Vivaldi 1.9: Plant trees as you browse

Vivaldi

Vivaldi is a cross-platform web browser built for – and with – the web. A browser based on the Blink engine (same in Chrome and Chromium) that is fast, but also a browser that is rich in functionality, highly flexible and puts the user first. A browser that is made for you. Vivaldi is produced with love by a founding team of browser pioneers, including former CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, who co-founded and led Opera Software. Vivaldi’s interface is very customizable. Vivaldi combines simplicity and fashion to create a basic, highly customizable interface that provides everything a internet user could need. The browser allows users to customize the appearance of UI elements such as background color, overall theme, address bar and tab positioning, and start pages. Vivaldi features the ability to "stack" and "tile" tabs, annotate web pages, add notes to bookmarks and much more.

What's new in Vivaldi 1.9:

Vivaldi 1.9 now features Ecosia — the search engine that plants trees with its ad revenue.The ads are delivered to you by Bing, who pay Ecosia a share of the revenue generated via these ads. Ecosia then uses at least 80 percent of its profits from said search ad income to plant trees.

The new version also includes a number of important security fixes and functional improvements, as well as a long-requested feature that lets you shuffle the order of your extensions and the ability to sort notes.

Changelog:

[New feature][Search Engines] Add Ecosia as a pre-installed search engine
[New feature][Notes] Implement sorting
[New feature][Extensions] Allow changing placement of extension buttons on address bar
[New feature][History] Add “Filter by Site” to panel
[New feature][Web Panels] Add “Removed Web Panels” to the context menu to access previously removed web panels
[Windows] Close button area shall reach edge of maximized view on Win7/8
[Mac] Vivaldi often crashes when closing tab
[Linux][Address Field] Focus not in Adress Field on startup, when on the start page
[Address Field] Sometimes the search get’s triggered even if “Search in Address Field” is disabled
[Address Field] Hovering over URLs in the drop-down skips entries
[Address Field] Selecting bookmark folder shortcut with mouse in address field does not open in seperated tabs
[Address Field] Autocompletion should prefer shorter history item over typed history
[Address Field] Autocompleting can be triggered while deleting a character
[Address Filed] Shorter History link should be prioritized over longer Bookmarked URL
[Address Field] Can not select folder from nickname with arrow keys in address bar dropdown
[Bookmarks] Improve editor usability: Better handling for Escape and cancelling of actions
[Extensions] Page action extension badges do not show up in address bar
[Extensions] Extension button options still not rendering properly – uMatrix
[Extensions] Show extension buttons when hiding toggle control
[Extensions] Drag and drop extension can have huge extension badge icons
[Find in Page] Needs a Limit for Selected Text
[Find in Page] Switching to different tab and back puts selected text in “Find in Page” field.
[Find in Page] Search query is not selected in dialog
[Gestures] Require minimum length for gesture stroke
[History] Manager content is not restored [full release notes]