It’s not Open Source / Free Software and it’s also based on Blink, like all Chromium browsers.
Not really sure about its selling points, but supporting Google’s grip on web standards seems to clash with the statement of openness in this advertisement.
Old Vivaldi was ass, the new vivaldi is awesome from a usability perspective. A ton of customizability, very clean, advanced features like workspaces and tab groups, …
Honestly the only things I’m missing is custom browser base (not chromium) and easier switching between browser profiles (cookies etc).
Yes, it is based on Chromium. But in the Chromium universe, it’s the best thing I’ve seen to date, no doubt.
Then I’ll pass and stick with Firefox. Seems like they’re trying to capitalize on some people’s current frustration with Mozilla and their Mastodon instance
Firefox is in this nasty ‘meh, good enough’ place where you have all your plug-ins, it becomes a laggy memory hog as time goes by, but it’s still ‘meh, good enough’ that you won’t change since everything else is garbage chromium.
I miss old-school konqueror, but I’m probably the only one.
I think it’s good of them to do this, but yes, releasing a browser that isn’t open source in 2024 is pretty ancient thinking.
As far as what engine it’s based on, there are really 3. Blink, Webkit, and Gecko. I agree that if you’re worried about Google taking over, Blink is the worst one to choose, but it’s not like there are a lot of options.
It’s not Open Source / Free Software and it’s also based on Blink, like all Chromium browsers.
Not really sure about its selling points, but supporting Google’s grip on web standards seems to clash with the statement of openness in this advertisement.
It’s made by folks that once worked on the original Opera (back when it was still good).
Basing their new browser on Chromium is unfortunate, but the spirit of old Opera is there: customizability and focus on features for power users.
It’s the browser I’d be using if I abandoned Firefox for whatever reason.
Been using Vivaldi for about 2 years now.
Old Vivaldi was ass, the new vivaldi is awesome from a usability perspective. A ton of customizability, very clean, advanced features like workspaces and tab groups, …
Honestly the only things I’m missing is custom browser base (not chromium) and easier switching between browser profiles (cookies etc).
Yes, it is based on Chromium. But in the Chromium universe, it’s the best thing I’ve seen to date, no doubt.
Then I’ll pass and stick with Firefox. Seems like they’re trying to capitalize on some people’s current frustration with Mozilla and their Mastodon instance
Firefox is in this nasty ‘meh, good enough’ place where you have all your plug-ins, it becomes a laggy memory hog as time goes by, but it’s still ‘meh, good enough’ that you won’t change since everything else is garbage chromium.
I miss old-school konqueror, but I’m probably the only one.
Firefox when I started using it was ‘meh good enough’ but now it’s 'mmmmmmmmmmmeh it’ll work…"
It’s basically “I mean, it’s still not Chromium”.
But that threshold just keeps getting lower :/
I think it’s good of them to do this, but yes, releasing a browser that isn’t open source in 2024 is pretty ancient thinking.
As far as what engine it’s based on, there are really 3. Blink, Webkit, and Gecko. I agree that if you’re worried about Google taking over, Blink is the worst one to choose, but it’s not like there are a lot of options.
Blink and Webkit are the same engine, just forked at some point in their history.