Vivaldi 7.5 launches with tab, ad blocker and other improvements

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Vivaldi Technologies has released Vivaldi 7.5 today. The update for the highly customizable Chromium-based browser adds even more customization options to it plus nice-to-have features on top of that.

Most Vivaldi installations should receive the update automatically. Select Vivaldi Menu > Check for Updates to install it right away, if that has not happened already.
Tip: read my review of the Vivaldi browser here.

Tab improvements

The big new feature of the release improves tab handling. You can now right-click on a Tab Stack, that is what Vivaldi calls tab groups, to assign a custom color and name to it.



It is a handy option to distinguish them even more from other stacks or individual tabs. As you may know, you create a stack by dragging and dropping one tab on top of another. Very easy and straightforward.

Vivaldi's tab stack feature is probably the most advanced tab grouping option that you find in any desktop browser. It supports all the basics, but you get plenty of options to customize your experience.

Improvements do not end here. When you right-click a tab, you may notice that the context menu looks different. Vivaldi says that it is "faster and more intuitive" now thanks to a bit of reorganization and cleanup that has taken place.

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