Snapshot 1.10.838.7 is now available for all supported OSes

May 9, 2017 22:12 GMT  ·  By

The development of the upcoming Vivaldi 1.10 web browser continues at a fast pace, and today we see the availability of a new snapshot, versioned 1.10.838.7, which implements more new features, but also fixes several regressions.

Coming only one week after the previous snapshot, which added a new way to sort downloads, Vivaldi Snapshot 1.10.838.7 is the third in this development cycle, and it attempts to implement a new functionality that promises to allow users to control the behavior of new tabs directly from extensions. It will be located under Settings -> Tabs -> New Tab Page -> Control by Extension.

It's here to improve your productivity, but also to help you do all sorts of things like checking various timezones or searching motivational quotes. A lot of new tab extensions are available for you to try, and it looks like you'll also be able to install third-party extensions to customize the new tab as you see fit.

"You may not always think about it, but a new tab page is probably something you look at quite often as you browse. We have now added the option that lets you control what happens on these new tab pages with extensions," said Maria Popova, QA Engineer at Vivaldi. "With this feature, you can put that new tab real estate to use in any way you like."

Notes and Speed Dial improvements, bug fixes

Among other noteworthy changes implemented in today's Vivaldi 1.10 snapshot, we can mention support for finding folders when searching Notes, the ability to rearrange Speed Dial thumbnails when opening a new tab, as well as improvements to Bookmarks search filter, Find in Page, Quick Commands dialog, Start Page desktop wallpaper on Windows, and Downloads page.

The Cut, Copy, and Paste keyboard shortcuts should also now work again when used in the Notes feature and Bookmarks panel. If you want to test these new features and improvements, you can download Vivaldi Snapshot 1.10.838.7 for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems right now from our website, but please try to keep in mind that this is a pre-release version.

Vivaldi 1.10.838.7 Changelog