A (very) interesting new browser

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Posted by MacSE
Sep 11, 2017 at 08:39 PM

I did not go along the Chinese path with Opera and decided to try Vivaldi (By the creator of Opera, I believe) and was hooked. Privacy (I think), speed, etc…
Anyone tried it?

Posted by Dellu
Sep 11, 2017 at 09:58 PM

What do you mean by “Chinese path”?

Opera is developed by a Norway company.

Posted by Dellu
Sep 11, 2017 at 10:00 PM

OH, I see now what you mean by that: didn’t know that a Chinese company has acquired it.

Posted by Dellu
Sep 11, 2017 at 10:05 PM

>So I’m back to Opera; as Dellu says, it’s got its own built-in VPN, and I’d forgotten (doh!) that it also supports Chrome extensions using the amazing “Download >Chrome Extensions” extension. So you can make up for the egregious lack of a Reader View by installing an appropriate Chrome extension such as “Just Read” (highly recommended).
>Little Snitch is reporting minimal phoning home (apart from the VPN server), whereas Cliqz was producing red flashes every few seconds!
>I feel safer already!
>Shame about Cliqz, but I’m glad Opera continues (despite its new Chinese ownership) to adhere to its principles.

I didn’t read Bill’s comment. I am sorry. I actaully was wondering why they don’t have servers in Norway…surprise, it has been acquired by a Chinese company. Living in Norway, I never heard of this acquisition.

Personally, I enjoyed the VPN; am able to get to the US network with no problems as many youtube videos allow only US viewer. I find the VPN very fast; specially the German server (Geography?).

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jun 9, 2018 at 06:13 PM

This might be of interest:

“Apple Just Made Safari the Good Privacy Browser”
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-safari-privacy-wwdc/

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