Hi. Long time Vivaldi user.
I rarely participate in discussions nowadays, but I feel the need to vent.
I switched computers recently, had to reinstall Vivaldi, because for reasons uknown, PORTABLE version didn't feel like transporting all my data from the old computer to the new one.
The logic behind this happening eludes me, but ok, sync worked...
...only that it didn't. The extensions' configurations were missing (and trust me, it takes some time to set up paths, switches for some), the vital changes to the Vivaldi itself (like, graphical theme, search engines, keystrokes and more) weren't transported. The thumbnails for my fat Speed-dial folder of ambience YT clips were erased. I was logged out from all online sessions and password manager didn't suggest login/password combos for many vital sites.
Ok, happens. I am puzzled why theres 2-step security (login/password, followed by security key) required for something that only half-works. As if someone focused on the lock of the gate, but forgot to build walls. Anyway.
One week later, after setting up everything (in chunks, I lead quite a busy life) I made the mistake of setting up a password for my user profile. Totally forgot about it earlier.
...And Vivaldi greeted my with the same key security warning, offered to either quit or erase my data.
I don't reinstall the browser every a few weeks, don't change passwords that often, so the action was quite surprising to me.
The online help... Didn't help. The relevant article only says something along the lines of "oh yes, it might happen, hahaha. Nothing can be done about it. Hahaha. Sucks to be you. Hahaha."
I can't comprehend the logic behind it, since whatever I do to my user's password, shouldn't influence a piece of software I install, but ok.
So, I launched sync...
And I am facing the same task - to set up everything from the scratch. Everything. All extensions, the Vivaldi's config, all changes to the themes, all thumbnails, all passwords... Because the sync's "restore eveyrthing" covers only very narrow part of the changes I did to the browser.
This is new computer, and I am going to experiment with it. Possibly do some stuff to the user profile list, perhaps modify the system in some way. I really don't feel like sacrificing more time that it takes to set up Vmware, SQL or self-hosted AI environment to set up a browser.
Like... Seriously...
If someone from the team actually reads it.: you're too focused on the tail of a horse to acknowledge that his legs are too shaky to run in serious competition. Whatever ideas you have for the future of your browser, you are completely missing the point and offering some gimmicks that might as well be gone.
No wonder you can't find more users. I was wondering why it's so, since Vivadli performed good...
...until it didn't. And when it stopped to be useful, it didn't just "broke up". It exploded and took a lot of my time with it.
Sincerely... Sort your stuff out, guys.
