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If you’re not using Vivaldi on the desktop, this isn’t for you (yet). It doesn’t have many of the features that desktop Vivaldi has, and it doesn’t have many fe

If you’re not using Vivaldi on the desktop, this isn’t for you (yet). It doesn’t have many of the features that desktop Vivaldi has, and it doesn’t have many features that other browsers don’t. Right now the main feature of this is that it syncs with the desktop version, which is something that people (Vivaldi users) have been asking for for a long time. But Vivaldi (the company), over the course of many years, took their desktop browser from a Chromium clone to the most feature-packed browser currently available. I’m confidently they’ll do the same with their mobile browsers.

yborg 3y ago
Yeah, it doesn't have any of the integrated apps or any of the tab features (stacking/tiling). It does have an ad/tracker blocker built in (vs. Safari). But I use Firefox on iOS because it supports sync and Firefox is my primary desktop browser. I like Vivaldi, but not as privacy-focused as Firefox, they don't have Containers, for example, and I use that heavily.
- bad_user 3y ago
  Safari on iOS does have ads blocking, e.g., AdGuard, Wipr, 1Blocker. It doesn't work so well versus uBlock Origin, ofc. Alternative browsers don't have that much control over what's rendered, so they are probably using the same content blocking functionality baked into Safari.
  - sanirank 3y ago
    Orion browser for iOS permits both Chrome and Firefox extensions. I have Firefox’s ublock origin installed on mine. Seems to work well so far.
    - bad_user 3y ago
      Good to know, will try it, although I don't understand how Firefox's uBlock Origin can work without having its own rendering engine. Are you sure it works?
      - idle_zealot 3y ago
        It does work, at least mostly. My understanding is that the Orion team implemented the Firefox/Chromium extension APIs as part of their app's wrapper around iOS's web view. Apparently this was difficult but possible with the control iOS grants apps over its embeddable privileged web view.
Obscurity4340 3y ago
What is Vivaldi's schtick, something something gaming or is Opera I'm thinking of ?
- MatthiasPortzel 3y ago
  Opera has a dedicated gaming browsing, Opera GX, yes. Vivaldi's schtick is that they have every setting and feature that you want and quite a few that you don't. Tab stacks, pinned tabs, split screen, mouse gestures, notes, a full mail client, an RSS reader, ad blocker, custom themes, all built into the browser. And just a ton of customizability. You can control the position and show/hide every UI element (vertical tabs is amazing if you've never tried it), you can create "command chains" (a set of commands which fire in sequence on a keyboard shortcut), and if that's not enough, you can install CSS and JS mods for arbitrary functionality. But this is just on desktop, just about none of those features exist on mobile right now.
  - vxNsr 3y ago
    My big issue with Vivaldi is the very noticeable lag in the UI compared to chrome/edge. every time I've tried over the last 3-5 years I've been disappointed and switched back to chrome, I wish I could switch to FF, but I have a few extensions I can't do without
    - Hikikomori 3y ago
      Recently switched to Vivaldi and the new tab lag is annoying as I cannot Ctrl+t Ctrl+v too quickly, have to wait x00ms. Tried turning off many features on the new tab page but doesn't fix it.
    - MatthiasPortzel 3y ago
      I’m advocating heavily for Vivaldi in this thread, but I actually use Firefox right now because it’s much snappier ;)
  - tssva 3y ago
    Unfortunately every feature that you want doesn't include trackpad gesture navigation. I just want to be able to navigate back and forward using 2 finger swipes like every other browser allows me to do. It seems like a small thing but it is the muscle memory I have. Not having it eliminates Vivaldi from my consideration. Also not a fan of how quickly it kills my laptop's battery but I might be able to over look that.
radicalriddler 3y ago
Yeah ok, looks like Vivaldi has just replicated what Arc did. I downloaded the Arc browser, took a look, realized it offered me nothing (I don't care to sync what I'm doing on desktop to my phone), uninstalled.

yborg 3y ago

Yeah, it doesn't have any of the integrated apps or any of the tab features (stacking/tiling). It does have an ad/tracker blocker built in (vs. Safari). But I use Firefox on iOS because it supports sync and Firefox is my primary desktop browser. I like Vivaldi, but not as privacy-focused as Firefox, they don't have Containers, for example, and I use that heavily.

bad_user 3y ago
Safari on iOS does have ads blocking, e.g., AdGuard, Wipr, 1Blocker. It doesn't work so well versus uBlock Origin, ofc. Alternative browsers don't have that much control over what's rendered, so they are probably using the same content blocking functionality baked into Safari.
- sanirank 3y ago
  Orion browser for iOS permits both Chrome and Firefox extensions. I have Firefox’s ublock origin installed on mine. Seems to work well so far.
  - bad_user 3y ago
    Good to know, will try it, although I don't understand how Firefox's uBlock Origin can work without having its own rendering engine. Are you sure it works?
    - idle_zealot 3y ago
      It does work, at least mostly. My understanding is that the Orion team implemented the Firefox/Chromium extension APIs as part of their app's wrapper around iOS's web view. Apparently this was difficult but possible with the control iOS grants apps over its embeddable privileged web view.

Obscurity4340 3y ago

What is Vivaldi's schtick, something something gaming or is Opera I'm thinking of ?

MatthiasPortzel 3y ago
Opera has a dedicated gaming browsing, Opera GX, yes. Vivaldi's schtick is that they have every setting and feature that you want and quite a few that you don't. Tab stacks, pinned tabs, split screen, mouse gestures, notes, a full mail client, an RSS reader, ad blocker, custom themes, all built into the browser. And just a ton of customizability. You can control the position and show/hide every UI element (vertical tabs is amazing if you've never tried it), you can create "command chains" (a set of commands which fire in sequence on a keyboard shortcut), and if that's not enough, you can install CSS and JS mods for arbitrary functionality. But this is just on desktop, just about none of those features exist on mobile right now.
- vxNsr 3y ago
  My big issue with Vivaldi is the very noticeable lag in the UI compared to chrome/edge. every time I've tried over the last 3-5 years I've been disappointed and switched back to chrome, I wish I could switch to FF, but I have a few extensions I can't do without
  - Hikikomori 3y ago
    Recently switched to Vivaldi and the new tab lag is annoying as I cannot Ctrl+t Ctrl+v too quickly, have to wait x00ms. Tried turning off many features on the new tab page but doesn't fix it.
  - MatthiasPortzel 3y ago
    I’m advocating heavily for Vivaldi in this thread, but I actually use Firefox right now because it’s much snappier ;)
- tssva 3y ago
  Unfortunately every feature that you want doesn't include trackpad gesture navigation. I just want to be able to navigate back and forward using 2 finger swipes like every other browser allows me to do. It seems like a small thing but it is the muscle memory I have. Not having it eliminates Vivaldi from my consideration. Also not a fan of how quickly it kills my laptop's battery but I might be able to over look that.

radicalriddler 3y ago

Yeah ok, looks like Vivaldi has just replicated what Arc did. I downloaded the Arc browser, took a look, realized it offered me nothing (I don't care to sync what I'm doing on desktop to my phone), uninstalled.