Fun fact, Microsoft (Skype) will not accept user@vivaldi.net as a personal email address for new accounts.
It needs to be gmail/yahoo/outlook etc.
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Vivaldi Browser 5.0
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#12I don't understand that obsession browser developers have with themes. To the point it's a highlight in a major version.
Agree. I've never used one for longer than it took to briefly click to it to see what it looked like.
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#13I don't understand that obsession browser developers have with themes. To the point it's a highlight in a major version.
Users like it, especially if you can customise it. (Winamp comes to mind - themes were a huge deal with it and one of the reasons behind its popularity). And it also generates a lot of community activity around the software, which adds value and provides free publicity.
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#14Fun fact, Microsoft (Skype) will not accept user@vivaldi.net as a personal email address for new accounts. It needs to be gmail/yahoo/outlook etc. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FETZDicXEAEjlSQ?format=jpg&name=...
That is complete garbage. Lame Microsoft
Re: Vivaldi Browser 5.0
#15Themes and the translation panel are the highlights according to their blog. And speed improvements.[1] [1] https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-5-0-desktop-themes-translat...
"Speed improvements" in every release but there must be something about the way the browser is implemented that just kills performance/efficiency vs other Chromium browsers. Even a basic test like Speedometer 2.0 shoots out that DOM manipulations are 75% the speed of the same benchmark on Chrome, what on earth is it doing to cause that?
The interface is great but between performance and bugs I've never been able to stay on it for more than a couple of months.
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#16Have Vivaldi's devs said whether or not they'll be requiring Manifest V3? I'd hope that if anyone rejects V3 it would be Vivaldi...
Re: Vivaldi Browser 5.0
#17I don't understand that obsession browser developers have with themes. To the point it's a highlight in a major version.
Agreed… there’s very little surface that isn’t taken up by the website, so it makes far less sense than, say a terminal. It’s a uniquely bad fit for theming. A useable method of styling webpages, however, would be quite interesting. CSS just doesn’t quite work when used generically on all sites, except for maybe font sizes. Chrome’s in-beta automatic dark modes are maybe one working example. I’d appreciate, for examp…
Yes, the last thing I want are things competing with the page I’m reading.
Re: Vivaldi Browser 5.0
#18So guess that if you want extensions you need to go through Google machinery.. and your back to their telemetry empire?
Re: Vivaldi Browser 5.0
#19I don't understand that obsession browser developers have with themes. To the point it's a highlight in a major version.
There is a bigger group of users that care about how cute/fun/whatever their browser looks than the group of users that care about engine improvements and new technology support.
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#20I've read their business model... https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-business-model/ I just wonder how well it works in supporting them vs asking for money from their customers to support a decent/private browser stack.
That was an interesting read, I was not aware that we got this info from the horse's mouth.
Vivaldi has been criticized because it appears to phone home a lot. I've not tested that myself, but I assumed it was true. I might give it another shot because I do enjoy its Opera-like feel over Chrome or Chromium.