Vivaldi 1.9 Development Continues, Web Browser Now Based on Chromium 58 | Linux Today

Vivaldi 1.9 Development Continues, Web Browser Now Based on Chromium 58

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Marius Nestor
Apr 12, 2017

At the request of many users, Vivaldi 1.9 will let you shuffle the order of your extensions, and today’s Vivaldi 1.9.811.13 snapshot is here make it easier to fine tune screenshots taken with the built-in screenshot tool, but also to improve the URL autocomplete functionality and the Chromecasting Tab. Another interesting change is that the with this new snapshot, the upcoming Vivaldi 1.9 web browser has been upgraded to the Chromium 58 branch, which means that it inherits all of its up-to-date internals and features. More issues reported by users were addresses, so check the full changelog below for details.

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Marius Nestor

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