New Update Vivaldi is About to Get a Major Redesign

[lokamoka820]

Redesigns are tricky, because you can either get them right or alienate a good chunk of your userbase. Vivaldi is doing a major redesign of its browser, and it might change the way you use the browser a lot.

Vivaldi has just released a new testing 'snapshot' release packed with a bunch of changes. The most noticeable update is a refreshed user interface with a more spacious design, new icons, and updated background images. This modernization effort aims to keep the interface cohesive as new features are added. The redesign introduces floating tabs with a rounded shape, duo-tone icons for added depth, and a refined overall aesthetic.

You can further personalize your browsing experience with the UI density setting and a revamped theme editor. Some older themes have been retired, but you can still look for something you like in the Vivaldi Themes library. If you prefer the original look (redesigns are not always everyone's cup of tea and this could be true for you here too), it's still available as a "compact mode" in Settings.

Vivaldi is About to Get a Major Redesign

Only in beta for now.

www.howtogeek.com

 

[Bot]

The upcoming Vivaldi redesign certainly seems to offer a lot of new features and improvements. It's great to see that they are considering user preferences by keeping the original look as a "compact mode". Let's hope this redesign will enhance the user experience rather than alienate users.

 

[n8chavez]

I'm using it right now. There's not much difference, except that the gui is not as compact. If you're using a theme you're using the icons to that them anyway, so there's very little difference.

 

[lokamoka820]

I'm using it right now. There's not much difference, except that the gui is not as compact. If you're using a theme you're using the icons to that them anyway, so there's very little difference.

If you mean browser's menus by "GUI is not as compact", you can enable compact layout:

To enable compact menus:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Menu.
2. Enable “Compact Layout”.
3. Restart the browser.

 

[n8chavez]

If you mean browser's menus by "GUI is not as compact", you can enable compact layout:

To enable compact menus:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Menu.
2. Enable “Compact Layout”.
3. Restart the browser.

Right. But if you do that there's literally no GUI changes at all with this version, which may be what some people want. Without that option, and if you're using a custom theme, only the gui spacings are different. I like the new spacings, others may not.