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Re: Vivaldi 4.0

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Post by rplnt »

andai wrote: post #36
rplnt wrote: post #16

I really tried to like Vivaldi, and it could be a good browser, but is so unbearably slow. The whole UI is unresponsive. Opening a new tab can take almost a second. Price for javascript apps I guess. edit for clarification: This was on OSX, on Windows it was OK. Used it for almost a year as a secondary browser, no change, gave up.

Do you have an older machine, or is it even slow on new machines? I tried Vivaldi last year on my computer which is about ten years old now. Vivaldi was extremely sluggish (Chrome and Firefox still run fine), I was hoping to come back to it once I upgrade my computer.

It was a relatively new hw, MB Pro 2017. No issues with other browsers.

Re: Vivaldi 4.0

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Post by thefz »

ACS_Solver wrote: post #47

I want to offer Vivaldi some praise, I switched to it as my main browser a few years ago, and it's been great. I had to look for a new browser when Firefox (that I had used since the Firebird days) kept breaking my settings and plugins with their updates. After yet another Firefox update I wasn't able to restore the browser to how I want it to be, so I tried Vivaldi. I'm not even a big fan of the original Opera, but…

To me tab tiling is invaluable. I just wish it had session syncing, that would be great. I use Vivaldi a lot.

Re: Vivaldi 4.0

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Post by amyjess »

Have the Vivaldi developers confirmed whether or not they'll continue supporting Manifestv2? I think I heard something along those lines but I Can't remember where.

Re: Vivaldi 4.0

#54

Post by howolduis »

oblio wrote: post #3

Vivaldi Mail? That took a while :-D Vivaldi is developed by a team created by the former Opera founder and CEO. Vivaldi kind of tries to re-create the spirit of Opera, but I think it's going to be too hard to do it. For those who didn't use it, Opera was first a paid browser (which limited its reach), then an ad-supported browser (which again limited its reach). It then finally became a free browser but by then it wa…

it forces you to provide a phone number to use it. I'm out... too invasive

Re: Vivaldi 4.0

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Post by yunohn »

haunter wrote: post #5
Vinnl wrote: post #4

Off-topic, but: does anyone know how Vivaldi is funded? I tried looking for it for a bit, but couldn't find any income streams.

First hit in Google https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-business-model/

They spoke about this business model in the release post too.

I’m just finding it really hard to believe that it’s sustainable and makes them enough money to run a team…

Re: Vivaldi 4.0

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Post by traveler01 »

I like Vivaldi but I do enjoy using my main browser also for web development. BUT, they do a browser for power users but couldn't care less with developers since they haven't fixed the broken responsive mode in the developer tools.

Gonna keep using Brave...

Re: Vivaldi 4.0

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Post by dagurp »

j_koreth wrote: post #29

I'm surprised it took this long for Vivaldi Mail to come out. I believe it was teased relatively early on in Vivaldi's life although I don't envy the developers that had to work with IMAP. I am glad to see that some love given to RSS in a browser since it's been marginalized in all mainstream browsers. It's frustrating to see a refuge of decentralized media consumption be thrown away considering privacy concerns. I a…

The translation service is hosted at Vivaldi

Re: Vivaldi 4.0

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Post by dagurp »

chucky wrote: post #42
j_koreth wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not aware of any spyware in the browser. I believe the source is online but not licensed under a free license (Someone is free to correct me on that).

The browser engine, being a Chromium variant, is open-sourced. The source code for the UI is not available under an open source license it seems: https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/is-vivaldi-open-sou...

More on the subject https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-open-source/

Re: Vivaldi 4.0

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Post by hulitu »

ACS_Solver wrote: post #47

I want to offer Vivaldi some praise, I switched to it as my main browser a few years ago, and it's been great. I had to look for a new browser when Firefox (that I had used since the Firebird days) kept breaking my settings and plugins with their updates. After yet another Firefox update I wasn't able to restore the browser to how I want it to be, so I tried Vivaldi. I'm not even a big fan of the original Opera, but…

Also Vivaldi is faster.
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