@jonsvt I love makers, but let me ask you: why another browser? especially since all of these features are implementable by extensions on every other browser platform, what would make me use this new one?

@thejeremycarson We feel that all major browsers are becoming very similar in terms of functionalities. We wanted to build a powerful browser that offers much richer set of features that allows users to personalise their experience. Our focus is providing as many functionalities and choice as possible out of the box. We believe everyone is different. We wear different clothing, drive different cars, decide to live in different parts of the world. We all make different choices yet there is not much choice when it comes to browsers, which many of us spend significant amounts of time using. Yes, it's possible to download extensions to add features and that's good. Vivaldi is also compatible with Chrome extensions and you can download them from the Chrome Web store. However, we want to offer as many features as possible so that you don't need to search/find/install/evaluate extensions, which could have some negative impact on performance as well as on privacy. Anyway, try out Vivaldi and see what you think.

@jonsvt I want to like it, but there are still issues for me. I'm a heavy user of the 'Save to Pocket" Chrome extension which seems to reliably crash Vivaldi 1.0 with just about every click. :-( I'll keep my eye out for 1.1.

@jonsvt -- Tried Vivaldi, looks really good, love the interface, notes feature :) Page loading is little slower with vivaldi than in chrome...but its fine, as of now, I love vivaldi, expecting great updates from vivaldi in future..:) Good luck...

@nikkielizdemere Was about to hunt this earlier but felt it already had been hunted pre 1.0 Any rules about hunting pre / post beta?

@eonpilot Hi Eon, I'm going to tag @rrhoover here, who can share the most up-to-date process. :)

@gaelle_lo Haven't had a ton of time to dig deep into it, but the first thing that put me off was the developer console only being available as a pop-up window. I prefer it in the same window like Chrome defaults to, but since it is based on Chromium I feel that you could integrate the same options that Chrome has for the Dev Console placement. ^__^ Also, really appreciate asking for feedback! So cool!

@dnuzum Hmmm - what are you seeing loading more quickly? Vivaldi is basically just wrapping the Chrome browser with an impressive UI, so in theory, speeds should be the same as Chrome for loading/rendering (type "chrome://extensions" or "chrome://flags" and you'll see it's just Chrome). Could be the "New Safari seems snappier" effect.

@jrsjrsjrs I'm guessing it's most likely just my extensions list in Chrome. If I were to load them both fresh I'd assume they'd both be pretty similar in load times.

@livejamie Not yet, but your request is noted. As I've said in different places before, we want the browser to adapt to you, not the other way around.

@jonsvt Awesome, I could see this being my primary browser once that's addressed. Any mobile plans?

@livejamie We're going to make one. But there is still much to deliver for the desktop browser.

@noxowe Did you see this? http://cl.ly/0z2H211x473w

@rrhoover Thank you for mentioning that. Most people take their browser for granted. Yet we spend so much time with one. I think our plan is to focus on making a browser that is both more powerful and more personal. It will adapt to the user. Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera have all tried to simplify. We want to add. To build in features that people love, that help them accomplish more, that make things faster and more convenient. Ultimately, our vision is to keep the user as the focus and build the things our users want to see. We'll be the browser that responds to their wishes.

@planetmitch We partner with search engines and other affiliate partners such as Ebay or Booking.com for example. We get a portion of the revenue when those services are used and revenue is being made. We believe this model works and have experience with it in my previous company (Opera).

@jonsvt thanks. That makes sense. So far it looks pretty good... tho my 1password chrome extension isn't working.

@planetmitch Good to hear! We are looking to 1password extension issue.

@conradegusa Is it a new company? I was under the impression that this was Opera rebranded. Edit: or perhaps it was just some of the team.

@gaelle_lo downloaded yesterday. So far so good. A little zippier than the alpha. Getting it to work was huge. I will let you know how it goes.

@sushubh Your request is noted. I've seen this requested before and it's now on our To do list.

@gaelle_lo Works out fine for me now after update to 1.1 - great work! Vivaldi - first browser for years that actually feels like an improvement!

@aramiggs Thanks for reporting this. We will look into it.