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Vivaldi is the definition of bloat. What was that saying, that all software grows until it bundles an entire mail client? Yeah, that's Vivaldi.
by 1_player 5y ago
Vivaldi is the definition of bloat. What was that saying, that all software grows until it bundles an entire mail client? Yeah, that's Vivaldi.
- Bayart 5y agoIt's just doing the same stuff Opera did (with a much less pleasing engine). I've used Vivaldi for years but now I'm getting split on it. I've got regressions that are just unacceptable (especially when it comes to video playback), but at the same time it comes with features I can't live without.
- yborg 5y agoZawinski's Law of Software Envelopment : “Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.”
- 1_player 5y agoGoogle/Chrome has gmail. Vivaldi has a mail client. That's why Firefox is dying!
- NylaTheWolf 5y agoI mean, there are different setups of Vivaldi you can choose when you first open the browser: https://vivaldi.com/features/#essentials https://vivaldi.com/features/#essentials Essentials gives you the very basic stuff, classic gives you some extra features, and fully loaded gives you the built in mail client and all that other stuff.