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I'm trying Vivaldi again since as an expat I depend on single-click in-browser translation. For me, the killer feature is built-in no-nonsense vertical tabs, s

I'm trying Vivaldi again since as an expat I depend on single-click in-browser translation. For me, the killer feature is built-in no-nonsense vertical tabs, something I had in Galeon many years ago because it used the Gtk+ tab widget. I hate hate hate that Chromium cannot do this, because dogma.

warpech 5y ago
FWIW, Microsoft Edge also has vertical tabs.
- thanatos519 5y ago
  Sorry, you lost me at 'Microsoft'.
  - approxim8ion 5y ago
    https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/vivaldi.html https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/vivaldi.html Seems like your bar is low, but not that low.
    - kunagi7 5y ago
      The last update was made in 2018. That's a long time. It would be nice to revisit this now that they've have added more services (Mail, translations, expanded Sync) and see their impact to the browser's privacy.
    - fuzzylightbulb 5y ago
      Got anything more current than 2018?
  - warpech 5y ago
    Perhaps that was to be expected after you wrote that you used to use Galeon.
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  Neat! I'm not the grandparent poster, but I also can't stand horizontal tabs, probably because I'm a tab hoarder. But with screens wider than they are tall, vertical tabs make sense, and each new tab doesn't truncate all other tabs' titles. I looked up MS Edge's implementation, it seems it only shows the tabs either on top or on the left of the window, with Vivaldi you can set it at any edge of the window, I have mine on the right side.
  - thanatos519 5y ago
    Indeed, for least distraction, content should start at the top left of the screen. For this, I already had my tabs on the right, but now I am trying bookmarks/address bar at the bottom. Not sure I'll keep it this way ... but what I ♥ about Vivaldi is the choice. If I wanted training wheels, I would already be using macOS.
gbrhaz 5y ago
Vertical tabs without the 'tree' aspect (at least when I last used Vivaldi). Firefox with Tree Style Tab extension is still the best option I've found so far.
- mcintyre1994 5y ago
  I switched from Firefox + Tree Style Tabs to Vivaldi + Tab Stacks and I mostly prefer it. The ability to tile tabs within a group is the killer feature, as well as it being much better supported by being native. Stack by host is great too. The big tradeoff is that you only get one layer of nesting, but I find it's generally worth that tradeoff for me.

warpech 5y ago

FWIW, Microsoft Edge also has vertical tabs.

thanatos519 5y ago
Sorry, you lost me at 'Microsoft'.
- approxim8ion 5y ago
  https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/vivaldi.html https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/vivaldi.html Seems like your bar is low, but not that low.
  - kunagi7 5y ago
    The last update was made in 2018. That's a long time. It would be nice to revisit this now that they've have added more services (Mail, translations, expanded Sync) and see their impact to the browser's privacy.
  - fuzzylightbulb 5y ago
    Got anything more current than 2018?
- warpech 5y ago
  Perhaps that was to be expected after you wrote that you used to use Galeon.
bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Neat! I'm not the grandparent poster, but I also can't stand horizontal tabs, probably because I'm a tab hoarder. But with screens wider than they are tall, vertical tabs make sense, and each new tab doesn't truncate all other tabs' titles. I looked up MS Edge's implementation, it seems it only shows the tabs either on top or on the left of the window, with Vivaldi you can set it at any edge of the window, I have mine on the right side.
- thanatos519 5y ago
  Indeed, for least distraction, content should start at the top left of the screen. For this, I already had my tabs on the right, but now I am trying bookmarks/address bar at the bottom. Not sure I'll keep it this way ... but what I ♥ about Vivaldi is the choice. If I wanted training wheels, I would already be using macOS.

gbrhaz 5y ago

Vertical tabs without the 'tree' aspect (at least when I last used Vivaldi). Firefox with Tree Style Tab extension is still the best option I've found so far.

mcintyre1994 5y ago
I switched from Firefox + Tree Style Tabs to Vivaldi + Tab Stacks and I mostly prefer it. The ability to tile tabs within a group is the killer feature, as well as it being much better supported by being native. Stack by host is great too. The big tradeoff is that you only get one layer of nesting, but I find it's generally worth that tradeoff for me.