Vivaldi Browser Updates

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Vivaldi 3.6 Build 2165.34

The first browser to introduce a second level in the tab bar for managing tab groups: Two-Level Tab Stacks.
The solution to too many tabs in a tab bar is here – a second tab bar in Vivaldi.
 
Six years ago, in Vivaldi’s first public appearance on desktop and notebooks, we unveiled Tab Stacks – the ability to group and manage tabs together. Today, we introduce Two-Level Tab Stacks, a feature that takes our tab functionality to the next level, literally.
With Two-Level Tab Stacks, in our latest version Vivaldi 3.6, stacked tabs are displayed in a second tab bar. This first-of-its-kind functionality opens up a new way of viewing and managing tabs on desktops and notebooks.
Tabs are an essential part of browsing but many struggle when it comes to organizing and managing tabs.
Over the years, we have strengthened our comprehensive tab functionality with modern, built-in features that adapt to how you work today (even more so in times of remote-working).
Our plethora of tab features such as Tab Stacks, Tab Tiling, Vertical Tabs, and Auto Stacking help you view, manage, and navigate between tabs in the browser easily.

Read more: Vivaldi takes tabs to the next level, literally

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Changelog from 3.5 to 3.6New

• [Tabs] Two-level tab stacks (VB-10529)
  
• [Configurable menus][Bookmarks] List menu (VB-74664)
  
• [Configurable menus][Download][Panels] List menu (VB-75428)
  
• [Configurable menus][History] List menu (VB-74901)
  
• [Configurable menus][Notes] List menu (VB-74824)
  
• [Configurable menus][Settings] Add copy/paste handling (VB-74460)
  
• [Configurable menus][Windows][Panels] List menu (VB-75257)
  
• [macOS] Add support for TouchID (VB-62339)
  

Address bar

• Content no longer selected on new tab/new window (VB-73936)
  
• Crash with valid URL (VB-71940)
  
• Line breaks in form requests result in a broken URL (VB-69747)
  
• Some URLs containing spaces triggers searches (VB-75336)
  
• [Settings] Show full address does not update already opened tabs (VB-74338)
  

Linux

• [Media] Update proprietary codecs to 87.0.4280.66
  
• [Windows][Menus] Separators can be displayed at end of main menus (VB-75450)
  

macOS

• Render UI in system font on macOS 11 (VB-75888)
  
• Update Sparkle update library to version 1.24
  
• Update application icon to reflect Big Sur visual direction (VB-75254)
  

Notes

• Focus disappears when creating a note from manager (VB-75760)
  
• Improve search (VB-72567)
  
• Manager replaces note tabs when new note created (VB-64498)
  
• New note button triggers error (VB-75082)
  
• Note opened in a tab is blank after restart (VB-64369)
  
• Slow Notes Manager (VB-74259)
  
• ‘Go to URL’ does not work in manager (VB-72162)
  
• “New Folder” in the panel not selected on creation (VB-71722)
  
• [Crash] Browser went into a “crash loop” after viewing the Notes panel in markdown mode (VB-74699)
  
• [Panels][Quick commands] Note created from quick commands does not show up in panel (VB-75839)
  

Panels

• Use same code to fetch favicons for Tabs and Web panels (VB-75761)
  
• [User Profiles] Crash by right-clicking in a web panel in Guest Profile (VB-75067)
  
• [User Profiles] Web panels shouldn’t be remembered in the Guest Profile (VB-75160)
  

Quick Commands

• [Bookmarks] Partial matching in quick commands bookmark search (VB-74998)
  
• Nickname search doesn’t trigger (VB-74941)
  

Settings

• Hangouts is controlled by Chromecast media-router (VB-75371)
  
• [Panel][Bookmarks][Notes] Hide Folder Counters (VB-75738)
  
• [Panels] Lazy Loading option (VB-75737)
  

Sync

• [Settings] Problems after syncing “Window Controls Position: Right Side” to Windows 10 from a Linux machine (VB-75182)
  
• [Settings] Sync settings are empty in the private window but should just be unavailable (VB-71664)
  

Tabs

• Activate Right in Tab Order Close Tab Activation not always working (VB-75509)
  
• Allow tab stack renaming by default (VB-76106)
  
• Close tabs by middle-clicking on tooltip thumbnails (VB-75807)
  
• Closing the last tab with fullscreen video leaves the browser in fullscreen mode, that cannot be closed (VB-75106)
  
• Cycler getting stuck (VB-43227)
  
• Keyboard shortcut for selecting a tab should cycle tabs in stacks (VB-45876)
  
• Moving a tab stack into a new window breaks the tab stack and tiling (VB-75218)
  
• Not all cloned tabs from inside a tab-stack join that stack (VB-75048)
  
• Tab stacks moved to new window unstack and then restack (VB-75780)
  
• Tabs opened from links in a pinned tab do not follow tab order setting (VB-75775)
  
• Tiling a single page should not be possible (VB-75916)
  
• [Crash] on window.open() if the tab was recently moved to a new window (VB-75809)
  
• [Menus] Null openerTabId for chrome.tabs.Tab opened with “Search with” feature (VB-54472)
  

Themes

• Disabled controls not distinct enough (VB-74684)
  
• Missing pressed state for radio buttons and checkboxes (VB-74685)
  
• More nuanced border contrast (VB-74682)
  
• No more ugly pale color on twitch.tv (VB-75194)
  
• Updating color generation. Adding success, warning and error colors (VB-38068)
  
• [Settings] Move color settings to Themes section (VB-74822)
  

Others

• [Bookmarks] Searching does not show the children of a matched folder (VB-75712
  
• [Chromium] Upgraded to 88.0.4324.99
  
• [Private Window] Update the icon (VB-38446)
  
• [Spatial navigation] It should be possible to select elements with onclick event handlers
  
• [UI] Use page title for URLs dragged to desktop (VB-3716)
  

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Vivaldi 3.6 Build 2165.40

Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 3.6

This update resolves a variety of issues and includes Chromium fixes from upstream.
 
The following improvements were made since the first 3.6 stable, minor update:

• [Chromium] Upgraded to 88.0.4324.186
  
• [Crash][Panels] Guest Profile can open a new window and crash from Window Panel (VB-76738)
  
• [Crash] when ending tab share with getDisplayMedia (VB-76030)
  
• [Downloads] Problems downloading from Google services, e.g cannot export Google Contacts (0 bytes) (VB-40929)
  
• [Windows] Wrong character coding in the browser update dialog: testable from the update after this (VB-76409)
  

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Vivaldi 3.7 Build 2218.45

Work or play, most of us are living in a browser today. We rely on the browser to create connections and get our work done. But it can get frustrating if the browser, its tabs, or windows take a wee bit longer to open.
The latest update of Vivaldi addresses this concern. It offers a faster version that will help you shave off seconds, even minutes of your day and potentially hours in a year. Now the browser tabs open twice as fast. Even a new window now opens 26% faster than before.
 
Vivaldi 3.7 also includes native support for Apple computers using the new ARM-based M1 processors.
 
It is hard to shed our habit of adding more flexible functionality to boost productivity and performance in every update. Even in this version, you’ll find some new options to our built-in features such as configurable Menus, Web Panels, and Quick Commands.
 
We just don’t want you to slow down. So go ahead and download the new faster Vivaldi on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers.

Read more: Vivaldi fires up performance | Vivaldi Browser

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Changelog from 3.6 to 3.7 
 
New 

• [New][Languages] Add support for Kabyle (VB-77579)
  
• [New][Menus] Add support for configurable document menus (VB-76801)
  
• [New][Panel][Reload] Support Periodic Reload in web panels (VB-72220)
  
• [New][Quick Commands] Parse the periodic reload values: single quote for minutes and double for seconds (VB-72281)
  
• [New][Quick Commands][Settings] Search highlight priority options (VB-54530)
  
• [New][Windows] Silent update support, stage 1, silent download of updates: this cannot be tested until the first update after this build
  
• [New][macOS][Performance] Universal Binaries for native support on Apple M1 machine
  

Address Bar 

• [Address bar] Cannot edit URL on foxnews.com (VB-77016)
  
• [Address bar] Focus isn’t in the address field when creating a new window (VB-77049)
  
• [Address bar] Nickname searching shows incorrect search string (VB-60002)
  
• [Address bar] Not clear on Alt + Enter (VB-77490)
  
• [Address bar] Unexpected auto-complete (VB-76610)
  
• [Address bar][Tabs] Full address field shown when switching between tabs (VB-77053)
  
• [Bookmarks] Import for Chromium Edge (VB-71694)
  

Linux

• [Linux] Dragging a toolbar button creates a huge white rectangle (VB-76129)
  
• [Linux] Setting the Window controls to the left, causes the Vivaldi menu to overlap the trash (VB-76438)
  

Menu

• [Menus] Add a context menu entry to Hide/Show Start Page Navigation (VB-77309)
  
• [Menus] “Add as search engine” is visible on all page input fields (VB-76982)
  
• [Menus][Tabs] Add item to stack similar tabs, “Stack tabs by Hosts” via the context menu (VB-73465)
  
• [Menus][Zoom] Context menu is offset when interface zoom is greater/less than 100% (VB-77095)
  

Quick Commands 

• [Quick Commands] Highlight matched keywords (VB-7449)
  
• [Quick Commands] Internal favicons look rather slim (VB-74475)
  
• [Quick Commands] Opening bookmark folder with a nickname (VB-75834)
  
• [Quick Commands] Search with the nickname and default search engine includes nickname in the search string (VB-74655)
  
• [Quick Commands] Various minor issues (VB-76009)
  
• [Quick Commands][Calculator] Simple float point calculations are displayed wrongly (VB-75553)
  

Tabs 

• [Tabs] Auto-Created tab stacks ungroup in incorrect order (VB-54403)
  
• [Tabs] Can’t display tab bar in full screen (VB-76386)
  
• [Tabs] Double-clicking to resize tab stack doesn’t resize tab when tabs are on the sides (VB-76224)
  
• [Tabs] Improve drag and drop between tab bars (VB-74588)
  
• [Tabs] Let the keyboard shortcut for opening a new tab open inside a stack is open (VB-76433)
  
• [Tabs] Lock button in the two-level bar does not change color (VB-75157)
  
• [Tabs] Middle clicking in tab previews can close the wrong tab (VB-77270)
  
• [Tabs] New tab button is not centered in the second level with tabs on the sides (VB-76440)[
  
• Tabs] New tab from full-screen video leaves Vivaldi in a full-screen state (VB-76651)
  
• [Tabs] New tab isn’t created as active when inside tab stack (VB-77071)
  
• [Tabs] New tab page is slow to select/focus within the second row of tabs (VB-75748)
  
• [Tabs] Not all cloned tabs from a tab-stack join it (VB-75048)
  
• [Tabs] Popup thumbnails often disappear when the second level is open (VB-76828)
  
• [Tabs] Tab muting can be overridden by site-settings (VB-76083)
  
• [Tabs] “Remove tab spacing in maximized windows” no longer works for the bottom tab bar position (VB-76231)
  
• [Tabs][Crash] When clicking the new tab icon repeatedly on the second level of a stack (VB-76552)
  
• [Tabs][Extensions] Tab close doesn’t work after doing chrome.tabs.remove() by extension (VB-77135)
  
• [Tabs][Menus] Don’t show the close tab context menu for Pinned tab (VB-76217)
  
• [Tabs][Notes] Manager misbehaves with tiled tabs (VB-76326)
  
• [Tabs][Performance] Various Performance issues (VB-76185)
  
• [Tabs][Sounds] Mute/unmute on a tab without sound does not change (VB-77062)
  

macOS

• [macOS] Exiting fullscreen video exit the fullscreen (VB-76734)
  
• [macOS] Music does not play on slam.nl (VB-73896)
  
• [macOS] Windows not resized/repositioned when disconnecting an external monitor (VB-49692)
  

Others

• [Extensions] Toolbar partly transparent (VB-76605)
  
• [Keyboard][Settings] Setting Alt+F4 or Shift+Alt+F4 as a hotkey works but it still acts as exit (VB-60364)
  
• [Passwords][Windows][macOS] Import from Chrome is not possible: further work needed for Linux (VB-62410)
  
• [Periodic reload] Rewrite to avoid various issues (VB-77142)
  
• [Themes] Inconsistency with rounded corners (VB-76670)
  
• [Trash] Restoring closed window with several tabs restores last closed tab instead (VB-74091)
  
• [UI] Status info overlay is appearing on top of fullscreen videos (VB-12219)
  
• [Windows] Desktop shortcut gets the wrong name after dragging from address field (VB-47827)
  
• [Settings][Search] Add some context and info to the POST option (VB-77267)
  
• [Settings][Search] Make it easier to set/understand the Default Search engine (VB-77105)
  
• [Chromium] Upgraded to 89.0.4389.91
  

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Vivaldi 3.7 Build 2218.52

Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 3.7
This update includes Chromium fixes from upstream.
 
The following improvements were made since the first 3.7 stable, minor update:

• [Chromium] Upgraded to 89.0.4389.116
  

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Vivaldi 3.7 Build 2218.55

Minor update (3) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 3.7

This update includes Chromium fixes from upstream.

The following improvements were made since the second 3.7 stable, minor update:

• [Chromium] Upgraded to 89.0.4389.128
  

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Vivaldi 3.7 Build 2218.58

Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 3.7

This update includes a security fix from upstream.

The following improvements were made since the third 3.7 stable, minor update:

• [Chromium][Security] Backported patch for issue under active attack (CVE-2021-21224)
  

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Vivaldi 3.8 Build 2259.37

The new version Vivaldi 3.8 offers relief from annoying cookie dialogs and Google’s FLoC, an invasive privacy technology. Rebuilds its Panels and adds quick bookmarking options.
 There are browsers, and then there is Vivaldi. We give you plenty of features while protecting your privacy.
 
In the latest version, there’s a new option to block cookie dialogs and banners that will help save time and unnecessary clicks, so that you can get on with what you came for – browsing.
 
We continue to tackle privacy issues plaguing the internet such as data collection, user tracking, and profiling including FLoC, Google’s latest privacy-invasive technology.
 
Vivaldi’s signature Panels are now more customizable with a design overhaul and fresh options that will spice up the look of the browser and how you interact with it. You’ll also find new quicker bookmarking options.
 
Vivaldi 3.8 is now available for free download on Windows, macOS, and Linux computers. => Download 

Read more: Vivaldi crumbles cookie dialogs, raises privacy, design bars. | Vivaldi Browser

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Vivaldi 3.8 Build 2259.40

Minor update for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 3.8​

This update resolves a common crash for users with custom menus.

The following improvements were made since the initial 3.8 stable release:

• [Menus][Crash] After upgrade to a custom menu there is a crash on right click (VB-79288)
  
• [Linux][Media] Update proprietary codecs to 90.0.4430.72
  
• [Languages] Translation updates
  

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Vivaldi 3.8 Build 2259.42

Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 3.8

This update includes Chromium fixes from upstream and fixes an issue with failed upgrades for some Windows users.

The following improvements were made since the first 3.8 stable, minor update:

• [Windows] Upgrades failing for some users (VB-79571)
  
• [Chromium] Upgraded to 90.0.4430.214
  

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Vivaldi 4.0 Build 2312.24

With our biggest launch of the year, we aim to give you a real alternative to Big Tech. Today’s update expands our integrated tools in the browser with major additions: Vivaldi Translate and the much-awaited beta versions of Vivaldi Mail, Calendar, and Feed Reader.

Read more: Vivaldi 4.0 | Vivaldi Translate launches on desktop and Android

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Vivaldi on desktop. Version 3.8 → 4.0

• [New][Translations] Add support for webpage translations using Vivaldi hosted Lingvanex
  
• [New] Beta for Mail, Calendar, and RSS support
  
• [New] Onboarding welcome redesign: How much Vivaldi do you want? (VB-73259)
  
• [New] Change the behaviour for suggesting making the browser the default (VB-74506)
  
• [New][Languages] Add Azerbaijani and Kurdish (VB-80191)
  
• [New][Themes] New dark/light background images for 4.0 (VB-80025)
  
• [Address bar] Certain type of query with full-width characters is seen as a URL (VB-76128)
  
• [Address bar] Clicking the homepage button should give focus to web page (VB-78629)
  
• [Address bar] Selected URL persists to new tab (VB-79978)
  
• [Bookmarks] Adding a bookmark and selecting a Speed Dial folder adds the bookmark first in the folder and not last as would be expected (VB-78964)
  
• [Bookmarks] Cannot bookmark certain pages (VB-79767)
  
• [Bookmarks] Display current folder in bookmark dialog header (VB-79145)
  
• [Bookmarks] Webpage can’t be saved to bookmark if the last used bookmark folder is deleted (VB-80073)
  
• [Bookmarks][Panel][Menus] All Open Pages menu does not work (VB-79952)
  
• [Bookmarks][Settings] Auto-add bookmark cannot be disabled (VB-79203)
  
• [Chromium] Upgraded to 91.0.4472.79
  
• [Crash] Vivaldi don’t open (VB-79898)
  
• [Crash] When pressing Ctrl+Shift+Return in Guest Window (VB-79761)
  
• [Crash] With Popups (VB-54634)
  
• [Developer Tools] Reload with tools open on a web page reloads the entire browser (VB-75579)
  
• [Developer Tools] Window does not get focus on a breakpoint (VB-78981)
  
• [Downloads] „Download save“ popup too small with non-English UI (VB-74182)
  
• [Extensions] Options page isn’t opened from QC if the extension is deactivated (VB-79526)
  
• [Guest] Window menu handling is lacking functionality, e.g. multiple windows (VB-79479)
  
• [Keyboard] Single key shortcuts work badly with Google Docs (VB-79062)
  
• [Linux] Import from Chrome doesn’t work on Ubuntu 18.04 (VB-43934)
  
• [Linux][Windows][Settings] Scrollbars do not follow OS (VB-79531)
  
• [Menus] Horizontal menu not highlighting when going to the top of the screen (VB-79671)
  
• [Menus] Line break character appears in the search context menu (VB-79149)
  
• [Menus] Rename ‚Developer Tools Element Inspector‘ to ‚Toggle Developer Tools‘ (VB-77413)
  
• [Menus] Right-clicking a tab selection with a pinned tab shows „New Tab Stack With Selection“ (VB-79123)
  
• [Menus] V-button submenus don’t close with Arrow left unless first focused (VB-77916)
  
• [Menus] When tabs are set to open in the background by default, the right-click menu item „Open Link in Background Tab“ still appears in many of the context menus (VB-78033)
  
•  [Notes] Don’t reload properly when starting Vivaldi (VB-75615)
  
• [Notes] Let a clickable link open in the background tab when settings say so (VB-79000)
  
•  [Panels] Improve panel scrollbar positioning (VB-77753)
  
• [Panels][Crash] after adding chrome-extension:// URL to web panel (VB-79695)
  
• [Panels][Menus] ‚Reopen‘ command appear in the context menu for open tab in Window panel (VB-79476)
  
• [Panels][Notes] Middle clicking a note does nothing (VB-78880)
  
• [Panels][Notes] Text box goes all the way to the edge (VB-79508)
  
• [Profiles] Entries in the list do not expand to the full width of the pop-up (VB-79184)
  
• [Quick Commands] Auto-complete should happen after pressing arrow right (VB-7897)
  
• [Quick Commands] Zoom executed in preference to search (VB-78287)
  
• [Settings] window title bar without bottom margin (VB-80193)
  
• [Speed Dial] Cut folder shows no indication of being cut (VB-58986)
  
• [Speed Dial] Developer Tools covered by Speed Dial (VB-79551)
  
• [Speed Dial] Some buttons missed with tiny size and hovering titles (VB-79246)
  
• [Tabs] Ability to widen vertical tab bar more (VB-73214)
  
• [Tabs] Change the colour of the active tab in tab cycler (VB-79523)
  
• [Tabs] Cloned tab joins deleted tab stack (VB-78797)
  
• [Tabs] Cloned tab position is not next to original in stacks despite setting (VB-77459)
  
• [Tabs] „Close Tabs to the Left/Right“ needs to be adapted to a two-level tab bar (VB-78624)
  
• [Tabs] Inconsistent position of a new tab opened in a tabs stack (VB-79059)
  
• [Tabs] Keep tab preview open when closing tabs (VB-77272)
  
• [Tabs] Opening a link in a new (foreground) tab from tiled tab doesn’t work (VB-74417)
  
• [Tabs] Opening a link in a tiled view causes the new tab to be tiled (VB-73965)
  
• [Tabs] Speaker icon on tabs isn’t responding to clicks and doesn’t reflect audio state (VB-76401)
  
• [Tabs] Stack Tabs by Hosts is always available (VB-78649)
  
• [Tabs] Site muting does not work reliably (VB-79706)
  
• [Tabs] WebRTC Screen Sharing of an unfocused tab fails (VB-80204)
  
• [Tabs][menus] Context menu of a tab in a stack does not contain the „Hibernate Tab“ option (VB-78655)
  
• [Themes] Animated „in-progress“ style should inherit color (VB-78897)
  
• [Themes] Blur is inconsistent between the status bar and tabs placed at the bottom (VB-78758)
  
• [Themes][Bookmarks] Dark makes thick line above the editor (VB-79489)
  
• [Windows] If the desktop background image is missing and used by the browser it fails to start (VB-79408)
  
• [macOS] Choosing to restart after an update only shuts it down (VB-80008)
  
• [macOS] Crash on checking for updates if no new version is released
  
• [macOS][Menus] Services menu list disappeared (VB-79426)
  
• [macOS][Updates] New UI for automatic updates (VB-74086)