The Vivaldi browser received a major update 4.3, which introduced not only useful features in terms of functions, but also not quite standard innovations in the form of a file download indicator – even the company itself makes fun of this, calling the new option “hypnotoad”.
From the official blog:
Built-in hypnotoad. It is known that you can look at fire and water for a long time, and now another process has been added that you cannot take your eyes off of – the file download indicator in the Vivaldi browser.
However, in Vivaldi 4.3 there are also functionally useful innovations.
The built-in screenshot tool has been improved – now, when you call this option, a control panel appears at the bottom of the application.
In addition, when you take a screenshot of the selected area, the selection window can be stretched.
Advanced users will appreciate the option to save the Master Password locally, which allows you to restore access to synchronized data. The key is saved as a regular text file, but with illegible content – this masking is done for security reasons.
In addition, the developers have improved security and another function – authorization in their mail and news services. It now uses a browser-independent OAuth protocol that minimizes tracking by third parties. For example, earlier, if a user logged into his Gmail mail client, he was automatically logged into all Google services, as a result of which they could track his activity.
Special attention should be paid to the default blocking of the Idle Detection API – a tool that monitors user inactivity (that is, it records the time when a person stops using a website or computer in general). Many web experts believe that it poses a serious threat to privacy and security – a separate article is devoted to this issue.
Among other things, Vivaldi 4.3 added support for installing Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and expanded the built-in translator – now it supports 108 languages, not 40.
- To this topic: What are PWAs and why people are switching to them – gadgets instead of websites or programs
The developers also paid attention to the mobile version of Vivaldi. The most notable innovation is the grouped tab bar, which allows you to work with open pages without leaving the group of tabs.
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