Vivaldi browser Download and Review

Vivaldi is the spiritual successor to the famous, but outclassed Opera web browser. And it was officially launched yesterday 06-04-2016

 

Some features:

- Vivaldi version 1.0 uses the Webkit/Blink layout engine also used by Google Chrome.

- Vivaldi browser is compatible with Windows, OS X and Linux.

- Distributed as freeware, but it is NOT Open source software.

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This is the Wikipedia LINK

 

 

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Because it is so new, I still did not test the browser to exhaustion. But so far from what I have seen everything works great, but it is just another “skin” on top of the Google chrome browser.

I used to like Opera browser very much, while they were using the Presto engine, but since they left it and switched to google, they become just another extension in my opinion.

Security wise, I did not finish my tests, but since they are not FOSS (Free Open Source Software) I would not trust them at all to keep anything private.
Opera browser was well known from selling your browsing activities ( mobile browser, Turbo, etc).

Vivaldi browser will work for you as good as chrome does, with the added advantage of still supporting older OS versions like Windows XP, Vista and older OS X versions. Wich will enable the user too keep getting security updates on their system.

Vivaldi Browser Main features

Adaptive Interface – The color scheme from Vivaldi will adapt to your taste as much as you like, you can change everything, from colors to content placement, bookmark bar placement, etc.

Spatial Navigation – Vivaldi browser allows you to navigate the webpage using your keyboard, not only scrolling UP and DOWN, but also LEFT and RIGHT

Powerful Bookmarks – The Bookmarks feature was enhanced, now you can add tags to your bookmarks and set “nicks” for faster access

Web Panels – With Webpanels, you can “Dock” a Panel to the sidebar of Vivaldi. What this allows you to do, is for example to keep Facebook or Twitter open on the sidepanel, so you can follow any discussion you are engaged in, and still browse other webpages with ease.

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Now I leave you with the official Download Link

And Vivaldi Main page Link

 

Sources:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10228/vivaldi-web-browser-launches-with-version-10-built-for-power-users-of-the-web

https://vivaldi.com/

 

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