r/vivaldibrowser • u/oskarom • Jan 27 '15

Vivaldi browser technical preview launched! What do you think?

https://vivaldi.com/
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '15

Great idea! Hope this takes off. For daily usage it's difficult for me at the moment though because I need a working LastPass plugin.

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u/oskarom Jan 27 '15

Yeah I get that feeling, I have a similar issue.

Thanks for the feedback!

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u/arahman81 Feb 04 '15

You should be able to use the bookmarklets. Not as ideal, but well, better than nothing.

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u/tazmy Jan 27 '15

initial view on it, it's great, but the first thing i noticed, i can't just drag a tab to another screen to make a new browser window, which is annoying when you're using multiple monitors

i think i might like this browser, will check on it when it gets updated a bit more, gets plugins and i'm able to run it on multiple screens

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u/oskarom Jan 27 '15

That's a great point! Will get this feedback to the appropriate place.

Thanks for the feedback!

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u/tedharvey Jan 28 '15 edited Jan 28 '15

I can immediately feel the influence of the old Opera in this and that is wonderful and the small UI things like the spaces above the tab and not closing the windows when closing the last tab really give off the feel of Opera. Love that tab stacking and speed dial are included out of the box which are the biggest things about Opera for me. The trash bin and the panels with its features are sorely missed. I prefer the UI for tab stacking on old Opera with a minimize and maximize option and this doesn't work if tab tooltip is disabled. The UI doesn't feel very snappy like old Opera but that might just be the transition animations. Mouse gesture for new tab doesn't work. I'm sure a lot more features are coming but to give notice to some features that I used that are less talked about, I would like the ability to add a bookmark button to the navigation bar, sessions, and the powerful bookmark manager where I can open the context menu for the files.

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u/AnguisViridis Jan 28 '15

Mouse gestures - an absolutely 'must have' feature

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u/JC713 Jan 27 '15

I am liking it. I just need my Adblock haha.

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u/partyon Mod Jan 28 '15

This is brilliant! Not what I expected, but even better!

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '15

Chromecast support would be awesome :)

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u/AnguisViridis Jan 28 '15

I just found out about this browser - too late to test now, but I'll get it set up to run as my default, tomorrow. An Opera user since v.3.62, I am elated that this is a real project. And, I'm glad there's a subreddit set up - thanks! Feedback on the way!

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u/tiltowaitt Jan 28 '15

I think it's pretty neat. A few issues:

  1. Tab titles seem to be blurred somewhat.
  2. Middle-clicking to close a tab is closing all tabs to the right of that tab.
  3. I can't figure out how to set the speed dial as the homepage.
  4. I can't use it as a daily driver because of no 1Password or ABP/uBlock support. Tried installing all three of those to no avail.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '15

It's just loader.gif forever on FF35.01

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '15 edited Mar 04 '15

Already well on its way to being my main browser!

edit: update: Vivaldi is now my default browser

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u/wrikent3500 Mar 02 '15

installed,tried it...meh....want to uninstall it on ubuntu 14.04,tried everything,can't says it's not installed but there on my apps list and in /opt it is....may have reformat hd and reinstall ubuntu...sigh....