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I have been a diehard user of the Vivaldi browser for a while now. I just posted the referenced article to their forum stating that Vivaldi should follow suit.

I have been a diehard user of the Vivaldi browser for a while now. I just posted the referenced article to their forum stating that Vivaldi should follow suit. Without such support I'll likely change to Brave specifically due to IPFS support. The internet is in desperate need of decentralization.

jonathansampson 6y ago
We would love for you to download Brave and give the emerging IPFS support a spin. Any feedback you have about expectations and experience would be greatly appreciated.
- unicornporn 6y ago
  How about becoming the first major browser to support Gemini? Not the cryptocurrency that is. https://gemini.circumlunar.space/ https://gemini.circumlunar.space/
tylersmith 6y ago
I'm also a big fan Vivaldi and have been pretty vocal about it. Thanks for taking the time to make this request. I've added a comment of support, so the demand for this has literally doubled in 15 minutes!
whycombagator 6y ago
I want to like Vivaldi but isn’t it closed source? That’s a non-starter for me (given most other alternatives are open source)
- hobo_mark 6y ago
  Uhm, no? https://vivaldi.com/source/ https://vivaldi.com/source/
  - dsissitka 6y ago
    Only part of their source is available. > Of the three layers, only the UI layer is closed-source. ... The Vivaldi UI is truly what makes the browser unique. As such, it is our most valuable asset in terms of code. https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-open-source/ https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-open-source/
    - eznzt 6y ago
      Which is kinda funny since their UI is half-done and sluggish.
      - Ndymium 6y ago
        And yet it provides features that I desperately would want in Firefox, such as tab tiling. Really miss that from Vivaldi.
    - chr1 6y ago
      Being able to contribute to ui code, or to customize ui without going through the minified code would be the main benefit of browser being open source. For discouraging forks, using a non-permissive license for js code, would be as effective as minification.
  - deleted 6y ago
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fabianhjr 6y ago
Most browsers have great support via the IPFS Companion ( https://docs.ipfs.io/install/ipfs-companion/ https://docs.ipfs.io/install/ipfs-companion/ ) and that is better since it is easy to have an IPFS node running locally since it is quite efficient.
- josu 6y ago
  >and that is better since it is easy to have an IPFS node running locally since it is quite efficient. No, it isn't.
  - krspykrm 6y ago
    Seconding this. Unless something's changed, my experience with the default Go daemon they provide was shock at how much resources it consumed in the background. It was something like 12% CPU usage while doing nothing at all for hours on end - I wasn't even accessing any ipfs content.
    - fabianhjr 6y ago
      I see less than 1% cpu usage and 200mb memory usage and 4% spikes while serving my personal website or fetching an IPFS resource. (Though on a Linux system I also modified the low water setting up to 1000 peers and the high water setting to 2000 peers)
      - krspykrm 6y ago
        Yeah I just tried downloading the latest version and it looks much better now. I remember I tried ~3 years ago or so and it was horribly inefficient, so I deleted it, then gave it another shot around a year ago and came to the same conclusion. But yes, from running it ~10 minutes just now, it looks quite reasonable.
        Mandatum 6y ago
        12-32% on a Macbook Pro 2019. I don't think I'm going to adopt this.
desireco42 6y ago
Vivaldi is great, I really like it. Both it and Brave are excellent places to browse internet. Glad to have options and choice.

jonathansampson 6y ago

We would love for you to download Brave and give the emerging IPFS support a spin. Any feedback you have about expectations and experience would be greatly appreciated.

unicornporn 6y ago
How about becoming the first major browser to support Gemini? Not the cryptocurrency that is. https://gemini.circumlunar.space/ https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

tylersmith 6y ago

I'm also a big fan Vivaldi and have been pretty vocal about it. Thanks for taking the time to make this request. I've added a comment of support, so the demand for this has literally doubled in 15 minutes!

whycombagator 6y ago

I want to like Vivaldi but isn’t it closed source? That’s a non-starter for me (given most other alternatives are open source)

hobo_mark 6y ago
Uhm, no? https://vivaldi.com/source/ https://vivaldi.com/source/
- dsissitka 6y ago
  Only part of their source is available. > Of the three layers, only the UI layer is closed-source. ... The Vivaldi UI is truly what makes the browser unique. As such, it is our most valuable asset in terms of code. https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-open-source/ https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-open-source/
  - eznzt 6y ago
    Which is kinda funny since their UI is half-done and sluggish.
    - Ndymium 6y ago
      And yet it provides features that I desperately would want in Firefox, such as tab tiling. Really miss that from Vivaldi.
  - chr1 6y ago
    Being able to contribute to ui code, or to customize ui without going through the minified code would be the main benefit of browser being open source. For discouraging forks, using a non-permissive license for js code, would be as effective as minification.
- deleted 6y ago
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fabianhjr 6y ago

Most browsers have great support via the IPFS Companion ( https://docs.ipfs.io/install/ipfs-companion/ https://docs.ipfs.io/install/ipfs-companion/ ) and that is better since it is easy to have an IPFS node running locally since it is quite efficient.

josu 6y ago
>and that is better since it is easy to have an IPFS node running locally since it is quite efficient. No, it isn't.
- krspykrm 6y ago
  Seconding this. Unless something's changed, my experience with the default Go daemon they provide was shock at how much resources it consumed in the background. It was something like 12% CPU usage while doing nothing at all for hours on end - I wasn't even accessing any ipfs content.
  - fabianhjr 6y ago
    I see less than 1% cpu usage and 200mb memory usage and 4% spikes while serving my personal website or fetching an IPFS resource. (Though on a Linux system I also modified the low water setting up to 1000 peers and the high water setting to 2000 peers)
    - krspykrm 6y ago
      Yeah I just tried downloading the latest version and it looks much better now. I remember I tried ~3 years ago or so and it was horribly inefficient, so I deleted it, then gave it another shot around a year ago and came to the same conclusion. But yes, from running it ~10 minutes just now, it looks quite reasonable.
      - Mandatum 6y ago
        12-32% on a Macbook Pro 2019. I don't think I'm going to adopt this.

desireco42 6y ago

Vivaldi is great, I really like it. Both it and Brave are excellent places to browse internet. Glad to have options and choice.