Vivaldi 1.9 (1.9.818.44) Browser Released!

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Changelog from 1.8 to 1.9
New features

• [Search Engines] Add Ecosia as a pre-installed search engine
• [Notes] Implement sorting (VB-27313)
• [Extensions] Allow changing placement of extension buttons on address bar (VB-13275)
• [History] Add “Filter by Site” to panel (VB-26799)
• [Web Panels] Add “Removed Web Panels” to the context menu to access previously removed web panels (VB-26157)

Fixes
Platform

• [Windows] Close button area shall reach edge of maximized view on Win7/8 (VB-20251)
• [Mac] Vivaldi often crashes when closing tab (VB-27495)
• [Linux][Address Field] Focus not in Address Field on startup, when on the start page (VB-26580)

Address field

• Sometimes the search gets triggered even if “Search in Address Field” is disabled (VB-26604)
• Hovering over URLs in the drop-down skips entries (VB-26876)
• Selecting bookmark folder shortcut with mouse in address field does not open in separated tabs (VB-26278)
• Autocompletion should prefer shorter history item over typed history (VB-27153)
• Autocompleting can be triggered while deleting a character (VB-27239)
• Shorter History link should be prioritized over longer Bookmarked URL (VB-27303)
• Cannot select folder from nickname with arrow keys in address bar dropdown (VB-26433)

Extensions

• Page action extension badges do not show up in address bar (VB-26340)
• Extension button options still not rendering properly – uMatrix (VB-25899)
• Show extension buttons when hiding toggle control
• Drag and drop extension can have huge extension badge icons (VB-26540)

Find in Page

• Needs a Limit for Selected Text (VB-26694)
• Switching to different tab and back puts selected text in “Find in Page” field (VB-26027)
• Search query is not selected in dialog (VB-26745)

History

• Manager content is not restored (VB-26919)
• Add support for removing “Discarded User Data” from Clear Private Data dialog (VB-26264)
• Manager performance improvements (VB-27156)
• Focus search field isn’t focused by default (VB-27048)

Screenshots

• Configurable capture storage folder (VB-26829)
• Need better behavior when cursor is out of the Vivaldi window (integration with environment) (VB-26256)
• Capture selection should be modifiable: work is still in progress (VB-27155)

Other changes

• [Keyboard shortcuts] clash with diacritic composition (VB-26734)
• [Keyboard shortcuts] settings entry can become hidden (VB-25192)
• [Quick Commands] One char nicknamed bookmarks not opened directly when match (VB-26776)
• [Quick Commands] Searching inserts a space at the beginning of the query (VB-26203)
• [Search Engines] Make Yahoo the default search for most countries
• [Search Engines] Allow editing a search engine to change it to use “POST” (VB-3414)
• [Search Field] Home and End buttons work in dropdown (VB-27270)
• [Spatial Navigation] Indicator changes state when clicked (VB-27273)
• [Spatial Navigation] Jumps over certain elements (VB-26720)
• [Themes] Start page + sign color does not change with theme (VB-26845)
• [Update Notifier] It does not use the configured Vivaldi locale (VB-27426)
• [Update Notifier] It doesn’t start for system-wide installs (VB-26764)
• [Gestures] Require minimum length for gesture stroke (VB-26469)
• [Bookmarks] Improve editor usability: Better handling for Escape and cancelling of actions (VB-26648)
• [IME] First character typed in input box gets committed without converted to Japanese (VB-24467)
• Favicons not shown when a page uses ‘link rel=”shortcut icon”‘ (VB-24025)
• Improve keyboard handling in panels: particularly how Escape is handled (VB-26839)
• Moving tab in Reading View to a New window causes Reading View icon to disappear (VB-23579)
• Open history page or bookmark page from middle click on corresponding panel buttons (VB-26266)
• Opening and closing panels triggers errors and is jerky (VB-26575)
• Right-positioned tab overlaps Page Actions menu (VB-26272)
• Added separate setting for spacebar fast forward (VB-27386)
• Misplaced “Detect Page Title Notifications” item in Settings (VB-26909)
• Chromecasting Tab is not working correctly (VB-26553)
• Fast-forward isn’t working on some pages where we would expect it to (VB-27200)
• Return focus from closed panel (VB-9410)
• Performance improvements: thanks, WillyYu (VB-26302)
• Update Chromium to 58.0.3029.82

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I'm liking this new version, main difference I see from 1.8 is speed, every website just loads faster then the old version,so more snappy in general.