14 DAY TRIAL // In an unexpected turn of events, it appears that Vivaldi just launched today, December 15, 2016, the final release of the Vivaldi 1.6 web browser, as the team informs Softpedia through an embargoed press release.
The embargo just expired, so we'd like to invite our readers to read all about the new features bundled in Vivaldi 1.6, which had a very short development cycle, coming only three weeks after the November 22 release of Vivaldi 1.5, an exciting milestone that added support for controlling Philips Hue smart lights.
For Vivaldi 1.6, the team is proud to announce that it's the world's first web browser to display notifications directly in tabs. We've already talked about this earlier this month, so it should not come as a surprise to anyone, but we have to admit that it is a very nice and handy addition to the Chromium-based browser.
It's all about new tab features in Vivaldi 1.6, and the web browser also ships with support for naming tab stacks, along with the ability to rename existing tab stacks, which is as easy as right-clicking on the tab stack's name and selecting the "Rename Tab Stack" option. It's also possible to select multiple tabs by their domain.
"Details matter. Users matter. They are the key to a successful product," says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Vivaldi Technologies. "While we work on bigger features, our focus on the detail does not stop. The Vivaldi browser is heading to be more interactive and intuitive. It’s about creativity, customization, and freedom."
Now based on Chromium 55
Among other cool new features introduced in Vivaldi 1.6, we can mention the ability to save open tabs as a session, making it a lot easier to organize and access multiple browsing sessions, support for nicknaming individual bookmarks for quicker access, as well as support for viewing two or more web pages through tab stack tiling.
Other than that, users will be able to enable or disable almost all of Vivaldi's features, navigate faster than ever with the Forward and Rewind buttons, search web pages for Details with quick commands, add any search engine they want to the Search Box with a simple right-click, and fully customize the appearance and color of the interface.
Under the hood, it looks like Vivaldi 1.6 has been rebased on the Chromium 55 web browser, version 55.0.2883.92 to be more precise. If all the above sounds good to you, you're invited to download Vivaldi 1.6 (technical version number is 1.6.689.34) for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems right now from our website.
