(History of) Vivaldi Feature Requests

dies_felices

If this has been mentioned before or already exists in a slightly different form then I apologise for re-inventing the wheel.

This is about attaching free form user generated metadata to a bookmarked page. This would take three forms.

The first a text panel which can be docked to one of the sides of the browser pane or as a floating window. This would act as a global text area for the whole page. This would also offer the ability to create links into the target page. Either linking to a real page element or to an element from the second form below.

The second to allow sort of in-line editing of the page. The user would be able to attach captions to images or other page elements like a div or paragraph. The captions would also support types of visual boarder to highlight the elements (circles or boxes or something which looks free-form but is actually generated by some well designed script). These may also be multiple elements (possibly unrelated in the dom), being lassoed and grouped together.
In this case the page would be marked up in the browser with new browser created anchors located based on the page structure and landmark values. Hence this would not work very well on highly dynamic pages.
In this second form the captions would be able to be viewed in a narrative form in a text panel like the first example.

Form three, a user defined table of contents creating their own anchors with titles to navigate to key content in large pages.

These texts would be able to be saved as a text file of choice. When the meta-data is orphaned with the deletion of a bookmark the data should be moved to an orphaned folder which the user would then be able to clear or review. Any orphaned links whose bookmarks are re-established would be restored to the live set.

This would also work well with the concept of an integrated Instant Messenger.

TouDick

Feature request: opera like content blocker (right click to block)

TouDick

New feature request: possibility to set language for a page (i.e. some pages like Jenkins only in english) Best if can be set pro domain or page

Rangi

As of 1.0.252.3, panopticlick.eff.org can see Browser Plugin Details (because navigator.plugins in Javascript lists them all) and System Fonts (because Flash is automatically allowed to list them), and can set supercookies (because localStorage and sessionStorage are automatically allowed). None of those things should happen. I would appreciate if navigator.plugins were optionally undefined (Firefox lets you set plugins.enumerable_names to empty in about:config), and if potentially invasive features like plugins or localStorage access were click-to-play instead of entirely enabled/disabled.

igel

Having my downloads in a tab and not a panel is absolutely essential for me. I usually download longer file names, and save them to longer paths, so the limited space of the panel often does not allow me a visibility into the file name or path, to see the differences.

Tiamarth

@igel:

Having my downloads in a tab and not a panel is absolutely essential for me. I usually download longer file names, and save them to longer paths, so the limited space of the panel often does not allow me a visibility into the file name or path, to see the differences.

Paste vivaldi://downloads in your address bar

dies_felices

As an addition to my suggestion above.

I would like to add that should an integrated instant messaging client become available then among the links which the user would be able to overlay onto the bookmarked page would a link to a particular conversation or message.

Likewise, should the user send a link (to their overlaid content) via the IM client then that content would be packaged up as a the current snapshot and sent to the recipient being accessible in the form of a link from the IM client. If the recipient were to bookmark that content it would then become editable.

Suor

Two things:

1. Open certain types of files automatically, without showing download popup.
2. When opening files in external app, pass focus to it. This is the issue with all chromium based browsers, only tested this on Linux.

noshankus

I'm still hoping for the amazing start bar to make an appearance! Please oh please oh pretty please!!! :woohoo:

SWAN.dp

I'd like to see More Advanced Tooltips.
The current tooltips are only showing headlines but they could be much more powerful.

Following additional content would be useful:

Show Shortcuts in tooltips.
Currently the user has to hover over the UI element, wait until the tooltip appears, memorise the function name, open the short cuts table via V->Tools->Shortcuts, scroll through the list and find the right command or enter the command in the search field. In some cases the terminology between shortcuts and tooltip differ which makes it even harder to find the right tooltip.
The intention is to simplify the access to Vivaldi for new users unused to Vivaldis shortcuts and for experienced users to features seldomly used.
Descriptions showing up in tooltips after long mouse over.
Currently only headlines of the function appear in a tooltip, this is sufficient to remind the user of a function but if a function is unknown, the user has to press the button or has to search for a desctiption on the Vivaldi homepage or in the community.
The intention is to show the current tooltips after a short mouse over which is sufficient to remind the user of the function. When the user stays on the UI element the tooltip expands with a brief description of the function to simplify the access for new users to this function.
Show Mouse Gestures as symbols in tooltips
OK, that one would be more a gold polishing request.
More or less same intention as the shortcuts.

dies_felices

I would like respond to Suor's two points.

Automatic downloads by mime type should be able to be either global or domain specific.
The focus following a new file opening in an external app should be optional and as above global or domain specific.

kalotrapezis

a calendar to the right menu bar will be nice!!!

Kiruku

Recent Firefox migrant here.
Loving Vivaldi so far, just needs a few tweaks.

Things I'd like to see:

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Tabs below the address bar (pic).
* Disable search bookmarks (or searching anything in general) in address bar.[
Fully disable smooth scrolling (currently it kinda sorta works).
[/ol]](http://i.imgur.com/noqyQJD.png)

TouDick

One click image saving like in opera.

Tiamarth

@Kiruku:

Recent Firefox migrant here.
Loving Vivaldi so far, just needs a few tweaks.

Things I'd like to see:

[ol]

[Tabs below the address bar (pic).
[/ol]

See](http://i.imgur.com/noqyQJD.png) this post in a thread about customizing Vivaldi.

Also, welcome to the community

@davesnothere:

So here is the screenshot of the latest look for my Vivaldi :

[attachment=1063]VIVALDIBrowserwithAn_dzsCSSMyFurtherTweaks-01.jpg[/attachment]

Rangi

I posted a list of requests a couple of months ago, ranging from minor tweaks (Ctrl+K to focus the search bar) to major features (smooth scrolling). Since then, a lot of them have been implemented! A big thank-you to the Vivaldi developers for making so much progress.

Here are the ones that have not (yet) been added, along with new requests (including privacy-related ones). The bolded features are the ones that make Vivaldi not-quite-usable as my everyday browser, and _italicized_ones are what I expect will be quick minor changes (but if they're not, no worries).

Already polled features:

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History sidebar with Ctrl+H
Image Properties context menu
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Tab features:

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Scroll tab sidebar when lots of tabs overflow
Tree-style tab stacks in sidebar tabs
Custom default tab sidebar width for when double-clicking edge
Edit min/max tab width (or bar width, for the tab sidebar)
Scroll wheel over tab bar goes the wrong way, and should be disable-able
Drag tabs between windows
Show placeholder line cursor where tab will be moved to when dragging tab (at least on sidebar)
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Menu features:

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Highlight text and right-click; "Search" context menu item should have a submenu with each search engine
Always show underlines for menu hotkeys; show-on-hover is distracting
"Bookmark All Open Tabs" should prompt for a folder to put them all in
Right-click forward/back buttons to see tab history menu
Show key shortcuts next to menu items for the Vivaldi button menu too, not just the horizontal menu
Menu item to merge all windows
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Keyboard features:

[ul]

Key shortcut for rewind/fast-forward, like how Alt+Left/Right goes back/forward
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Speed Dial features:

[ul]

Open a new tab to Speed Dial and go to a URL; Back should not go to the Speed Dial page
Disable Speed Dial, or have an about:blank new tab page (optionally dark)
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Toolbar features:

[ul]

Show current tab title in window title bar, next to menu items
Location bar progress info should be light blue for dark theme
(Optional) favicons in location bar
Rearrange and hide toolbar icons, including the tab toolbar's Trash icon
RSS button next to bookmark button in location bar (possible as an extension?)
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Extension features:

[ul]

Rearrange extension icons
Install old Opera .nex extensions as well as Chrome Web Store extensions
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Privacy features:

[ul]

Click-to-play plugins
**Prompt to allow invasive features like localStorage, sessionStorage, geolocation,

<canvas>, etc</canvas>

**
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Other features:

[ul]

Middle-click links in a web panel to open in a new tab
Allow separators in bookmarks, like Firefox
Support H.264 HTML5 video
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Bugs:

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vivaldi://chrome/settings just says "Vivaldi", otherwise blank
Ctrl+Shift+scroll zooms out, but nothing zooms in; it should be Ctrl+scroll up/down zooms in/out
Opening many tabs is slow and unusable
Double-clicking a menu item toggles fullscreen
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noshankus

I'd love a nice minimal RSS feed ticker across the bottom…

gluiz124

I love speed dial… I use to keep one tab open in it alongside the other tabs that I'm actually using (maybe it's a bad habit). My wishes are:

1 Make a way (a button, more specifically) to access the speed dial from the current tab you're in;
2 Allow to create a folder simply by dragging one item over the other (I tried to do this on TP4, but it didn't work);
3 Allow to edit an item's title (it's simpler than have to remember a full link, it's also prettier);
4 Show illustrations of the items contained in a folder (it's easier to find what you want).

Well... that's it!

Cheers,

P.S.: I'm holding my breath in anticipation of the new Mail Client. It would be just wonderful!

kiki

Email with aliases, please !

Ayespy

@kiki:

Email with aliases, please !

That would be a request for the vivaldi.net community, not the browser. Browsers have nothing to do with alias support, and when Vivaldi's email client ships, it will obviously support an infinite number of providers and identities (accounts) but, again, this will have nothing to do with aliases. Aliases are a provider trick, not a software trick.