Chromium 142 and Mail Panels, Privacy, and Performance — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3843.3

In today’s snapshot, we jump to Chromium 142. We’ve also made tweaks to the About page’s update flow, refinements to the address field, mail panels, and privacy dashboard, and added a new performance section in settings.

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Known issues

  • [macOS] No version this time
  • [Linux] Possible issues with passwords: backup your profile before upgrade [rpm/deb repos will be disabled initially]
  • [Dev Tools] Will not display in windowed mode (VB-121320)

Changelog

  • [About] Automatic download should start as soon as it is opened (VB-121071)
  • [About] On update errors, show download page (VB-120622)
  • [Address field] Attempting to search on a new tab treats text as a domain (VB-121152)
  • [Address field] Dropdown loses items when deleting one (VB-121188)
  • [Chromium] Update to Chromium 142.0.7444.41
  • [Mail][Panels] Add ellipsis ‘…’ button (VB-121219)
  • [Mail][Panels] Minor follow up fixes (VB-121234)
  • [Privacy Dashboard] Provide a better empty state (VB-121095)
  • [Privacy Dashboard] Update design of privacy widget (VB-121220)
  • [Privacy Dashboard] Update ‘Fun Facts’ (VB-121264)
  • [Settings] Add Performance category (VB-114851)
  • [Settings][Settings] When clicking on the padlock, it should use native settings (VB-121236)
  • [Start Page] Open in Foreground/Background Tab by modifier key fails (VB-120762)
  • [Start Page][Widgets] Toggling a moved widget’s size can cause it switch position (VB-120753)

Download (3843.3)

Main photo by Akira Hojo.

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