Vivaldi web browser

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Posted by jaslar
Mar 6, 2015 at 07:10 PM

Happened across this piece:

http://www.tecmint.com/vivaldi-web-browser-for-linux/ (although it’s not limited to Linux).

And thought this statement might be of interest to others here who browse and gather notes along the way:

“The glimpse of what it can do in the first release is very lucid. It’s fast as chrome having the legacy of Opera. Its features like taking notes and adding screenshot while browsing and others will make this browser very handy. Very sure this will give tough competition to other web browsers in the market.”

Posted by Andrew Mckay
Jan 8, 2016 at 04:08 AM

I have a few days left on the rapidly ending holiday and downloaded Beta 2 Vivaldi

I downloaded it to specifically try out the note taking features

First impressions are good. Stable and easy to use and the ability to create folder hierarchy is unique ( I think )

More experimentation required

Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 8, 2016 at 07:34 PM

Vivaldi is nice, I will admit. But I’ve really taken to Opera’s new ability to run Chrome plug-ins/extensions (without being Chrome, which I’ve banned from all my machines). I’m not sure Vivaldi can do that.

Cheers,
Bill

Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 8, 2016 at 07:37 PM

Oh, I tell a lie. Yes, Vivaldi can run Chrome extensions (it’s based on Webkit, but then so is Safari, and as far as I know the latter really can’t run Chrome extensions!).

Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 9, 2016 at 03:36 PM

I tell yer wot, Vivaldi running on a Mac is remarkably resource-efficient.

It even runs Chrome offline apps, although it is prone to crash, and doesn’t run them “properly” (i.e. in their own headless window - it opens a headless window, but then runs the actual instance in a separate Vivaldi window).

I’m experimenting with running it as a Safari alternative (I was running Opera, which is also very good, but Vivaldi - even in its “beta” state - is potentially even better).

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