URL Thumbnails No Longer Appear on New Tab Page

[USSS]

I just updated to CD v60.0.3112.115 and now my URL thumbnails no longer appear on the New Tab page, on which there should be eight (8) thumbnails for sites I visit frequently.

I tried a repair of CD, but to no avail.

Any ideas?

[Pandaru]

I had the same. I repaired this by deleting( or just move somewhere) file Top Sites in \Comodo Dragon\User Data\Default\ Then I launched the browser and updated the initial tab a couple of times and its work.

[USSS]

I’ve spent the better part of today trying your suggestion as well as umpteen others. Nothing restores the thumbnails. I believe this may be a Google Chrome problem with the latest release of CD (Build 115).

Thanks for replying, though.

[USSS]

Just on a whim, I downgraded CD to v58.0.3029.114 from v60.0.3112.115 and the thumbnails have now reappeared.

The last version that displayed thumbnails on the New Tab page was v60.0.3112.114, so I’ll be searching for a copy of that version until this issue is fixed in v60.0.3112.115.

UPDATE: I downgraded to CD v60.0.3112.114 and the thumbnails are now working properly. If you are having similar issues, you can download this version from Comodo Dragon Internet Browser (32bit) Download - Fast and versatile Internet Browser based on Chromium

[USSS]

UPDATE: I re-updated CD to v60.0.3112.115 and enabled the “Turn Off Strict Site Isolation” feature, which restored the missing URL thumbnails on the New Tab page.

See: https://forums.comodo.com/news-announcements-feedback-cd/comodo-dragon-v6003112115-is-now-available-for-download-t121313.0.html

[Citizen_K]

@USSS post:5

UPDATE: I re-updated CD to v60.0.3112.115 and enabled the “Turn Off Strict Site Isolation” feature, which restored the missing URL thumbnails on the New Tab page.

See: https://forums.comodo.com/news-announcements-feedback-cd/comodo-dragon-v6003112115-is-now-available-for-download-t121313.0.html

@Andrei Hreapca post:6

Hello All,

Some of you have reported some issues with playing games in Comodo Dragon (for example some games on Facebook).

The issues are actually caused by a flag that Google recommended to be turned on for a better security against CPU Speculative Execution Attack Methods (“Spectre”). You can turn this feature off by writing into a new tab of Comodo Dragon the webpage: chrome://flags, after this search for the “Turn Off Strict Site Isolation feature” and click on Enable and then restart the browser. After that games should work as before in Facebook.

This will also correct an issue with missing webpage thumbnails in the new tab page.

The Comodo Dragon Team.

A warning for all. Changing this settings will make you vulnerable for attacks using Meltdown/Specter vulnerabilities.

[USSS]

@EricJH post:6

A warning for all. Changing this settings will make you vulnerable for attacks using Meltdown/Specter vulnerabilities.

It’s my understanding that any browser based on Chromium below v63.x is vulnerable to these attacks.

When can we expect a new version of CD that resolves this issue and also retains the thumbnail feature on the New Tab page? I’m simply not willing to give up that convenience for a vulnerability(ies) that don’t yet exist in the wild at last report.