Vivaldi is a new browser with the goal of replacing the old Opera 12.x browser. It is highly customizable and is actively developed. It uses WebKit under the hood. As a new week begins, the Vivladi team introduced a new weekly build, version 1.0.98.2. Here is a brief change log.
Key changes are as follows:
- The ability to resize the address bar and the search field;
- You can hide the search field and leave the address bar only;
- You can place the address bar at the bottom;
- Authorization issues are fixed.
Known regression:
Click here to view the complete change log.- VB-3277 Add link to plugins page. Both menus' & quick command
- VB-3252 Regression: Delete bookmark broken
- VB-3208 Rename rpm&deb packages, stable->preview & unstable->snapshot
- VB-3162 Delete bookmark item in context menu not working on Bookmarks Panel
- VB-3153 extension selftests failing after fix for VB-2632
- VB-3078 Issue Report: Tab preview thumbnails stretched
- VB-2929 Show/hide address bar
- VB-2884 Option to place address bar at the bottom
- VB-2767 Cookies not shared between tabs in all cases
- VB-2644 Keyboard : Flash : Manic Miner does not work
- VB-2641 Downloads panel toggles state with each new transfer
- VB-2439 Thumbnails fail when adding speed dials
- VB-2370 Missing category for search engines
- VB-2178 Regression : Thumbnails missing at startup
- VB-2174 Cannot reload 2nd thumbnail
- VB-2090 Downloads panel should show filename (Windows)
- VB-2033 Clicking on area above + button (New tab) minimise the Window
- VB-1678 Missing default bookmark thumbnail
- VB-1677 Unable to delete bookmark using keyboard
- VB-1455 Broken web pages lack thumbnail and favicon
- VB-1231 1 Display open tabs in the Window submenu
- VB-3167 Black tab color looks bad on some sites
- VB-3147 Fix our User Agent string
- VB-3125 Issue Report: Using backspace in text inputs initiates "back" in certain websites.
- VB-3096 Removed Panel resize handle in collapsed state
- VB-3094 Tweaking accepted color contrast so that e.g. Twitter.com gets blue bg
- VB-3035 Not possible to close window after changing search selector in search field
- VB-2923 Multiselect Bookmarks does not work on Mac
- VB-2900 Issue Report: In the search options, Wolfram Alpha has a typo.
- VB-2825 Add developer tool to tools menu
- VB-2744 Add a resize handler to search field and adjust width to the translated text automatically
- VB-2608 Allow to hide search field on tool/url bar
- VB-2493 The Vivaldi menu appears on wrong monitor with a dual-monitor setup
- VB-2298 Settings window - position
- VB-2225 It should not be possible to open more than one settings window
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Author: Sergey Tkachenko
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Thank you. Is it a stable release that can be used as a default browser or should I wait for another version ?
It is better to wait at least beta. This one is still Technical Preview.