Post #1197047
2026-04-16 14:34 UTC
Replies (40)
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@jon@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-16 22:29
There is no better feeling than the satisfaction of seeing happy users of Vivaldi. There is a reason why I and the rest of the Vivaldi team continue to work hard on building a better browser for all of you! It is not always easy. Building a browser across platforms and devices is not trivial to do. Connecting them all together through sync s not trivial either. Making it work well on small and large screens, using different input methods takes a lot of work as well. Having unlimited flexibility is hard as well. This is the reason why others tend not to do it. It is a lot easier to just say that the way you design it is the right way and the user is wrong. I know there are then things that some of you would like us to do, that we have not done yet. Generally we have it on our list. Running on a different code base is not on our list, though. It is too much work for too little gain. It is better for us to spend resources on improving the one code base we have. The more resources we have, the more we can do. When you tell your friends about Vivaldi, you help us grow and you help us be able to do more. Thanks! Jon.
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@dima@dol.social 2026-04-16 14:49
@jon You’re doing a fantastic job - your contribution to the web is invaluable. The only thing I’m missing is more merch that more clearly promotes the browser itself. “Big Tech Big No,” “Browser Veteran,” or even something like “I Like Tabs” might not be very clear to someone unfamiliar with browsers. But that’s just my opinion.
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@ohir@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-16 14:51
@jon > I have been making browsers now for 32 years Congratulations! And thank you. On congrats occasion: please improve the testing procedures ;)). Especially for the built-in email client, which has had a few too many glitches lately.
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@leoschuldiner23@beige.party 2026-04-16 14:52
@jon I got it 2 months ago and I like it a lot. It is my main browser and has lots of unique features quite clever and useful! You should just try it!!
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@janethemotherfucker@gaygeek.social 2026-04-16 14:54
@jon Is it free software yet?
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@adam_wysokinski@fediscience.org 2026-04-16 14:57
@jon My browser of choice for the last 12 months. It's excellent!
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@drewtowler@mas.to 2026-04-16 15:01
@jon Thank you for building a great browser. As a webdev I have to have both Firefox-based and Chromium-based browsers on hand for testing as well as daily driving; I chose Waterfox and Vivaldi and I'm happy with both.
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@DMTomas@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 15:03
@jon all right, you convinced me:) - downloading, trying 🙏
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@fasterandworse@hci.social 2026-04-16 15:05
@jon are you keeping an eye on the servo project?
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@knutson_brain@sfba.social 2026-04-16 15:11
@jon Love @Vivaldi … deep bow of thanks 🙏!…
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@elduvelle@neuromatch.social 2026-04-16 15:16
@jon I moved to #Vivaldi several months ago now - when #Firefox stated changing my selected search engine for a genAI one - and I have not looked back! I really like it, thank you so much for improving our lives by making it! I guess I should go donate now :)
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@mcSlibinas@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 15:16
@jon Opera Mini for android has the best ever UI, no browser even close get to that greatness. Thank you!
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@lackattack@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 15:18
@jon Integrated masto client is a nice touch. Been dipping my toes in for a couple years but am now using Vivaldi as my main browser. Thanks for your commitment to web browsers :)
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@ml@social.mitexleo.one 2026-04-16 15:22
@jon Vivaldi is my primary browser on all platforms ❤️
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@maggiemartin@mstdn.ca 2026-04-16 15:25
@jon Happy Vivaldi user here. I switched over two years ago. Not looking back.
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@gemelen@mammut.moe 2026-04-16 15:25
@jon That's the journey! And I may say I've been using then Opera and now Vivaldi for about 2/3 of that time, for a lot of reasons. Thus, I personally want to say thank you.
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@AnyWorker@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-16 15:42
@jon I have both #Safari and #Vivaldi on my mobiles, but my #default #browser is Safari. I don't need a #screenreader all the time, so I don't run #VoiceOver. Safari will #readaloud to me if I choose to listen, so opening a link from wherever is how I use Safari. When I know where I'm going, I mostly use Vivaldi. And if I think I'll want to remember a #website or #access it on my #computer, I'll paste the link into Vivaldi because they're synced.
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@Petesmom@kolektiva.social 2026-04-16 15:44
@jon There maybe a simple fix for this but can no.ai.duckduckgo be a search engine *choice*? Im currently jumping thru non tech person hoop to use it on the browser.
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@fracicone@mastodon.uno 2026-04-16 15:52
@jon I switched to Vivaldi lately and I’m very happy with it. It’s part of a migration plan away from big tech. Thank you for your precious work!
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@rejzor@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 15:53
@jon I wish Vivaldi had its own extensions store just like Opera still has and not depend on dictatorship of Google. With own store you can still host ManifestV2 extensions like uBlock Origin, something you can't when using Google's extension store. For starter it could only offer alternative extensions that are restricted on Google's own, but maybe later expand to be entirely own thing.
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@Synthyx@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-16 15:55
@jon Love vivaldi, I do wish there was a better explanation on how to get the Vivaldi webmail though...the reputation system is kinda vague.
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@artfors@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 15:57
@jon There is just one thing that's bartering me, and that's that I can't incorporate Vivaldi in gnome's design language. It hurts my eyes. 😩
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@dougiec3@libretooth.gr 2026-04-16 15:57
@jon Vivaldi has been the only browser I've ever had that I installed, then forgot about. It's been great not to have any problems with it whatever.
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@_chris_real@kolektiva.social 2026-04-16 15:58
@jon After I installed Vivaldi on my phone, I installed it on my computer. UNinstalled Firefox, but left Chrome, for the Download links (I download some pages, so I can digest them without constant Refresh issues). So far, so good. I appreciate your efforts.
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@marcin_kras@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 16:01
@jon Isn't Chromium dependency a liability in terms of digital sovereignty? I am trying to understand those who argue that Mozilla, by maintaining Gecko, is the last stand against Google's technological monopoly.
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@makeratschool@kanoa.de 2026-04-16 16:06
@jon That’s why I’m such a big fan of the Fediverse: honest people do honest things and talk about them—not just with their investors, but above all with their users. Many thanks for the work all if you are doing. 💚
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@cynical13@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-16 16:10
@jon #Vivaldi is my favorite Chromium browser. Some of the features, like the ability to strip tracking info from links, is really helpful. I think it has one of the nicest looking reader modes that I've come across. The ability to hide specific UI elements until the mouse is moved over them has really helped with screen real estate on my small laptop screen. But I wish it had a way to pin tabs across workspaces the way #ZenBrowser does. Or how in Gecko-based browsers, when you take a screen capture, it will highlight different items on the web page automatically, instead of dragging a box to capture specific parts of a page. If I could cobble together my ideal web browser from existing projects, I'd definitely take a lot from Vivaldi.
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@flense@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 16:51
@jon the only reason i dont try it, is because it is Chromium.
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@Pamela1960@kolektiva.social 2026-04-16 16:55
@jon I uninstalled it yesterday. I got fed of the daily nag to upgrade to latest version. On firefox, I gnore them because I prefer too go for the update of *.1 *.2, etc as fewer bugs.
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@ross@crikey.social 2026-04-16 16:56
@jon Recent Vivaldi adopter here. Thanks for all that you do. Took me a while to get going but I’m in and enjoying it now.
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 17:05
@jon i tried it and once i upgrade my linux desktops, it’ll definitely become my default browser but i cant on android, which i use way more these days thanks to my tablet. i tried vivaldi-andoid but i can’t use extensions? is there a hidden, developer feature to add extensions? i need my obsidian extension and a few other extensions as part of my normal browsing. it’s both a usability and workflow issue. the firefox redesign ―which nobody asked for― messed up my usability setup.
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@ZenHeathen@beige.party 2026-04-16 17:17
@jon Too many pestering emails immediately followed installing Vivaldi. It irritated me multiple times a day for a week. I'd barely begun to even look at the damn thing. I uninstalled it and blocked the emails.
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@wojtek@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-16 17:19
@jon I'm still sad about #Opera and #Presto. I do SO DAMN FAAAST
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@alaknar@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 17:25
@jon Are you guys ever thinking of writing your own engine, to get away from the monopoly of Chromium?
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@JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk 2026-04-16 18:20
@jon This browser has the same problem for me that all third party browsers have on macOS/iOS: it uses its own password manager. Is this an Apple-caused problem (integrating with Keychain/Apple Passwords is difficult or impossible?) or is there another reason? NB Importing passwords for me is not an option - it just causes things to get out of synch with other apps and browsers, where they do support Keychain/Apple Passwords.
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@metgitarenenzo@waag.social 2026-04-16 18:22
@jon I have had those two as my main browsers the past decades, so I really appreciate your work - every single day. :-)
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@elias@radikal.social 2026-04-16 18:45
@jon been using Vivaldi for a year now and I absolutely love it. Your ad and tracking blocker is the best I’ve tried and I love that it has a browser level VPN so I don’t have to have all my internet traffic go through VPN. Keep up the good work! #NotSponsored
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@mxhdroom@mas.to 2026-04-16 20:12
@jon I'm quite happy with Vivaldi and I use it on the laptop and my 'phone. Thanks for all you do.
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@cazabon@mindly.social 2026-04-16 20:17
@jon For years now, Vivaldi has been my backup browser - the one I use when a site or service works better (or at all) with a Blink-based browser rather than Firefox. Firefox's continuing slide into slop, surveillance, and advertising may mean Vivaldi becomes my primary - or only - browser. But you know what would speed that up? If Vivaldi launched an experimental version of its browser using Servo as the rendering engine, rather than Blink. Anyways... Vivaldi's great, everyone should use it over the other Blink / WebKit browsers. #Vivaldi #Blink #Servo #browser
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@DJDOOM@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 20:29
I have been using Vivaldi for a number of months now and I think it’s great! Thanks for creating such a good tool for us all to use.