14 DAY TRIAL // Today, November 14, 2016, Vivaldi developer Pål Andreas Franksson was pleased to announce the availability of the first Release Candidate (RC) version of the upcoming Vivaldi 1.5 web browser.
Vivaldi 1.5 has been in development for the past two months, during which it received no less than fifteen snapshots that brought numerous improvements and fixes, including better Linux clipboard support, enhancements to tab dragging and inline title editing, inline editing of bookmarks and notes, as well as advanced tab dragging.
With today's Release Candidate build, Vivaldi 1.5 is one step closer to the final release, which should land by the end of the year with Chromecast support, enhancements to Reader View, the ability to drag tabs between windows, address bar improvements, performance improvements, and an engine upgrade based on Chromium 54.0.
Proprietary media support lands for OpenSuSE users
The first Vivaldi 1.5 RC release is not a big one, but it's important for Linux users, especially those using the openSUSE Leap or Tumbleweed distributions, as it lands proprietary media support for playing H.264 and MP3 streams. Additionally, Vivaldi 1.5 RC1 ships with ungrouping of tabs and bookmark title dragging support.
"As a new week arrives, the first RC for 1.5 arrives with it," said Pål Andreas Franksson in today's announcement. "With today's build we've fixed several regressions, proprietary media support on OpenSUSE, bookmark title dragging, as well as ungrouping of tabs. Our Show Tab Cycler has been updated to respect tab order."
Vivaldi's Tab Cycler has been updated as well in this Release Candidate snapshot to respect the tab order. Early adopters can get their hands on the Vivaldi 1.5 RC1 binaries for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows right now via our website. Below, we've attached the entire changelog for the tech-savvy readers.