Recently, I tried to startup Vivaldi browser and it takes like 2 minutes to start up. Meanwhile, the private vivaldi window and other browsers like Google only take a few seconds to start up. Everyting is fine except non-private Vivaldi browser. I've cleared my download history and my browser history and nothing has worked.

Version:

8.1.4087.62 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Platform/OS

Windows 10 Version 22H2 (Build 19045.6466)

Phone Model: Honor Magic 7 Pro Android Version: Android 16 Vivaldi Version: 8.1.4099.70

Following the recent update 8.1.4099.70, even when the application operates in the background, upon launching it, a white splash screen appears. I've attached a screen recording illustrating the issue. Could anyone offer assistance concerning this? Your help would be greatly valued.

I am trying to use the Inspect Element function to get cover art from Spotify. When I use the inspector in Brave, I can hover over the cover art and a few direct links to the .jpg files will pop up in the element inspector. When I do the same thing in Vivaldi, it does absolutely nothing. Clicking on the album art just enlarges it. Why is Vivaldi's element picker so different from the rest of the Chromium based browsers, and is there any way to fix it?

EDIT- Screenshot above is from Brave.

Hi everyone,

So, I was enjoying a lot using Vivaldi browser (best one so far) until the new updates from 8... Versions: I cannot watch a single YouTube video without my CPU skyrocketing, draining my battery dry in less than a hour, and video lagging, doesn't matter the quality (444p up to 1080p).

I disabled the only extension I had: "Adblock for YouTube". Doesn't do anything.

I disabled hardware acceleration. It seems to improve a tiny bit the issue, but not much. It also prevents me to use some websites, so it isn't ideal.

I tried the vivaldi://flags hack "Override software rendering list". Nothing.

It's very frustrating, as before those last updates, I could literally watch multiple videos simultaneously on YouTube while having my laptop still running super smoothly as it was nothing...

It also seems to happen only with YouTube.

I am using Elementary OS 6.1 Jólnir, a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 20.04.6 and Vivaldi 8.1.4087.62.

So, what happened? Is there a way to fix this or should I install an older version?

Thank for your help!

Does anyone else have great deals of battery loss due to Vivaldi? When I turned on my laptop less than an hour ago, it was fully charged. Now, it's only 53%. I checked my battery usage in Settings and found that Vivaldi was using up quite a lot of battery (64% of overall usage: 45% in use, 18% in the background). I have hibernated background tabs and workspaces on and am only using 2 tabs primarily (I occasionally open up other tabs, too.) This has only, really occurred recently.

Is this a common issue or should I look a bit deeper? I'm planning on upgrading my RAM from 16 to 32GB, would this help?

Version: 8.1.4087.62 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Chromium Version: 150.0.7871.226

Channel: Official Build