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Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more

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Re: Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more

#31

I love Vivaldi. Really a great browser. Special the you can see more than one tab at once, that's a really nice feature on todays large 32" and 43" screens. I wonder why nobody else does it. Vivaldi has it since beginning.

Firefox can do this with an extension

Re: Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more

#32
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox is spending millions on political goals, failed OS' etc. Only a small portion is put into the progress of FF - speeding up rendering a notable exception.

While I appreciate the political work, I would like to see better leadership at Firefox, and less spent on side and failed projects.

Quantum is the result of two side projects - Rust and Servo.

Re: Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more

#33

Why not integrate an open-source system like Firefox Sync?

Because it's a total mess. I've worked on a protocol re-implementation for personal use, and I assure you it's quite ugly. And it's a moving target that changes once in a while, so supporting that is essentially being at Mozilla's mercy.

Mozilla's Kinto could do the trick, though. I haven't dug inside but protocol-wise it looks quite good to my personal tastes. I believe this is what actually Mozilla wants to eventually switch Sync to.

And if sync can be done with dumb backend storing encrypted blobs, then WebDAV is the most ubiquitous and simple option. Although it lacks realtime notifications which are quite important for sync.

Re: Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more

#35
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox is spending millions on political goals, failed OS' etc. Only a small portion is put into the progress of FF - speeding up rendering a notable exception.

While I appreciate the political work, I would like to see better leadership at Firefox, and less spent on side and failed projects.

Too bad the founder was kicked out for political reasons. It would have been nice if FF could have focused on technology, while being agnostic to the politics.

Re: Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more

#36

Seems pretty great so far. Is there a way to get the Firefox autoscrolling behavior, i.e. middle mouse click to toggle auto scroll mode?

This is the only reason I don't use Chromium based browsers on Linux - they don't support auto scrolling like Firefox. There is an addon however it does not work that well. Also why can FF do it without an extension and Chromium can't?

Re: Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more

#38

Why not integrate an open-source system like Firefox Sync?

Because it's a total mess. I've worked on a protocol re-implementation for personal use, and I assure you it's quite ugly. And it's a moving target that changes once in a while, so supporting that is essentially being at Mozilla's mercy. Mozilla's Kinto could do the trick, though. I haven't dug inside but protocol-wise it looks quite good to my personal tastes. I believe this is what actually Mozilla wants to eventua…

Are you talking about Sync-1.1 or Sync-1.5 (post-2016)?

Re: Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more

#39

I love Vivaldi. Really a great browser. Special the you can see more than one tab at once, that's a really nice feature on todays large 32" and 43" screens. I wonder why nobody else does it. Vivaldi has it since beginning.

It looks to me like makers of major web browsers generally cater to the lowest common denominator, or slightly less cynically, but effectively equivalently, aim for a large or universal audience. Their design looks almost indistinguishable from what they would come up with operating by the motto "features confuse users".

Re: Vivaldi 2.0 – includes sync, resizable tab tiling, floating web panels and more

#40

I love Vivaldi. Really a great browser. Special the you can see more than one tab at once, that's a really nice feature on todays large 32" and 43" screens. I wonder why nobody else does it. Vivaldi has it since beginning.

OmniWeb (circa 2004?)
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