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Sadly, Vivaldi is not an open-source web browser[1]. [1] https://help.vivaldi.com/article/is-vivaldi-open-source/ https://help.vivaldi.com/article/is-vivaldi-o

by krn 8y ago

Sadly, Vivaldi is not an open-source web browser[1]. [1] https://help.vivaldi.com/article/is-vivaldi-open-source/ https://help.vivaldi.com/article/is-vivaldi-open-source/

craftyguy 8y ago
And it uses Blink, so it's basically a proprietary version of chromium.
ddevault 8y ago
Until the headline reads "Vivaldi source code released", the browser is irrelevant. They really need to get their act together on this point, there's no excuse for a closed source web browser in 2018.
- class4behavior 8y ago
  Did any of you even bother to read the entry behind that link?
  - Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
    Yes. Would you care to point out.exactly what you think I missed?
    - class4behavior 8y ago
      The link clearly describes that de facto you have access to Vivaldi's entire code.
      - Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
        "Because you can disassemble it, it's de-facto open source" Give me a freaking break.
        LocalH 8y ago
        https://vivaldi.com/source/ https://vivaldi.com/source/
        Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
        This is not the complete source code, this is just their patches to Chromium. You cannot build Vivaldi with this.
- ethelward 8y ago
  > there's no excuse for a closed source web browser in 2018. Unless it is Chrome, or Safari, or Edge, ...
  - Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
    Edge and Safari are barely relevant and my argument applies equally to them. Chrome is just a few patches on top of Chromium, but again my argument aplies - no one should be using given that Chromium is basically the same.
- h1d 8y ago
  What do you mean by irrelevant? How does open sourcing it makes it relevant? If it means privacy, one could just monitor network activity and see if it's making weird connections instead of going through gigantic source repo which most people can't even tell what's going on.