Vivaldi Web Browser
Vivaldi is a free web browser built on the
Chromium code base (which is the same code base for the Chrome browser).
CLASSE-IT has chosen to support Vivaldi because of its focus on privacy and its stable release schedule. Also, Vivaldi's rendering engine is widely compatibile with modern websites.
Bookmarks
Vivaldi default bookmarks
Vivaldi ships with a complete list of example bookmarks. These may be extraneous beyond demonstrating the full range of bookmark features in Vivaldi. If you want to clear them out before adding your own bookmarks do the following:
- Go to Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks.
- Select the top bookmark entry.
- Shift + click on the bottom bookmark entry (do not select the "Trash" entry).
- Press Delete on your keyboard.
Importing Firefox Bookmarks
For help on importing bookmarks from other web browsers, please see the
importing and exporting bookmarks section on the
Vivaldi help site
Allowing pop-ups
You can activate pop-ups by clicking the lock icon in Address field and selecting the appropriate option in the dropdown menu (on Mac: Site settings).
Windows
Go to
Start Menu ->
Vivaldi.
Multiple Login Prompts
If you’re using a personal windows computer from home, you may find that you need to login repeatedly when accessing CLASSE web services. To work around this, you’ll need to:
- become an admin
- launch
regedit
- create an
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Vivaldi]
registry key, that contains the following String value:
AuthSchemes = basic,digest,ntlm
This is automatically set on all CLASSE-managed Windows laptops.
A similar workaround should exist for all Chromium-based browsers. Please email
service-classe@cornell.edu with problems or questions.
Linux
Go to
Applcations menu ->
Internet ->
Vivaldi.
Or, type
vivaldi
at the command line.
Multiple profiles.
From the command line, use
vivaldi --profile-directory=test
, to use (or create if it doesn't already exist) a profile named "test".
Proxy Server
To launch vivaldi and use the CLASSE
CachingProxy server for additional security (or to reach offsite from a private subnet), type on a command line:
vivaldi --proxy-pac-url=https://www.classe.cornell.edu/proxy.pac