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VPNs, Proxies und Datenschutz
Original: VPNs, proxies and privacy. (translation draft) In unserer Serie über Datenschutz und Sicherheit befassen wir uns mit echten VPNs, sicheren und anonymisierenden Web-Proxies, Browser-VPNs und erklären, worauf Sie bei einem VPN-Service achten müssen. TEAMBOLG BLOG Veröffentlicht am 17.04.2018 von Tarquin Wilton-Jones —- Cover […]
Always ask for the download location (hack)
Deprecated – is now built in. Several users, one of them me, prefer Vivaldi to ask for the download location for every download. Sadly unchecking the option Settings > Downloads: “always save to default download location” does not work for some types of downloads, especially downloads […]
How to get the data of the SmartRSS Extension from Opera 15++ to Vivaldi
Open Vivaldi and Opera 15+ In Vivaldi: go to https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/smart-rss/?display=en click “Add to Opera” on the popup thingy click on “get it anyway” save to a place where you can find it again. open vivaldi://plugins drag and drop the extension file from your […]
Followup on styling Vivaldi with CSS
Outdated. No longer needed! We have Themes now 🙂 Following up the post https://quhno.vivaldi.net/2015/07/02/some-quick-vivaldi-panels-css-hacks-for-better-readability-or-accessibility/ I’ve made some smallish changes that take care of some minor things I don’t like with the UI. They can be applied the same way as in the previous blog post. […]
Broken CSS? Lint it!
While looking for something completely different I stumbled upon CSS LINT. Quote: Will hurt your feelings* (And help you code better) http://csslint.net/ Not the usual beautifier but does what it says: It tells you what you can and should improve in a similar rigorous way […]
Restoring the Old Opera 12 Space Bar Behavior in Vivaldi
In the good old days of “The Real Opera(TM)” there was one feature for lazy people like me that I heavily used: The Space Bar! I can hear you saying “The space bar is no feature, it is a key on the keyboard!” but […]
Some quick Vivaldi Javascript hacks to add additional functions
Warning: Do not apply this code to a current version of Vivaldi. It will not work anymore because the Vivaldi code has changed! As follow-up to the previous entry about Hacking the CSS, this time we add some new functions to Vivaldi. The […]
Some quick Vivaldi panels CSS hacks for better readability or accessibility
Deprecated. While the basic technique would still work, too much has changed in the new Versions of Vivaldi and now we have Themes. While I generally like the design idea that stands behind behind Vivaldi, I have some problems with it. I don’t know […]
“Du” vs “Sie” – oder: Wie förmlich darf’s denn sein?
Note for English speaking readers: It is about the differences in addressing people, formal or informal, in the German translation of https://vivaldi.com and if we should use the formal (but not unfriendly) “Sie”, or the personal “Du”. I know, this is easy for you, […]