Vivaldi 2.7 releases: better sound controls, smoother navigation and overall improvements
The Vivaldi 2.7 web browser is now based on Chromium 76.0.3809.110, which offers improved features to increase user productivity. These include new options for faster access to user profiles, enhanced status bars, and overall improvements and security-related fixes.
Changelog
Cut the noise with Mute Tab
“Mute Tab” is an addition to our already solid settings that control sound behaviour in Vivaldi. Find these under audio settings in Settings → Tabs → Tab Features → Tab Muting.
The default option – “Play All Audio” – allows audio to play from all tabs at all times. Disable if you want to avoid unwanted noise.
“Play Only In Active Tab” automatically mutes all background tabs.
“Prioritize Active Tab” ensures that when your active tab has audio, background tabs with audio will stay muted.
Access User Profiles quicker
Working faster can give you a competitive edge and being able to access your profile quickly helps with that. So, we’ve improved one of our much-loved features – User Profiles.
You can now create a desktop shortcut to a specific User Profile. Available on Windows, this shortcut will give you quick access to your profile and ensure that you are always in the right account.
You’ll find a new context menu entry in the user profile menu under the “Add Person/Edit Person” button.
A Flash for Flash
Even though Flash technology is being phased out, there are many sites that still use Flash and many users that still love it! We’ve added a new option for the Flash player plugin. This way many of you can access these sites – another addition in our plethora of options to browse with complete ease.
You can enable this plug-in under Settings → Webpages → Plugins
Informative Status Bar
Heavy pages can take time to load resulting in a long wait. Now we keep you informed while you wait, with helpful information about the loading page in the Status Bar at the bottom of the window.
You will be notified of the current status, for example: “Processing request”, “Waiting for”, “Connecting”, “Establishing secure connection”.
Improved Stability for macOS
If you’ve experienced crashes on macOS, you’ll be glad to know that we’ve improved stability for a smoother ride. This long-standing issue has been fixed in the new version.
