Daniel Aleksandersen

“Why your NEW computer is SLOWER than your OLD computer! By a Retired Microsoft Engineer” — David Plummer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t992ul_IKtc Posted on Bluesky on 2026-04-09

“Why your NEW computer is SLOWER than your OLD computer! By a Retired Microsoft Engineer” — David Plummer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t992ul_IKtc Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2026-04-09

Remember, unpowered USB hubs are evil and the source of all your PC problems. Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2026-03-18

I made a Webpage Widget (for the New-Tab Page) for #VivaldiBrowser that shows my continuous-glucose monitor (CGM) readings. It helps me respond faster to unwanted changes in my glucose level. It‘s just an example of some of the cool customizations you can do in Vivaldi. #DiabetesTech Posted on Bluesky on 2026-03-17

I made a Webpage Widget (shown on the New-Tab Page) for #VivaldiBrowser that shows my continuous-glucose monitor (CGM) readings. Seeing it there helps me respond faster to unwanted changes in my glucose level. It‘s just an example of some of the cool customizations you can do in Vivaldi. It’s built on top of the xDrip+ app scraping the CGM-reading from the CamAPS FX/FreeStyle Libre CGM app‘s notifications. This is not going to be an official Vivaldi feature. #DiabetesTech #HackStack Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2026-03-17

”There’s so much fun in Toffifee!“ Is that an ominous threat in your slogan, Toffifee? What did you put in with the hazelnut and chocolate, Toffifee‽ 🙈 Posted on Bluesky on 2026-03-05

Workarounds and troubleshooting for third-party password manager app integration on Android

Vivaldi for Android works with most third-party password managers through the Android Autofill Framework (AAF). This includes popular options including Bitwarden, Dashlane, Proton Pass, 1Password, and LastPass. AAF implementations in password managers and software keyboards are often buggy, unfortunately. Even more unfortunately, the AAF platform itself is also quite buggy. This article will help you […]

Minor update (6) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 6.8

This update includes a security fix from Chromium upstream to resolve “CVE-2024-7965: Heap Corruption in V8”.

Autofill Settings – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3405.3

You can now manage your saved autofill credit cards and addresses in Settings: Privacy.

‘Do-Not-Track’ privacy setting gets legal backing in Germany

Legislators are finally paying attention to concerns about how our digital data is tracked, collected, and stored. Find out what this game-changing ruling means and how it could affect us.

Sync privacy incident affecting our Snapshot test users

A privacy incident affected our Snapshot test users in versions 6.4.3160.25 through 6.4.3160.30 for desktop.

Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users

Microsoft announces vague changes to the default web browser setting for Windows Insider. Nothing but wishful thinking. Still force-opens web links in Edge.