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Coming from Firefox, is Vivaldi better?

1 pointstarek_computer4y ago11 comments

I am a long term user of Firefox on Linux. I used Brave in the past because of its privacy features but returned back to Firefox in tribute for its Netscape origins. I am old-school geek when it comes to appreciating IMAP/POP Mail, IRC, RSS and BBS. I saw Vivaldi announcing their new browser integration with Mail and RSS. Maybe they are embracing the great old technology that is a still a power house for retro geeks like me. I am asking my fellow geek friends if they have tried Vivaldi and if it’s worth the switch?

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josephcsible4y ago· 2 in thread

You'd be giving up a FOSS browser for a proprietary one and making the Blink monoculture worse at the same time.

tarek_computerOP4y ago

Yes, but sometimes I wonder if Firefox is still fully open source. I still hate having to do the first thing first when I install the browser is disable Pocket, change the default search from Google to DuckDuckGo (the latter is a recent disappointment). I miss the traditional / classical browsing of the 90s. Heck, I will pay for a browser that brings back the 90s experience.

josephcsible4y ago

A program could have all the advertising and tracking in the world and still be fully open source, as long as nothing stops you from creating a fork of it without that stuff.

Vladimof4y ago· 1 in thread

Vivaldi is Chrome isn't it?

tarek_computerOP4y ago

Yes. Offshoot of Opera and based on Chromium. Brave did the same with being an offshoot of Chrome. I never took real notice of them or considered using them. When they offered RSS and mail-integration, it sounded to me like they are trying to differentiate themselves and want to tap into the traditional web that may have been forgotten by mainstream browsers. Hence my question. Is Vivaldi browser worth it?

jqpabc1234y ago

Does integrating other applications into the browser make it a better browser? How about an office suite too? The one app to rule them all?

I guess I don't really get the objective or motivation for what Vivaldi is doing. I can think of several reasons why it might not be a good idea --- for example, memory use.

coffeeling4y ago

Vivaldi's great, especially if you like UI customization options.

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