Vivaldi Software released today version 1.7 of the Vivaldi browser, which now includes a built-in screen capturing utility that allows users to take snapshots of the entire page or just small sections.
Vivaldi is the first vendor to include a screenshot utility with its default browser. Most other browsers rely on add-ons to provide this utility.
Similar to Vivaldi, Mozilla is experimenting with a similar feature that yit wants to embed in Firefox, which is currently under testing via the Test Pilot program.
Based on your reporter's opinion, Vivaldi's built-in screenshot utility is extremely easy to use and very well designed, coming with options to capture the entire page or a section, and to save the resulted image as a JPEG, PNG, or to the computer's clipboard.
Vivaldi also provides the ability to bind the screenshot-taking command to custom keyboard shortcuts via the browser's settings section.
The only problem we encountered was when we tried to change the location where images were stored on disk. After a few minutes of relentlessly searching the browser's settings section, we couldn't identify any options that allowed us to save photos to our desired folder, instead of "C:\Users\[USER]\Pictures\Vivaldi Captures".
Besides the new page screenshot utility the Vivaldi team also touts new features such as native macOS notifications, the ability to add images to the Page Notes section, and the option to mute sounds from all tabs at once.
Comments
CaveStoryKing64 - 2 years ago
I've been using the Test Pilot one in Firefox for a while, and I think it's a good idea to port to other browsers.
Good job, Vivaldi!