I forgot to post about this yesterday, though not surprising due to how extremely busy work has been with the Play Store release of Nova 8.
I applied for the Vivaldi Sopranos program and it looks like I've been accepted. I'll have some accounts setup on Monday for me so I'll be able to dive in head first and see what all is going on.
That means I'm now an Ambassador and a Soprano for @Vivaldi which is pretty exciting!
I'm trying to figure out the best browser combination for my needs. Generally, Firefox covers almost everything I need, but it's slow on Android and drains a lot of battery. I've tried Vivaldi, Chrome, and Brave. Of these, only Brave has the features I need, like full history sync (not just typed URLs), and the ability to send tabs to other devices. However, with its focus on crypto and AI, it seems too hype-driven for me. Also, none of them work on FreeBSD without using a Linux jail.
🎙️ We kicked off the first Live audio Community Talk with our cherished Community members recently.
🎧 In case you missed it, grab your beverage, kick back, and listen as Vivaldi hosts @marialeal and @devina, talk to them about "What makes Vivaldi unique?" 👇🏻
In case you, too, have been bitten by the "no JS alert() in PWA" bug in #Vivaldi which renders a few #PWA's partially broken, it's a relatively recent bug by which I mean it's 2 years old
TBF: I haven't paid a dime for Vivaldi, they don't owe me anything, and it's a fine piece of tech. I can still be annoyed by bugs, though.
🍎 iOS folks, the new Vivaldi 6.7 has some goodies just for you!
📱 Picture this: You're working on your iPad and constantly have to switch between Vivaldi and other apps or browser windows. Annoying, right? Thanks to multiple windows support, you can say goodbye to that, and focus on what you're doing without interruption.
📝 Keep your digital life organized with more sorting options for Notes and Bookmarks. Plus with Vivaldi Sync in the mix, you can effortlessly transition between your Apple devices with all essential files and folders at your reach.
🌙 The Force Dark Mode gives you a comfortable browsing experience that adapts to your system color scheme.
Upgrade today, with all this and more, for a browsing experience tailored to your needs on your iOS devices. 👇🏻
On the latest update on Vivaldi 6.7, we've amped up Translate, improved the Tracker and Ad blocker functionality, tweaked the Bookmarks manager, and many other features based on YOUR feedback.
🔖 We understand that Bookmarks are one of the most important aspects of your browsing. Now, Vivaldi remembers the last folder you opened in the Bookmarks Panel. We've also tidied up your bookmarks by sorting folders first, making navigation a breeze.
⚙️ We work with Lingvanex continuously to make the built-in Vivaldi Translate more efficient. With an improved performance and the quality of translations, we hope you'll find speedy results.
In addition to the above, we’ve polished the user interface and made improvements to features across the board.
Find out what they are and enjoy browsing with more of these powerful browser features👇🏻
In light of the EU's DMA and Apple's implementation of their Browser Choice screens, our CEO and Co-Founder, Jon von Tetzchner @jon, talks to @WIRED.
"It starts from you clicking Safari. Which, I think all of us agree, that's the wrong spot." Jon said he prefers Google's implementation of its new browser choice screen that guides Android users to select a default while setting up their phone.
Vous aussi, sur #Linux, vous avez eu droit à une MAJ de #Vivaldi en 6.7.3329.21 (alors que pour le canal Stable, le site officiel et la version Windows disent toujours que la dernière version en date sur ce canal est la .17) ? Ou ce fut propre à #ArchLinux ? 🤔
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Trying to set up Kagi.com as default search engine in Vivaldi. Pasted in the session link from Kagi in the search settings of Vivaldi but whenever I type in Vivaldi’s search field or search (Ctrl + T and term) I’m just redirected to Kagi.com, no search results show up? #kagi#search#vivaldi
My weird #Vivaldi gripe as I try it out: the tab close buttons are on the "wrong" side of the tabs, and are very sensitive. I've closed a lot of tabs by accident trying to switch to them.
I have been building browsers for 30 years now. First Opera and now Vivaldi. My estimate is that more than 1 billion have used one of my browsers or both. Have you?
What @Vivaldi don't say in their release blog post of version 6.7 today: if you use the updated Vivaldi Feed Reader to watch subscribed youtube channel videos, you don't get to see any ads. Not sure how long this will work until Google shuts shuts this circumvention down, but right now if you're sick and tired of youtube ads, just use Vivaldi's feed reader (it's a great browser/mail program for everything else anyway)
Note that if you do that, you may want to consider other ways to support the folks who produce the videos, (which is generally the case with adblocking. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Make sure that people who create things you enjoy get something in return).
This month it is 30 years since I started working on browsers. April 1994 is when Geir and I started working on the Opera browser. We founded the company a year later.
Initially I made the UI, while Geir did a lot of the core.
Since that time I have dedicated myself to making the Web live up to its potential. First at Opera and now at Vivaldi.
If you ever used Opera and you have not tried Vivaldi, I invite you to give us a try!
If you never used Opera or Vivaldi, you are invited as well!