At @[email protected] , we make browsers. Powerful browsers, with more functionality than others, but still browsers.
What we are not is:
- An OS company.
- A search company.
- An ad company.
- An AI company.
None of our major competitors can really say the same. We focus on doing one thing really well.
If you like that, give us a try! If you are already with us, please share with your friends!
#Vivaldi #Windows #Mac #Linux #Android #Ios #AI
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Will it run Foundry VTT without glitches?
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Not really familiar with that, but if it runs in other browsers, it should in Vivaldi as well.
@[email protected] @[email protected] you are also not open source and beholden to stakeholders
@[email protected] don’t you have a mastodon instance? And an email client? And a feed reader? And a calendar?
Vivaldi has a lot of features you do not find in any browser. You mention some of them. We do have an email client, feed reader and calendar. We also have very powerful tab handling, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts and quick commands. We even have web panels. So we are very feature rich. We also provide sync functionality between the different browsers, which is fully encrypted. And we are proud to be the only browser company to have our own Mastodon instance. We also provide blogs and forums as well as a way to share themes. We are very focused on bringing what our users want.
Our users are not asking us to be an OS company. They want us to support their OS.
Our users are not asking us to be a search company. There are other, good options out there.
Our users clearly do not want us to be an ad company.
And our users are clear that AI is not something they want us to integrate. If they want to use AI, they can use AI services out there. No need to integrate it.
So we focus on what people want and we are proud of it.
@[email protected] Being anti-AI feels like a weird blanket product “strategy” but good luck!
We basically focus on what our users want. If we were public, there might be a focus on just doing what others are doing, to get funding. That is not where we are. We just focus on what people need and as you mentioned, it is a lot.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I used Vivaldi for several years. Sadly, something happened that I had to switch to more mainstream browsers (Chrome and Firefox). I will give it a try again, though.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Two things keep me from switching to Vivaldi, setting aside Chromium at its core:
- It keeps prompting me to enable notifications every time it updates, after I’ve already said no. Do not want.
- Bug VB-107923 (I have a confirmation email, but no URL to cite).
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I nudged on the 2nd bug, but the first one I have not seen. If you can provide a bug with a description, that would be great!
@[email protected] @[email protected] Appreciated, thanks! I’ll keep an eye out for the notification prompt again.
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And based in Norway (EU, GDPR). Don’t think other browser companies can say that either.
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Indeed.
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Hopefully you’ll be independent for years to come.
@[email protected] @[email protected] your grouping of fanes is the best. Now you visit my feed, can you tell me how you do make money?
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Thanks. It is all described here:
@[email protected] @[email protected] thanks! That’s does look good also (now I wonder how DuckDuckGo makes money ;)
@[email protected] @[email protected] One thing that would make me switch immediately would be, if tab closing meant: delete everything, localstorage, cookies, indexdDB. Except for sites explicitly configured not to do this.
Duckduckgo has the fire button, but this decouples closing from deleting the data in a stupid way.
Firefox has delete on exit, which is OK on the desktop, but who closes an app, ever, actively?
Firefox is severely restricted on Apple stuff by their policies. Same for Vivaldi?
@[email protected] @[email protected] Would it be possible for you to create an AppImage or a Flatpak for Linux? :)
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We have created a Flatpak for Linux already. It is currently experimental, but it is there.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Oh wow, I wasn’t aware of that. Thank you, I’ll give it a try!
Do you plan to be able to separate website sessions between workspaces? I miss this, and it sounds like an obvious feature.
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We will evaluate moving forward.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I gave #Vivaldi a crack but it wouldn’t let me have a seamless experience between Android and desktop (macos). I don’t think I could even use bitwarden on mobile which instantly stopped my testing.
@[email protected] @[email protected] A proprietary front end on top of chromium? Thanks but no thanks.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Besides a few annoying UX quirks, I love Vivaldi!
@[email protected] @[email protected] Oh,I respect that big time.
However, you’re using the #Google #webbrowser engine which we all should not use any more to avoid a really really bad #monopoly. 😞
I’ll stick with #LibreWolf for the moment.
#Vivaldi #Chrome #Chromium #Firefox
