Eithiriel DeMerè

Vivaldi 1.0 - A new browser from the original Opera co-founder

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Jon von Tetzchner
Thanks everyone for checking out Vivaldi. We've made a lot of progress thanks to your help. And today we're launching Vivaldi 1.0 Final. Some of the new things you might like are: Sessions: save a set of open tabs so you can load them later Tab hibernation: right-click on a tab to set it to hibernate. Then it won't consume resources, so you can have many tabs open. And some old favorites, like Notes, Tab Stacks, Web Panels, and many others But of course, more than features, Vivaldi is about customization. Our browser should adapt to you. Looking forward to your feedback.
jeremy carson
@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?
Jon von Tetzchner
@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.
Fraser Smith
@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.
Ram
@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...
Eithiriel DeMerè
Vivaldi (alpha) has been posted on Product Hunt before but today is actually their official 1.0 (beta) launch day. More on that here.
André J
@nikkielizdemere Was about to hunt this earlier but felt it already had been hunted pre 1.0 Any rules about hunting pre / post beta?
Eithiriel DeMerè
@eonpilot Hi Eon, I'm going to tag @rrhoover here, who can share the most up-to-date process. :)
Derek Nuzum
I really like it. Seems to be even quicker at loading some things than Chrome... which is surprising. But, I'm not sure it will replace Chrome for me... Especially for development purposes, but well done nonetheless.
Derek Nuzum
@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!
Jeremy Sadwith
@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.
Derek Nuzum
@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.
Jay Stansell
Have been using this for a day now, and have set as default browser, as I'm feeling confident. I don't think i can come back from side tabs - great work!
Jamie Martin
This has a lot of potential but I really dislike the Vivaldi logo in the top left of my browser windows. Can it be relocated or disabled? Opera and Vivaldi are the only browsers in the market that display something in that area and it's annoying.
Jon von Tetzchner
@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.
Jamie Martin
@jonsvt Awesome, I could see this being my primary browser once that's addressed. Any mobile plans?
Jon von Tetzchner
@livejamie We're going to make one. But there is still much to deliver for the desktop browser.
Laszlo Levente Mári
The only thing I tossed Vivaldi immediately after the first version came out that hasn't changed yet: You can't export. If you wanna move to an other browser you can't export your stuff so you either will have super hard time or won't move to an other browser.
Atle Mo
Ryan Hoover
Congrats on the launch, @jonsvt. Although I'm satisfied with Chrome as my default browser, I'm happy to see you (and others) build something new in this space, after all the browser is arguably the most important piece of software we use every day. What's your goal with Vivaldi and how do you plan to compete with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and others?
Jon von Tetzchner
@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.
IGNACIO
Works perfect, Vivaldi is my new fav browser 😎
Evan Petrack
Downloaded and been using heavily for a day or so now - awesome. If Chrome and Opera had a lovechild, it would be this browser.
planetMitch
Ok, testing it out. My question is how do you make money giving away a free browser these days? Reason I ask is I wonder how long the project will survive. Should I become mentally invested in it?
Jon von Tetzchner
@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).
planetMitch
@jonsvt thanks. That makes sense. So far it looks pretty good... tho my 1password chrome extension isn't working.
Jon von Tetzchner
@planetmitch Good to hear! We are looking to 1password extension issue.
Conrad Egusa
Congrats on the Vivaldi on the Version 1.0 launch! It's great see new companies launch in this space.
JammingPierce
@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.
zghm
I was a huge fan of Vivaldi in alpha. I had to stop using it because an update boinked the whole thing. Here's hoping I can stick with it. Looking forward to it. Congrats on the 1.0.
zghm
@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.
Roman Otradny
Finally! Thank you guys!
Sushubh
I just need it to support alt-enter in the addressbar and I can probably move to it full time. I would however miss the Google Search powered spellchecker... I wonder if Google policies would allow Vivaldi to add it to their own browser.
Jon von Tetzchner
@sushubh Your request is noted. I've seen this requested before and it's now on our To do list.
Samir Doshi
always good to have options - love all the little flourishes
Thanasis
Seems promising, let's see what the future holds!
Johan Olde
Looks very promising - I love that I can tile tabs - this should be really useful when using OSX split view, but you don't seem to support split view?
Johan Olde
@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!
Aram Shahinyan
Have just found another confusing lack of a feature: there is no way to dock the developer tool to the bottom of the page, it always acts like a popup window. Guys, this is something you should address FIRST!
Jon von Tetzchner
@aramiggs Thanks for reporting this. We will look into it.
Aram Shahinyan
Congratulations on the first release. Vivaldi looks quite promissing. My first impressions are quite positive: clean and simple user interface, fast (!!!), awesome custom font rendering (hello, chrome!), extremely configurable. Great job done. The only thing making me upset is the fact I can't hide the side panel where bookmarks, notes and downloads are placed. I can only move it from left to right and opposite. No way just to hide it? Hope Vivaldi will be good enough to make me migrate to it from Chrome.
Angel Botto
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