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Well, I'm trying out Vivaldi on Android. I've been using Firefox for, well, forever, but the tab handling[1] is bad enough that I'm willing to jump ship. So fa
by morsch 4y ago
Well, I'm trying out Vivaldi on Android. I've been using Firefox for, well, forever, but the tab handling[1] is bad enough that I'm willing to jump ship.
So far it's... different? The tab handling is better, and I think I like having actual tabs in a mobile browser. I'm disappointed that the tab groups don't work as well as in Chrome. I like the link preview feature, in fact I could imagine all links opening like that by default (but that's not an option).
I don't find it all that customizable, that only seems to be true for the desktop version. For example, I can't get seem to rid of the history button (which is styled like a sidebar button despite opening full screen).
There is no reader mode. There are page actions, which let you apply all kinds of nonsensical CSS effects such as blur. But no reader mode. The built-in content blocker doesn't remove cosmetic annoyances as effectively as Ublock does, which makes me miss reader mode all the more.
There don't seem to be any add-ons.
Overall, not entirely convincing.
1. https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/20012#issuecomment-1116548779 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/20012#issueco...
- keyneus 4y ago> There is no reader mode. There is, but as far as I know it's not something you can manually toggle. On sites which Vivaldi deems can be shown in reader mode, you're prompted to switch to it. I don't know what criteria it uses to determine that. It has to be enabled: Settings→Accessibility→Simplified view for web pages
- morsch 4y agoThanks, that's pretty much equivalent to reader mode then. Though for some reason you cannot switch to other tabs while viewing one page on simplified mode? Weird.