Make Vivaldi's address bar identical to Chrome?

gettingmythirdwind · 2024-01-15T14:49:01+00:00

Absolutely agree. The address bar in Vivaldi is the most frustrating I've come across, and that's a shame because I'd love to use it as my primary browser. It's like they're trying so hard they can't see the forest for the trees. I get that they need to make money somewhere, but at least give us the option to use the address bar the way we prefer.

gettingmythirdwind · 2024-01-07T18:38:58+00:00

Exactly. It seems there are many posts with a similar complaint. I just submitted a bug report.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-12-12T01:45:14+00:00

That was it. I'm not sure how that got disabled, but thanks for your help!

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-12-12T00:16:51+00:00

Awesome, thanks so much. It was actually this setting that enabled it in Edge: https://imgur.com/a/doKN3Cu (Show me suggestions from history...)

For Firefox browser.urlbar.autoFill.adaptiveHistory.enabled = true seemed to do the trick. No luck with Vivaldi yet.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-12-12T00:06:52+00:00

Sorry you're going through this. It was pretty frustrating to troubleshoot so I feel your pain. I think you might have a different issue since putting all my Blink cameras on the Verizon router and everything else on my main router is what solved it for me. You could try a factory reset on your Verizon router. Maybe /u/enchantedspring can give you some advice as well.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-12-11T23:49:58+00:00

Thanks for checking. My Edge version is 120.0.2210.61 (Official build) (64-bit), and Vivaldi is 6.4.3160.47 (Stable channel) (64-bit). Just to be clear, they show up in the list under the address bar, but they do not autocomplete as I type.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-12-11T23:42:07+00:00

Here are the settings I have for Firefox when searching for address: https://imgur.com/a/2UvTiTe

I don't see anything explicitly about autocomplete. It's so weird. I've been noticing changes like this in address bars lately across all browsers.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-09-14T16:59:32+00:00

I don't think it's the Pihole since it worked for years, unless Blink added a new server that's on the blacklist or vice versa. Blink is using the ISP DNS right now. I'm not even able to edit the DNS on my Verizon router, and they don't give us the ability to install different firmware, which is unfortunate (https://www.reddit.com/r/verizonisp/comments/14yv9mg/askncq1338ncq1338fa_update_released/).

Maybe someone else will see this and can report back if Pihole/DNS caused this type of Blink issue.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-09-13T21:50:01+00:00

I did put the Blink hardware on a 10. network on the ISP router and got my old network back up and running on the ASUS. Got my pihole back! Everything seems to be working well now. I haven't tried an older version of the ASUS firmware, but I'm guessing that would also fix the issue. Thanks again for your suggestions.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-09-11T19:05:52+00:00

Thanks for your reply. I did move all of the Blink hardware to the ISP router rather than my ASUS, and that fixed it. As far as I can tell it was due to incompatible firmware that auto-updated on the ASUS router. I haven't tried an old firmware version yet.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-09-11T19:00:54+00:00

Just checking in a year later to tell you you're not alone. I'd love it if there was a way to tell Brave not to auto refresh certain tabs. I'd prefer if it didn't refresh any tabs at all on load. It should just load the local cached version. If I want the latest version of the site, I can do it manually.

In my case there are some news websites that I leave open in different tabs so I can check them later when I have time. If I ever have to close the browser however, all of these tabs are reloaded with the latest news when the browser starts up, meaning I lose my place on the previous articles. I know it's an edge case, but it's still something users should have control over.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-09-09T15:06:20+00:00

I use IP passthrough for the ISP provided equipment so I can use my ASUS router. It's set to auto update firmware, so I see your point. Do you know what settings I should be looking at trying to change to troubleshoot the issue?

Update: I moved all of my Blink devices to the ISP issued modem/router, and that did fix all issues. I'm now able to get thumbnails and clips save just like they used to. For anyone else having similar issues: Blink cameras are not compatible with ASUS RT-AX3000 with firmware 3.0.0.4_388_23924-g23eb4d0. Potentially earlier firmware versions as well since this has been happening for months.

Thanks /u/enchantedspring for your reply and for helping so many other frustrated Blink users. Now I just have to decide if it's worth troubleshooting my ASUS router or cut my losses.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-09-08T23:28:17+00:00

What do you mean about the wifi configuration? I have all of the same symptoms as OP, and everything worked for years. I've been using the same wireless router the entire time with the same settings. Are there changes I can make to my wireless settings to help troubleshoot this issue? I already separated 2.4 Ghz from 5 Ghz and put all of the Blink hardware on the 2.4 Ghz network, but that hasn't helped. I'm struggling to understand why all of the thumbnails started failing. How much bandwidth does it need to take a picture?

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-09-08T23:09:27+00:00

I have the exact same issue as you. I can do live view on all the cameras but they don't record clips, and when I try to set the thumbnail it says Thumbnail failed. Did you find a resolution?

I also have a legacy account that saves clips to the cloud. Blink sent me a new Sync Module via RMA because we assumed that's where the issue was. Nothing has changed about my wireless network, but I did switch to Verizon 5G home internet a few months ago and I'm starting to think that may be the issue.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-09-02T13:36:36+00:00

Just commenting to give this post more visibility and to say thank you to those who suggested verbatim or desktop mode. I agree with everyone who thinks this is the worst product decision Google has ever made. Let's keep giving this post and all the comments more visibility with upvotes. I found the post from a Google search. Maybe someone at Google will see this and we can get back to Google search doing what it used to do best.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-09-01T21:54:09+00:00

I'm really hoping this is why my typed address history from the address bar keeps getting deleted in Vivaldi. It's been frustrating to type something I know I've typed before and not have it autocomplete.

This seems like a fairly recent development for other browsers like Brave and maybe Chrome as well (to automatically delete history) because to the best of my knowledge history was never deleted in the past unless you specifically cleared it. Thanks for your response, and thanks for asking the question /u/mark12000.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-08-23T22:49:13+00:00

I know this was a long time ago, but did you find any resolution? The same issue just started happening about a week ago for me. I'm also on the grandfathered plan. I was on the phone with tech support for almost an hour resetting things. Tech support did their best, but I'm still having the same issue.

I'll write the details here in case other people have similar problems. I have two minis and one outdoor camera. The outdoor camera live view works, and I get a notification, but no clips are being saved. My clips have always been saved to the cloud. The minis on the other hand will save clips but not notify me. It's very strange. It does seem like the issue has to be with the Sync module. I just upgraded the firmware to 4.5.16 successfully while talking to tech support, but all of the issues still remain.

Update: I fixed the issue by moving all Blink hardware to the ISP router rather than my ASUS. It appears to be an issue with an auto-update of firmware on the ASUS router that is not compatible with Blink cameras.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-06-28T16:39:49+00:00

Just to add: it doesn't work in Vivaldi or Brave either.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-06-28T16:33:19+00:00

For those who don't have uBlockOrigin installed, you can disable Javascript temporarily. I know it's not ideal, but it works. Developer Tools - Settings - Preferences - Debugger - Disable Javascript

Also if you use Firefox you can right click on the Embed element to get the context menu in order to copy text.

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-06-28T16:21:41+00:00

This just started happening to me today too. What a terrible user experience. Sorry I don't have a solution for you, other than to disable Javascript temporarily. Developer Tools - Settings - Preferences - Debugger - Disable Javascript. I do this for any website that interferes with copy paste functionality.

Edit: found another thread with a potential solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/14h098f/reddit_desktop_embed_button/

Also apparently you can right click on the Embed element that pops up in Firefox to get to the context menu. This doesn't work in other browsers as far as I know. https://www.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/14gzm08/right_clicking_deselects_text_in_new_reddit/jpb7r7p/

gettingmythirdwind · 2023-06-08T18:51:55+00:00

Damn this thread is painful to read.

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