When will you make the switch? What's holding you back?
Nothing, already switched and glad for it... can't wait for more customization abilities.
No extensions.
Looks interesting though.
>>52215340
Isn't vivaldi still not fully free?
>>52215340
Why would I want a chromium mod by devs who will only show source code of old releases only?
>>52215340
>still in beta
no
when it goes out of the beta I will go for full on switch
I tried going for switch already, but there was still some bugs I discovered in the first day
>>52215411
not opensource
but free as in beer it is
>>52215399
You can use chrome extensions, but it's a little hacky way to do it.
>Proprietary browser built using NodeJS
It's just a laggy botnet.
>>52215426
beer is not free
OP here I'm testing it out now and it seems ok but the UI is a big laggy, is this just how NodeJS works? Apart from that it loads faster than the firefox variants I've tried (developer, palemoon, cyberfox)
>>52215436
Are they planning their own extensions?
>>52215439
hello there new friend, welcome to /g/
>>52215438
And, like most WebUI-based applications, it uses foreign design language that would work in a vacuum, but doesn't integrate well into any OS it runs on.
>>52215340
Another special snowflake browser
It's literally just the Chromium engine with a custom UI on it.
>>52215340
add-ons not working
>>52215340
Using it since late november(when FF announce it was being stupid).
I didn't like it at first, but it's coming around. At least they added a setting to remove the 1~3px space at the top of the browser which didn't allow you to click tabs.
>>52215720
stockholm syndrome .
>>52215399
>implying most extensions aren't already built in features for Vivaldi
Researcher here, I use Vivaldi exclusively at work because of being able to take notes on various things while I browse. Handy as fuck to have my notes right on the webpage when I need them... Like when a page looks like it may have data I need and it doesn't, I can leave notations that it's useless. Or I can annotate the bits that matter to come back to them later. Seriously best browser for research ever.
>>52215340
closed source
blink based
botnet
no features
no customization
>>52215438
>botnet
Dank maymay breh.
>>52215438
>botnet
Dank maymay breh.
>>52215765
>closed source
yeap
>blink based
da
>botnet
this is /g/ everything is botnet
>no features
>no customization
you talk about chrome?
cause whole point of vivaldi is to be more customizable and feature rich than chrome/chromium/opera/yandex/...
considering you can put tabs on the side, or customize mouse gestuers, have sidebar with notes and mail client,...
well for not being out of beta its pretty nice on feature and customization front
>>52215848
not nearly as customizable as firefox
>>52215751
Yes, but I was cured of it when I finally decided to ditch Firefox, unlike many of you which still use it for no good reason.
>>52215871
but also more customizable than chrome, ie, edge, new opera.
>>52215871
m-hmm...
>>52215882
>unlike many of you which still use it for no good reason.
>Does it work? Yes
Why switch?
Oh wait
>m-m-muh sjw autism
oh I get it.
I tried it, and while it looks like it's going to be a good Chrome alternative, you can really tell that it is in beta. Also, it looks infinitely better than Chrome, but as far as I know it doesn't have the same amount of customization as Firefox, as in custom browser CSS and whatnot, which is pretty much what makes me go back to FF every time I try a new browser.
>>52215340
I am using Yandex Browser, which allows me to use Opera and Chrome extensions and also customize some parts of the layout
>>52215907
You're on a tech board and you don't know the difference between deprecated and removed.
>>52215907
speculation about what might happen in the future. none of that is completely certain yet.
>>52215945
how much are they paying you for your shilling?
>>52215340
i tried it, its nice but
>vimium barely works and glitches constantly
>chromeipass doesnt work properly
>proprietary
unfortunatly i have to stay on palememe with pentadactyl
>>52215907
Is there a more whiny developer ? They were given a year at the very least to update if they so wish yet he decided to just quit.
>>52215943
>looks like it's going to be a good Chrome alternative
lol, it IS chrome
>>52215340
>Proprietary software
>>52215999
Are you just clinically stupid or are you unable physically to read?
>>52215426
Proprietary freeware trash belongs in the 90s
>>52216000
Which is good, since Chrome has better performance than Firefox, but looks like absolute shit.
>>52216046
this
Freeware has no reason to be proprietary.
I don't give a fuck if it's not GPL.
>>52216000
Is the battery life as bad?
>>52215340
No RAM.
>>52216097
Battery consumption*
And RAM consumption?
>>52216097
There's no mobile version.
>>52215970
Nothing, I installed it a couple of days and its great. The switch from Chrome to it was great.
>>52215760
>being able to take notes on various things
How do i do that for a specific tab or page? All I see is the note on the side of the browser.
Still lacks opera's important features, like mail client, IRC client, torrents, ALL keyboard shortcuts and gestures can be customized etc. Not to mention it still uses ass-tier Blink engine when Presto was clearly superior
>>52216215
Same as chromium.
>>52216257
>ALL keyboard shortcuts and gestures can be customized
That one it has.
>>52216257
>lacks opera's important features, like bloat
>>52216317
>features you like and use are bloat
>>52216336
>features I don't like and don't use are bloat
there we go
>>52216317
Yes that's Opera's main feature: it was bloated as hell. It was for people who wanted to do literally EVERYTHING in their web browser, all you had to do was install Opera and every net-related need would be covered. The only thing that still does that is Seamonkey which is still lacking in some departments.
>>52216436
It's installer was 9mb if I remember correctly how is that bloated my man? Vivaldi for comparison is like 40 mb installer.
>>52215848
jesus that picture makes her look evil as fuck
>>52216477
>implying she isn't evil as fuck
>>52215340
When it will be exactly like Chromium (maybe with added smooth scrolling).
>>52215999
It's not about rebuilding the addon for the new API, it's that the new API LIMITS THE FUCKING FEATURES OF THE ADDON.
>>52215986
cVim is better than Vrome, and Vimium.
>>52216376
>I don't know how computers work
>I don't know how software works
>anything I don't use it must be always on all the time
>muh bloat
>>52216855
is it as good as pentadactyl? does it work well on vivaldi?
Does any other browser have this?
>type g 4chan in the address bar
>searches google for 4chan
>yt 4chan
>searches youtube for 4chan
>gi 4chan
>searches google images for 4chan
etc
Chromium works and is free software, literally no reason to.
>>52217123
heh, i have g and yt set up the same way in my firefox
>>52215760
>take notes on various things while I browse
Use edge
>>52217123
https://duckduckgo.com/bang
not customizable, but still
it's the only reason i use duckduckgo instead of google
>>52215340
No flash support
I want to see my free nude cams on cam4
>>52216128
Even though >>52216097 might be b8, laptops still exist anon.
>>52215340
Never.
Everything. It's a shit browser.
>>52217557
>2016
>still using flash
You're either too old to know that flash is deprecated, or you're too young (possibly underage) that you still play games on websites, or you're just retarded and/or too young (possible underage), that you watch porn/videos/anime/whatever on sites infested with malware.
>>52217655
Fuck off tripfaggot.
>>52215340
>tfw they could have been the browser we needed not what Firefox is kill but instead it's just a re-skinned Chrome, complete with botnet
>>52217557
Just download flash lmao
>>52215340
>When will you make the switch? What's holding you back?
Played around with it for a bit. Excluding a few missing features that they'll probably add before the first stable release, I like it. That being said, I probably won't use it until it's fully open source.
Have they come out with a reason they aren't doing open source? Just seems so stupid this day and age.
