Vivaldi Browser. Might finally get me away from Firefox.

I try alternate browsers from time to time, but I keep returning to Firefox. But this one might be sticking.

I have been using Firefox for ages, and before that I used Opera almost since it's beginning.

Vivaldi CEO is an ex Opera CEO.

It's built from the Chrome Source.

It has some built in things that enable me to get by with less extensions that are likely what is strangling my Firefox install occasionally. Things like mouse gestures. Otherwise it seems to work well with chrome extensions.

It feels fast and light and configurable.

I particularly like tab handling: Stacking, Pinning, Tiling all work quite slick.

I only started using it a week ago. Anyone else using it?

I like Vivaldi but it won't pry me away from Firefox, not yet anyways. Vivaldi is fast though, really fast. However, like all Chromium browsers, the bookmark handling is sub-par to Firefox. I also think Firefox has superior privacy controls.

If it was customizable like Firefox or even close what's possible with Firefox I'd consider it but, alas, nothing will ever be what Firefox is nor is capable of doing or becoming because of the level of customization possible. I know Mozilla is wrecking even that aspect a little piece at a time so sooner or later Firefox = Chrome-based browser style, unfortunately.

It's a monumental fuck-up of epic proportions but they just cannot seem to understand that what they're doing is hurting them.

I have tested out Vivaldi on several occasions, just as I do with most competing browsers like Brave and others, but Firefox just sits so far above and beyond all of them because of that customization and that's why it'll be my browser of choice for as long as I'm still capable of making it what I need a browser to be. I know someday I'll probably end up having to use something else but, that's a long ways off.

bigdogchris said:

I like Vivaldi but it won't pry me away from Firefox, not yet anyways. Vivaldi is fast though, really fast. However, like all Chromium browsers, the bookmark handling is sub-par to Firefox. I also think Firefox has superior privacy controls.

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Bookmark Handling. Do you mean organizing them? I notice that. I can still get them where I want, it just takes more work. I use the bookmark bar across the top, and put organized folder across it. The same as I do in Firefox. Once it was setup it works much the same.

Is there some privacy controls missing in Vivaldi? Or is it third party extensions?

Snowdog said:

Bookmark Handling. Do you mean organizing them? I notice that. I can still get them where I want, it just takes more work. I use the bookmark bar across the top, and put organized folder across it. The same as I do in Firefox. Once it was setup it works much the same.

Is there some privacy controls missing in Vivaldi? Or is it third party extensions?

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I prefer a bookmark button that drops down that doesn't require another "toolbar" which just takes up screen space.

Firefox privacy controls allows you to delete history on exit, delete superbar history, and allows you to customize cookie handling so sites like gmail won't hold onto last used accounts, but lets you enable that function for others sites you do want.

bigdogchris said:

I prefer a bookmark button that drops down that doesn't require another "toolbar" which just takes up screen space.

Firefox privacy controls allows you to delete history on exit, delete superbar history, and allows you to customize cookie handling so sites like gmail won't hold onto last used accounts, but lets you enable that function for others sites you do want.

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Ok, It doesn't work well with you current usage pattern.

It just happens it works with my pattern I was already using in FF, so no adjustment for me.

I need a bookmark bar because I have >1000 bookmarks, and navigating that through one drop down is a PITA. So on FF I put a in a bookmark bar, with ~20 folders for categories, and I just carried that forward into Vivaldi with no change required on my part.

I never used the per domain cleanup in firefox. I rely on Ublock, and Safescript to block tracking networks.

Argh. Hit something that doesn't work in Vivaldi. Can't view my Dlink Security camera.

So Firefox, hangs in there.

went from opera, to firefox, when opera turned to chrome clone without addons. now vivaldi since it got mouse gestures, love it. though i miss a transparent start page

I am at about 75% Vivaldi/25% Firefox.

Yeah. Mouse gestures are a must, but I only use a few (FireGestures in FF).

Switching back and forth as I do, there is a definite extra speed/slickness in everything Vivaldi does.

Thank you for the recommendation, never heard of Vivaldi browser, will try it out

i use it, built on chrome, but much faster than chrome. Not sure why.

^ Yes, very slick running.

Added bonus of having no code reporting back to Google, and I set the search engine to DuckDuckGo.

Firefox 52 x64 on Win 10 has been giving me problems on two different machines. One was crashing when I used the back button while browsing IMDB, the other was getting hung up and give me "already running" errors after I closed and reopened it.