Jon S. von TetzchnerMar 20

We are always trying to make @Vivaldi better and our latest release is another example of that. This time our focus was on hiding the UI. Why we do that? Because some of you have been requesting a minimal UI and that is what we have now delivered, but with the UI always close and also fully under your control. Try it out and you will understand! It can be accessed from a button in the status bar or through CTRL F11. Hint : Try associating it with fullscreen (F11), for an even better experience! There is a setting for that, of course.

Another function we added is follow tab. Tie together two tabs side by side. Click a link on the left side and view it on the right side. Great for going through search results without having to go back and forth or viewing images or the like.

Let me know what you think! I hope you like it!

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-9/

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Show threadmittenMar 20

@jon @Vivaldi Now maybe you can hide the sidebar instead of opening it every single time I open a new window. Doesn't matter whether I close the window with it closed, whether I shut down the program with it closed, NOPE - new window means open sidebar. It is slowly driving me insane and yes, there is a bug report and no, I don't care about hiding the whole UI, I JUST WANT THE SIDEBAR TO STAY HIDDEN WHEN I HIDE IT.

PS. This is the reason I do not recommend Vivaldi to friends anymore. Otherwise, it's a terrific browser, but this bug is infuriating and I won't inflict it on people I like.

Show threadLeeloo

@mitten @jon @Vivaldi
As a developer - but not a Vivaldi developer: This is the most annoying kind of bug, and the hardest to track down (and thus fix). A bug that happens to one person, and not on any development machine.

I have reported bugs myself, and Vivaldi devs have always fixed them (unlike Firefox, where bugs would either sit unfixed for 10+ years, or be closed without ever fixing anything). But fixing a bug requires finding it, and that is basically impossible for something that only happens to one user.

Mar 22 at 8:26amWeb
Show threadmittenMar 22
@leeloo @jon @Vivaldi The bug has been reported, it affects more than just one user, the Vivaldi devs are aware of the bug, and they have chosen not to prioritize it.
Show threadLeelooMar 22

@mitten @jon @Vivaldi
And they can reproduce it?

The last bug I reported got fixed in the second update after reporting it, even though I am not aware of anyone other than me being affected and there were workarounds.