Unsolved Speed-Dial - blank thumbnails and not working bookmarks and folders

ilprof

so I'm not the only one
It's a very strange bug that even I can't always replicate.
I use Debian testing.
But I'm sure that this bug was introduced in 6.4 and that with a downgrade to the latest 6.3 everything starts working again.

ilprof

VB-100767

mib3berlin

@ilprof
Hi, I confirm in the internal bug tracker.
By the way, you have possible a broken profile now.
Downgrade Vivaldi is not recommended.

Cheers, mib

ilprof

@mib3berlin said in Problem browsing folders in Speed-Dial:

@ilprof
By the way, you have possible a broken profile now.
Downgrade Vivaldi is not recommended.

I know it, thanks.
And the bug remains also with a new profile.

npro

@mib3berlin I got the same in another, Kubuntu 22.04, machine with an AMD iGPU, so maybe this is specific to AMD? Is it the same with your Intel PC?

npro

What's the status of VB-100767 apart from confirmed, is it assigned to a dev already? This is one of the most annoying issues of late "Blessed are those who don't use Speed Dial folders"

mib3berlin

@npro
Hi, still not assigned but it is only 5 days old.
It has a higher priority than standard bugs.
I report this for my Intel system, can check it on my AMD system later.

Cheers, mib

npro

@mib3berlin alright, so it's happening on Intel systems as well, (my tests were on 2 AMD systems with a dGPU and a iGPU), and Kubuntu's mesa is pretty old (23.0.4 vs. 23.2.1 on Arch -and TW from what I see-), so it should be a strictly Vivaldi UI thing.

ilprof

Kernel: 6.4.0-2-amd64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.8 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid
Intel CometLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] driver: i915

mib3berlin

@npro @ilprof
The curious thing is I cant reproduce it with the snapshot, only with my internal 6.4 soprano build.
I reset this profile two days ago so it is quite clean but it still happen sometimes.
No idea what cause this but I guess it is not a GPU issue because I cant reproduce it with my AMD system either.

In a clean profile move a speed dial over another to create a new folder.
If you enter the folder it should show blank tiles.
This was a test case from an other tester in the bug report.

Cheers, mib

npro

@mib3berlin As we know it already it is very hard to replicate 100%, I tried to trigger it (amongst many ways, like moving tiles to certain locations) by accessing an already available folder

a.1) triggers - hovering over another tile

a.2) triggers - not hovering over other tile

b) does not trigger with a.1*) , then going to the parent folder and back triggers it (*though in this case the mouse cursor did not stay "long enough" on the previous tile so that the minus sign would appear)

mib3berlin

@npro
Hrm, none of your trigger triggers it, clean profile snapshot and internal clean profile.
This is one of the hard to fix bugs, happen sometimes and not for all user, grrrr.
It don't bother me to much, it happen rarely to me.

Cheers, mib

npro

@mib3berlin I'm very curious about the outcome of this now that we are very close to the new release.

npro

Since this doesn't look like it could be fixed soon enough️ as we are already at RC1-6.4.3160.33, I guess we can mention some ways to mitigate at least the frequency of those dissapearances, in that sense disabling animations helps.

ilprof

disabling animations doesn't help in my case
but it improves by pressing the mouse button and releasing it not immediately......

d_canard

Vivaldi was just upgraded this morning.

Vivaldi 6.4.3160.34 (Stable channel) stable (64-bit)
Revision 759d32c84120776d07d7e1c9b9a4162f045ce550

OS
Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon
Cinnamon 4.6.7
Kernel 5.4.0-165-generic

Now when I open a folder in Speed Dial the icons for URL shortcuts all show momentarily, then go blank, and become non-functional, as in I cannot click on any of them.

However, if I go to another tab and then come back to the tab for the open folder, all the icons are there and functional.

If I have not closed the browser, I can reopen any folder I have previously opened, got working, and then closed, and its all good.

However, any folder I have not previously opened in the current session will display the same problem.

DoctorG

@d_canard Known bug since a few 6.4 Snapshots and unfixed.
Strange enuff that it dies not happen to all Linux users.

VB-100767 "Problem browsing folders in Speed-Dial" - Confirmed.

npro

@d_canard Welcome to the club, I was expecting you

@npro said in Problem browsing folders in Speed-Dial:

@mib3berlin I'm very curious about the outcome of this now that we are very close to the new release.

https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/91506/problem-browsing-folders-in-speed-dial

(and no, it isn't minor if you live with this problem for 1 month, it can break your nerves )

d_canard

@DoctorG said in Minor Issue with Folders in Speed Dial after Latest Upgrade:

@d_canard Known bug since a few 6.4 Snapshots and unfixed.
Strange enuff that it dies not happen to all Linux users.

VB-100767 "Problem browsing folders in Speed-Dial" - Confirmed.

The bug is annoying but minor, minor because there is an easy workaround and because it does not impair the basic functioning of the browser.

But, yes, I can see how it could get on your nerves after a bit.

DoctorG

@d_canard said in Minor Issue with Folders in Speed Dial after Latest Upgrade:

But, yes, I can see how it could get on your nerves after a bit.

Haha, a fire dragon like me has thick skin and good nerves, needed to glow nasty knights.
And nagging does not lead to faster bug fixes. I have not so much influence on internal dev team.
But you can ask me politely from time to time (perhaps longer period) if bug has a progress.