading the page from cache initially. When it reloads the ad is blocked and thus disappears.
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Does the adblocker use Chromium's subresource filtering? If not, how was it implemented?
btw Madiso and I would really love it if the devs saw this: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/42224/switch-to-tab-function
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@EvilSpark Yeah! Like Chrome Home! Unfortunately Google has removed it from newer versions of Chromium but hopefully the Vivaldi team can make it work.
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@Kurre same problem here: today I'm trying to migrate to Vivaldi and discovered that 1Password's autofill is not working in it. Works well in any other browser I've tested.
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Alternative Downloads (1864.3)
- armeabi-v7a
- arm64-v8a
- x86-64
If you are not sure which one is right for you, simply install Droid Hardware Info, switch to the ‘System’ Tab and look at the ‘Instruction Sets’ line.
Next time, can you please reorder the downloads list to put the more likely
arm64-v8a
configuration first (unless your telemetry tells you otherwise).Then, instead of suggesting downloading another app, suggest trying them all, in order (I’d say that’ll be faster, simpler, and safer). Something like:
Manually installed files can be updated from the Play Store at a later date.
If you are not sure which one is right for you, try them all; only one will be installed on your device. -
@oberlyn the new layout for panels in Snapshot is a definite improvement over the layout in Beta -- there's more space for the content. In Beta there's wasted space for the page title. You can see more history, bookmarks, etc. in the new layout. I didn't even realize the buttons (what you called labels I believe) moved until I read this, so not an issue for me; I am thankful, however, for the extra useful space.
Beta:
Snapshot:
As you can see, the moved the page title up into the title bar where, automatically, it belongs. That frees up its previous location to display more content, but the buttons no longer fit where they were before.
Moving the buttons to the bottom also makes sense, rather than trying to cram it into the title bar where it used to be for a couple reasons. For the moment, it looks better giving everything room to stand on its own and not clutter the title bar.
Next, and in my opinion more importantly, placing the panel buttons on the bottom toolbar provides ample room for more buttons, that is to say more panels. As Vivaldi Android matures it would be great to see this feature expand -- panels is one of the most powerful and productivity enhancing features of the desktop browser in my opinion.