Vivaldi 7.7 brings a redesigned privacy dashboard, performance settings, improves tab

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Vivaldi browser has a redesigned Privacy Dashboard. The v7.7 update also comes with improved tab sync.

You may be aware that Vivaldi comes with a built-in ad and tracker blocker. The browser displays the statistics of the content it blocked on the new tab page, aka the Start Page.

If you don't see the info on the Start Page after updating to the latest version, don't panic, the option has been removed from the page's side panel. Instead, it is now accessible via a widget.  Clicking on the widget lets you access the redesigned Privacy Dashboard. That's pretty neat.

The Vivaldi 7.7 update also brings some improves to the Start Page layout. You may recall that the browser added support for Widgets in v7.0 that was released in late 2024. These widgets were only accessible via a Dashboard page. The latest update makes it possible to add Widgets and Speed Dials to the same page. You can add widgets, drag them around, resize them, add them to various Speed Dial folders.

Let's get to the browser's Settings page, it has a new section called Performance. This page allows you to toggle hardware acceleration, you can also customize the energy saver from here. For instance, it is set to automatically turn on when your laptop's battery falls below 20%, but you can set it to turn on energy saver when your device is running on battery power. You can configure the memory saver, set up lazy loading on startup, toggle prefetching of resources, and reset the performance tools from the settings page.

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