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My web browser journey: Netscape -> Mozilla -> Phoenix -> Firefox -> Vivaldi After being pretty happy with Firefox for a very long time, eventually I just got
by bityard 3y ago
My web browser journey: Netscape -> Mozilla -> Phoenix -> Firefox -> Vivaldi
After being pretty happy with Firefox for a very long time, eventually I just got tired of them shuffling around the UI for no good reason, removing useful features, and doing absolutely nothing about letting users be in control of their privacy and security as they browse. I have a feeling that all of the motivated developers left Mozilla a long time ago and the ones that are left now are limping along in maintenance mode and just copying whatever Chrome does. Firefox lost its mojo years ago.
Vivaldi is Chrome, of course, but about a million times more flexible and it actually comes with a bunch of privacy-preserving settings right out of the box. The only thing it lacks is an open code base, but the team behind Vivaldi seem to have enough respect for their users that it doesn't bother me as much as it might otherwise.
- BugsJustFindMe 3y ago> The only thing it lacks is an open code base, but the team behind Vivaldi seem to have enough respect for their users If it doesn't have an open codebase, how would you know?
- pessimizer 3y ago> the ones that are left now are limping along in maintenance mode and just copying whatever Chrome does. I think they're just padding out their resumes for the next job. If you aped a part of chrome into firefox, that probably gets you a leg up for working at google, or some company that has chrome integration.
- AwaAwa 3y agoI'm depressed at how quickly I mentally agreed that this was just good sense on a Mozilla programmers part.
- soundnote 3y agoVivaldi's configurability is amazing. Definitely recommended if you like toggles and checkboxes for damn near everything.