Vivaldi 5.2 comes with improvements in the reading list and compiler for Android
April 9, 2022
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Two months after the last issue, it’s here Vivaldi 5.2 a new version of the web browser for PC (Linux, Mac, Windows) and Android and in both directions
Two months after the last issue, it’s here Vivaldi 5.2 a new version of the web browser for PC (Linux, Mac, Windows) and Android and in both directions there are novelties, even if they are repeated, common features that interfere with one side or the other, that are honed and the other.
So one of the great features of Vivaldi 5.2 is reading list, a feature introduced by Chrome that Vivaldi has improved, such as extending it to the browser sidebar, where there is a search option for quick filtering; or add it to the synchronization system so that it is available on different devices.
With the release of Vivaldi 5.2 for Android, the reading list is fully integrated into the application with the data synchronization system.
Another feature of the desktop version of the browser is that debuts on mobile’s translation panelso not only is it possible to translate web pages or text snippets at runtime, but it is also possible to do so by inserting specific text as if it were a translation application.
Returning with the PC browser, Vivaldi 5.2 enhances the relevant information ad blocking and trackers which includes a new statistics panel located on the homepage and a new tab that displays additional information about blocked features, the total number of blocked ads and trackers, and more.
Other new features in Vivaldi 5.2 include the return of the Qwant private search engine as an option, better drag-and-drop performance, general fixes in email components, calendars and message readers, and of course database fixes and optimizations. a browser that jumps to Chromium 100 with this version.
To learn more about Vivaldi 5.2, the official announcement of Vivaldi for PC and Vivaldi for Android.
In short, Vivaldi 5.2 is a restrained version that took longer to display than desired, due to the lunar rhythm that has taken over virtually all current major web browsers.
The developers are actually slapping their wrists by taking two months to fix a bug introduced in Vivaldi 5.1 that forced Linux users to suffer from buffer overwriting when using direction autocomplete. Two months to fix the bug they introduced, although Vivaldi 5.1 received several patch updates. Unacceptable.
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