This Halloween morning, Vivaldi Technologíes has launched Vivaldi 2.9. It is the latest version of the web browser created by the ex-CEO of Opera, based on Chromium, which comes with many outstanding novelties, among which we have performance improvements that will make opening and closing tabs feel more fluid, which which improves the overall speed of the browser. Enhancements have also been included for users in China, Japan, and Korea.
In the list of news, which you can access from this link, have highlighted the menu changes (Preferences / Appearance / Menu). In Vivaldi 2.9 they have improved the menu structure by adding more options and flexibility, which allows us to access our preferred functions in a more intuitive and faster way. Below you have the list of the most outstanding new features of Vivaldi 2.9.
Vivaldi 2.9 highlights
- Menu improvements, including new items:
- Web Panels - Custom Web Panels can be accessed from the menu above.
- Show the tab bar: now we can access the tab bar with a single click, or even hide it.
- Favorites: when we see a favorite listed in the Vivaldi menu, we can now right click on it to access a context menu and perform different actions.
- Report a bug directly from the help menu.
- Possibility of configuring global permissions for webs from Preferences / Web pages / Default permissions.
- Video enhancements in macOS, including fixes for HTML5 video playback issues.
- Performance improvements.
- Improved support and usability in China, Japan and Korea.
Vivaldi 2.9 It is now available from this link for new installations. As the Vivaldi repository is added when installing for the first time, existing Linux users will see the new version as an update in their distribution's software center or in the Software Update app.