Windows aero effects from 7/vista showing up for a split second when opening on new window.
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Follow-up: Any updates regarding this bug?
It's been going on for two months. Hope it's fixed in 5.4 ...
"Thank you" to anyone from Vivaldi who responds here.
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We old users understand vivaldi team are busy to fix many other bugs, but this obvious and ugly UI flaw (100% reproducible) will prevent attracting more NEW Windows users. Vivaldi teams should increase its priority.
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@Omnimaxus said in Windows aero effects from 7/vista showing up for a split second when opening on new window.:
Hope it's fixed in 5.4
No, it is not.
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@taos The issue is nasty optical effect and slows down starting of browser.
It was appearing since a fix was done for Windows 11 virtual desktop feature or window tiling, i do not really remember, what it was some months ago. -
@DoctorG , I experiment the same in W10, but I think it can be a Windows issue to open Vivaldi as an app and not as a browser, because it began with a Windows update, not with one from Vivaldi, as far I remember.
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@taos I agree completely. This is the same thing as what I have said before. I don't understand how and why they (apparently) don't see the reasoning here. @Ruarí - can you please provide an update as to what's going on with this "in-your-face" UI bug (and unfortunate regression)? Hard to recommend Vivaldi to new users with a bug like this. Do we have a timeline as to a fix yet? Been two months and counting. Shocking this bug has been left to fester for as long as it has. Thanks so much.
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@Omnimaxus It is just a cosmetic issue that has zero effect on your browsing.
If, like me, you leave your PC on Sleep when not using it, and leave Vivaldi running all day, you will never even see this bug manifest. It is only for 500 ms in any case. Just blink or look away.
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@Pesala - thanks for replying. I feel as though your response was tone-deaf. Please do not take what I said personally. Other users feel the same way as I do about this regression, and that's because we're fans of Vivaldi. It's so "in-your-face" that it's hard not to ignore. And it makes Vivaldi look bad, to be honest. Some communication from the Vivaldi team about when to expect a fix would be nice, and go a long way towards showing the development team does listen to users (who they also depend on to spread the good word about Vivaldi). I'm all about function over form, but there are times when form takes precedence over function, especially when it detracts from the user experience. This is one of these times, I assure you. I haven't been able to recommend Vivaldi to new users because of this glaring bug. People go, "what is this? I'm gonna stick with Chrome (or whatever)." I hope this bug gets priority soon, and is fixed in version 5.4 so we can all move on. Thanks. (Am tagging @jon so he's aware.)
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@DoctorG - thanks. Sorry to hear it isn't fixed in version 5.4 ...
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@Omnimaxus said in Windows aero effects from 7/vista showing up for a split second when opening on new window.:
Some communication from the Vivaldi team about when to expect a fix would be nice
The developers do sometimes respond here, but an ETA is rarely given.
@Pesala said:
I could easily find a dozen cosmetic bugs that are more than two years old.
Here are just a few, and some affect function too, so are more important than a purely cosmetic bug.
- (VB-32724) Download URLs do not wrap in download panel (Reported in Sept 2017)
- (VB-40398) Search term "corner" not found in Settings (May 2018)
- (VB-42175) Preferences Dialogue Opens in Wrong Position from Secondary Monitor (July 2018)
- (VB-47153) Screen Capture Does Nothing if Folder is not Set (December 2018)
No doubt, anyone could find dozens more bugs that really should have been fixed after four years, whilst this bug has not yet been fixed after three months. I am not complaining, or making specious claims that Vivaldi is losing users (100,000 were added in the last month, now there are 2,400,000 users).
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@Omnimaxus It will be fixed. There is a major UI project underway (being incorporated in releases bit by bit) aimed at increasing the speed and efficiency of the UI. No doubt this regression is related to that, and it will be cleaned up in due course.
That said, I apparently don't have a slow enough machine to see this this momentary glitch even though I have multiple installs on a box nine years old. The devs are aware of the issue, but there are more important things in front of them at the moment.
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@Pesala - thank you for replying.
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@Ayespy - thank you for replying.
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It still happens in latest Vivaldi snapshots(beta). So, no it's not fixed yet. I hope they fix it soon.
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@daysofnil - I agree. I mean, Vivaldi is a good web browser. It's one of the few pieces of software I'm willing to say publicly that I'd be happy to actually pay for, if that was an option, like for a lifetime license (to support them). That's just my way of saying that I think the developers have done a bang-up job with Vivaldi, but the longer they let this bug go on for, the more disappointed I am in them. I suspect the same can be said of other users, including those who haven't spoken up ... yet. @jon @Ruarí
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UPDATE: Using Vivaldi 5.3.2679.70. While browsing today, the entire window flashed on and off, showing a Windows 7 border only with nothing in the middle (with me being able to see my desktop wallpaper through the opening). This never happened before the Windows 7 border window bug started. All the more reason for this problem to be patched in time for the next point release of Vivaldi (but the latest snapshot shows that it's still not fixed, unfortunately). Thank you. @Ruarí @jon @Ayespy
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@Omnimaxus It's just a symptom of a current major project. When the project is complete, the "bug" will be gone. But I don't think anyone will take a detour to address just this one symptom. Any code patch to "fix" it today would almost certainly have to be reverted before ongoing work could be released.
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@Ayespy - thank you for replying. Hope the project is going well.
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@Omnimaxus I suppose you never know until it's done. You don't really know how long the hike is or what the terrain is like, until you arrive - because literally no one else has been there before.
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UPDATE: The latest Vivaldi snapshot as of today (9/13/22) appears to have fixed this issue. VIVA LA VIVALDI!
