Client Hints and a sense of déjà vu – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2950.3
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@yngve Not a new install, I use Vivaldi since 1.0 and always updated the same installation with snapshots. It was been running for some minutes, just turned on the PC, started Vivaldi, updated and went to visit csdb.dk for my daily dose of C64 releases, and found the surprise.
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@yngve This must be one of the most annoying dumbing-down catering-to-the-masses "security" features of Chromium. Even with "Phishing and Malware protection" disabled (i.e. Safe Browsing off), I still get these useless warnings when downloading EXE, JAR and sometimes even more innocuous file formats.
For a browser that targets (let's face it) power users, there has to be a way to just turn this crap off. I have no need to be told that EXE files can be dangerous, I run a good antivirus and I know what I'm doing. Hell, sometimes I even download stuff I know to be malware to have a look at.
Is it possible for Vivaldi at some point give us an option to just turn off this useless annoyance?
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@Pathduck Option to Disable the Confirm Download Dialog currently has 80 votes and is over five years old.
However, the feature is implemented in the Chromium code, so it is hard to fix. See this workaround, but use at your own risk.
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@Pesala Yeah, well they disabled FloC, and that was Chromium code. They did changes to PiP, and that's Chromium code. So it's possible.
I have upvoted the FR a long time ago, and I know about the workaround, which (last time I checked) did no longer work. FileTypePolicies seems like it's a component and these have a
_metadata\verified_contents.json
containing what looks like hashes of the file so if any changes are done they will be invalid and reapplied.But thanks for reminding me, I'll give it another go (I guess it'll be valid until the next update or so...)
EDIT: didn't work...Someone even wrote a patch, a single added line, back in 2013.
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@0kened0
Hi, this is not look like the standard address bar, do you use any CSS mods? They can break with any update.For the workspaces, check Settings > Tabs > Tab Features
if workspaces are enabled.Cheers, mib
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@Pathduck but not vbs and js
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@Hadden89 I know
Like most of Chromium's so-called "security" features it's inconsistent, annoying to technical users, perplexing to casual users and mostly just broken.
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@Pesala said in Client Hints and a sense of déjà vu – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2950.3:
@Pathduck Option to Disable the Confirm Download Dialog currently has 80 votes and is over five years old.
However, the feature is implemented in the Chromium code, so it is hard to fix. See this workaround, but use at your own risk.
There is a workaround. I was wondering why I wasn't seeing it. Here is why:
@mib2berlin said in Option to Disable the Confirm Download Dialog:@Norway174
There is a setting in Downloads working for me > "Save Files to default location without asking", does it not work for you?Cheers, mib
Still I upvoted it in the other topic.
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@ruarí: nah, @killchain is clearly first.
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Picking wallpaper from speed dial doesn't work?
I have installed my two themes and i can't pick them both from speed dial if i do then one
disappears. https://themes.vivaldi.net/users/iPristyI don't understand this bug, should speed dial wallpaper just switch background or theme?
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@iPristy I don't understand what the problem is, here.
I am not familiar with the concept of "picking" a theme "from speed dial."
What exactly are you doing, what did you expect to occur, and what actually did occur?
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@iPristy It should just switch the background for your current theme.
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@luetage I believe the problem is that when changing the background from the Start Page "Quick Settings", it changes the theme background but also completely removes the theme's orginal background from the selection.
So if a user wants the original background back, the only way to restore it is to delete the theme and redownload it.
I guess it could be seen as a bug, or at least an unfortunate way of handling things. Maybe it should instead keep the original background so it can be selected again.
For me personally, I just use one theme and I'm not going to report it, because honestly - I don't care enough about it
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In Vivaldi settings, I have the following setting activated: "Appearance -> Status Bar -> Status Info Overlay"
In regard to this, I noticed in the current snapshot that when hovering over links with the mouse, the status info overlay is not always displayed correctly. Sometimes, the grey background is missing, so that the writing/URL is barely readable. See screenshots.
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@Pathduck That’s the same for changing a background in a theme in settings, it removes the background too. Every theme can have exactly one background, when it is replaced with a background from your system or with a background from another theme, it isn’t available anymore. That’s not a bug, but intended. I never liked it either, but it would be a feature request making backgrounds stick to a theme. Probably complicates matters.
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@Turandot Good catch, please report a bug
https://vivaldi.com/bugreport/Try to find several example pages where it happens to add in the report.
@luetage Agreed, if someone cares enough, they should make a report, or a Feature Request
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@Turandot I already reported this. You can fix it with a CSS mod ☛
.StatusInfo div { background-color: var(--colorBg); padding: 3px; border: 1px solid var(--colorBorder); }
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@luetage: I had just reported it before seeing your message. Sorry for double report. My number was VB-95741.
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@ayespy: Look for mib2berlin user in Catch up on fixes – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 2936.3 post, he tested the same problem.
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@luetage: If i pick one than both themes have the same wallpaper and one just disappears from speed dial.