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Vivaldi browser gets Break mode and a new security feature
Vivaldi has innovated yet another new feature that lets you unplug from work and spend time on offline activities. The company has integrated a pause button for the Internet within the browser with the new “Break Mode”. ... More of this article »
Vivaldi browser’s Private window gets new themes to differentiate it from Normal Window
Vivaldi is one of the best web browser’s out there for desktop and Android. It comes with plenty of customization options and better theme support. Vivaldi latest snapshot update 3.3.2022.6 for Windows addressed an issue where... More of this article »
Vivaldi for Android update brings Dark Mode for Web Pages
A new update for Vivaldi for Android is available on Play Store, allows users to enable dark mode for web content, other than this, the update contains improvements and bug fixes. Recently Vivaldi has released the stable version for... More of this article »
How to disable desktop-style tab UI in Vivaldi on Android?
Finally, after a long time, the Vivaldi browser has come to mobiles on Android and is now available for download on Google Play Store with ad blocker and tracking protection powered by DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar. While Vivaldi 3.0 is... More of this article »
Vivaldi update adds Picture-in-Picture button for Videos, adopts Windows theme changes
New Vivaldi 2.11 has been released for Windows, Mac, and Linux with new features, improvements and bug fixes. The update brings the Picture-in-Picture button for Videos, now respects Windows/Mac theme settings and offers a new accessibility... More of this article »
Vivaldi browser Update for Android brings Swipe to Close Tab option
If you’re enjoying the recently released Beta version of the Vivaldi browser for Android already, today the Vivaldi team has released Snapshot version 2.9 of the browser on Play Store and is available to download. Vivaldi 2.9... More of this article »
Fully-featured Vivaldi for Android is now available on Play Store
Vivaldi has pushed beta version of Vivaldi browser for Android to Google Play Store and is available to download. After bringing Sync to PC, Vivaldi’s main priority is to get into mobile devices. The company has been working... More of this article »
Vivaldi says it will drop using Unique ID for User counting
Vivaldi users have some privacy concerns about the way the company tracks each installation. After knowing there is another way to track number of users using Vivaldi browser, the company says starting Vivaldi 2.7 stable they’ll... More of this article »
Vivaldi browser now supports PWAs, here is how you can install them
Chrome and Edge Chromium browser development versions let you install Progressive Web Apps either via an icon in the address bar or from browser menu, till now you may have never heard about Vivaldi talking about PWAs or supporting... More of this article »
How to disable Window Panel notifications in Vivaldi browser
Starting version 2.6, Vivaldi browser displays unread tabs counter in Window Panel on the side panel, here is how you can disable unread tab notifications in Windows Panel in Vivaldi browser. In 2016, with version 1.6 Vivaldi introduced... More of this article »Vivaldi Promises to its users to restore WebRequest API or launch a Limited Extensions Store
Google stopped hearing and is on its way to deprecate WebRequest API and working on new API that makes ad blocking extensions less effective. The changes are not yet landed in Chrome version and all developers and users are optimistic... More of this article »
Vivaldi tests a fix for Black Screen issue in Windows 7 After 2.5 Update
Some Vivaldi users on Windows 7 who updated to version 2.5 experienced a black screen issue in the browser and reported this to Vivaldi, the company yesterday released a new snapshot by including a fix for the issue. If the fix works... More of this article »
After Chrome, Vivaldi blocks abusive ads by default in 2.6
As Vivaldi 2.5 is out of the door, Vivaldi team today released snapshot 2.6 based on Chrome 74 to bring Chrome’s abusive ab blocking feature to users, Vivaldi team also created new avatars for user Profiles on their own to replace... More of this article »
WhatsApp Web doesn’t support Vivaldi browser, here is how you can make it work in Vivaldi again
Beginning from its launch, WhatsApp Web never officially supported Vivaldi browser, Vivaldi has to spoof it as Chrome for the website to work, recent Vivaldi 2.5 update broke that spoofing and now users seeing WhatsApp requires Google... More of this article »
Tip: Disable User Profile Icon on toolbar in Vivaldi 2.4
After installing Vivaldi 2.4 you’ll notice the new user Profile icon on the toolbar, its there to switch between the profiles and enter guest browsing, if you don’t share your Vivaldi browser with others, then you may find... More of this article »
Vivaldi adds Calculator to Quick Commands, are you going to use it?
After adding User profiles support, a new Vivaldi snapshot version 2.4 released today added basic calculator to Quick commands and allows users to customize toolbar even further. Calculator in Quick Commands? Can’t we use Google... More of this article »
Vivaldi browser 2.4 adds much needed User Profiles Support
Vivaldi has announced user profiles support in version 2.4 in their blog post and is enabled by default for Windows, Mac, Linux platforms with additional new features and fixes to regressions found in the previous snapshot. We’ve... More of this article »
Vivaldi browser now supports Multiple Profiles and Guest browsing
The most wanted and requested feature for Vivaldi browser after Sync is multiple user profiles support. Google Chrome and Firefox already allow creating separate profiles, why not Vivaldi? Vivaldi Technologies now has the answer and... More of this article »
Configure Vivaldi to close Pinned tabs like normal tabs
If you’re a Firefox or Chrome user trying out Vivaldi for the first time and found Vivaldi doesn’t let you close pinned tabs like normal or regular tabs, you’ve to unpin that tab first then only you can able to close... More of this article »
Vivaldi 2.3: Exit Confirmation dialog, Save WebPage as MHTML
After Vivaldi 2.2 release, Vivaldi team has started working on Vivaldi 2.3 and the first snapshot of it –Vivaldi 2.3.1400.4– has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux and available for download with new features, fixes,... More of this article »![Image for Vivaldi 2.2 lets you disable Google DNS Service that fixes navigation errors [Privacy]](https://techdows.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Use-Google-DNS-service-to-Help-Resolve-Navigation-errors-option-in-Vivaldi-Settings.png)
Vivaldi 2.2 lets you disable Google DNS Service that fixes navigation errors [Privacy]
Vivaldi 2.2 Release Candidate 1 has just been released for Windows, Mac, and Linux. At the last minute, the Vivaldi team has added an option to Vivaldi 2.2 RC1 Privacy settings to opt out from falling back to Google DNS service if... More of this article »
Vivaldi 2.2 lets you customize toolbars, Shows Access key shortcuts on supported Websites
The new snapshot version of Vivaldi 2.2 now lets you customize Navigation toolbar as well as the Status bar so that you can remove unnecessary elements from them to your liking. For e.g. if you want to remove Home button on address... More of this article »
Vivaldi 2.2 snapshot released
As Vivaldi 2.1 is out of the door, Vivaldi technologies has started working on Vivaldi 2.2 and the first snapshot of it is released and available for download. The snapshot version allows to open back/forward button drop-down history... More of this article »
Vivaldi 2.1 released with AV1 Support and Quick Commands Improvements
Vivaldi 2.1 stable based on Chromium 70 has been released for Windows, Mac, and Linux on October 25, 2018, and is available for download. 2.1 version of Vivaldi improves Quick Commands feature, turns on AV1 codec support and Picture... More of this article »
Vivaldi 2.1 adds Chrome’s Picture in Picture mode
After Vivaldi 2.0 stable is out, Vivaldi team has started working on 2.1 version, newly released snapshot 2.1.1332.4 enables Picture in Picture [PIP] mode in the browser and allows to create notes from Quick Commands. Vivaldi 2.1 snapshot... More of this article »
Vivaldi 2.0 released with Sync and here is what’s new
Here you go! Vivaldi 2.0 based on Chromium 69 has been released on September 26, 2018, by Vivaldi technologies and is available for download. It comes with over 1500 improvements since Vivaldi 1.0, which was released on April 6, 2016.... More of this article »
Vivaldi 2.0 snapshot available for download
Vivaldi team has released Vivaldi 2.0 snapshot by bumping the snapshot version number from 1.16.1279.3 to 2.0.1295.3, why they did that? We don’t know, what we know from their blog post they’ve fixed a lot of issues and... More of this article »
How to Set Google as default Private Search engine in Vivaldi
With Vivaldi 1.14, Vivaldi Technologies has made DuckDuckGo as default Private search engine, if you’ve privacy concerns, you can use DDG search in the Private window for Private searches. Are you missing Google search in the... More of this article »
Vivaldi 2.0: How to disable hardware acceleration
Vivaldi browser-based on Chromium, doesn’t have hardware acceleration setting in current Vivaldi 1.15 or earlier versions, Vivaldi team has finally added the missing ‘Use hardware acceleration when available’ option... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.15 released, here is what’s new
Vivaldi technologies has launched Vivaldi 1.15 version for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms and is available for download. The 1.15 version introduces window background image feature, brings full-screen mode improvements and improves... More of this article »
Vivaldi enables DuckDuckGo as default Private Search Engine
Vivaldis has collaborated with DuckDuckGo to use its search engine as default in Private Windows and is the first browser to do so. Vivaldi 1.14 stable update now available with the Private Search feature. Vivaldi browser uses DuckDuckGo... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.15: Set an image as Vivaldi Window background
Snapshot version of Vivaldi 1.15 has added the ability to set the desired image as Vivaldi browser window background, this feature is still a work in progress, Vivaldi team promises to improve it more in future. Following the addition of... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.15: Default Search Engine for Private Windows
Snapshot version of Vivaldi 1.15 has been released and allows to set a particular search engine Vivaldi ships as default in Private browsing mode. Vivaldi by default comes with these search engines: Bing, Yahoo, StartPage, DuckDuckGo,... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.14 released, here is What’s new
Stable version of Vivaldi 1.14 based on Chromium 64 has been released and available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. The version introduces vertical reader mode, adds support for markdown support in Notes and allows to reorder... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.14 : rearrange or change Search Engines Order
Vivaldi 1.14 snapshot update has received rearrange search engines feature. Vivaldi browser comes with these eight search engines: Bing, Yahoo, Startpage, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Wikipedia and Google. Reorganizing or changing the search... More of this article »
How to Set up Sync in Vivaldi browser
Vivaldi now lets you sync your bookmarks, extensions, settings, passwords, and other data so you don’t have to manually transfer them between computers, let us see how to set up Sync in the Vivaldi browser. ICYDK, one of the... More of this article »
Change Vivaldi Screen Captures Saved Folder location
With Vivaldi 1.7, Vivaldi browser has got built-in screen capture tool that lets you save full page or selection of screen. You can choose the options to save captured image to disk (in PNG format or JPEG format) or copy it to clipboard.... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.13 brings Window Panel and Download Improvements
Since a month no snapshot has been published by Vivaldi team, don’t worry! Today Vivaldi 1.13 snapshot has been released and available for download (not available via auto update) with Window Panel and download in progress warning... More of this article »
How to disable unsupported browser message in Vivaldi browser
You might be familiar with some of Google sites or services not working in Opera 12.x browser, maybe that’s not the case with Opera now, which uses blink as browser engine now, but that’s exactly the case with Vivaldi browser... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.12 released with Image Properties and Download Panel Improvements
Vivaldi 1.12 based on Chromium 61 has been released and available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms with three new features, changes and bug fixes. Vivaldi 1.12 version gets built-in image properties tool, displays download information... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.12 adds Image Inspector to display Image Metadata
Vivaldi team has added image Inspector to version 1.12, which shows complete metadata about the image, after all, this is the number three most up voted feature request for Vivaldi 1.12. If you’ve stumbled onto an image on a... More of this article »
How to disable Vivaldi’s download complete notifications
Vivaldi Download Panel is getting a lot of improvements recently: Download Panel now shows download information and allows to sort downloads by type. For every file you download in Vivaldi, the browser displays a notification outside... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.12 shows download information in the Download Panel
Following the recent addition of sort by type to downloads, Vivaldi has got download panel info toggle. Vivaldi 1.12 displays this information for downloads in the download panel: file size, name, download speed, URL, destination folder... More of this article »
Disable Vivaldi’s ‘Press Escape Key to exit Full Screen’ Message
While every browser displays a tip you can exit the video you’re watching in Full Screen by pressing the Esc button, this message can be annoying if it stays for a long time and if you watch videos in Full Screen mode quite often,... More of this article »
Vivaldi : Sort Downloads by Type
Vivaldi 1.10 has added the ability to sort downloaded files by Name, size. Date, Finished and Addressed, today Vivaldi team has released another new snapshot for Vivaldi 1.12 -which’s previous snapshot has addressed Netflix streaming... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.12 snapshot fixes Netflix issue
After Vivaldi 1.11 release, few days back Vivaldi team has released first snapshot for Vivaldi 1.12 with fixes to bugs and regressions found in version 1.11 and has a known issue of Widevine Content Decryption Module version 1.4.8.... More of this article »
Vivaldi : Get ‘Continue running background apps..’ option
We all know, we can install extensions from Chrome Web Store in Vivaldi browser. After installing, some extensions need browser to run in the background to work. If you’ve installed such extension in Vivaldi and disabled it from... More of this article »
Vivaldi 1.11 released, here is what’s new
Final version of Vivaldi 1.11 based on Chromium 60 has been released and available for download for Mac, Windows and Linux platforms. The 1,11 version of Vivaldi improves Accessibility options: provides controls for Reader Mode, offers... More of this article »