@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net ethical development team, almost limitless options.
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Features. Other browsers may be for “gaming” or maybe are “faster“ but if those browsers cut features that you need to be productive day today, such as mail or a built-in calendar then you end up having a worse experience.
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net a decent fast privacy oriented browser.
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net Because #VivaldiBrowser is the BEST!
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net My best reason: Vivaldi is better than Chromium, the API its based off of, because Google spies on you. That said, it's great to have access to the Chrome Store, because there are so many Chrome-based extensions that are useful (though maybe a Vivaldi extensions store is in the works?).
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net The sidebar apps like email and mastodon are fantastic!
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The grouped tabs, are a great way to organize all my tabs and save them for later
Not spying and taking my data is a great one too
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net Best reasons for using Vivaldi as a browser:
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The unique features! I won't name them all (they wouldn't fit here anyway), but suffice to say, it's truly the spiritual successor of that other once-famous Norwegian browser.
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Even though it's based on Chromium, they do a very good job of minimizing the amount of "poison pills" that this heritage usually entails.
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Best reason to move to Vivaldi. Decent company.
The browser ain't half bad either.
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@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net my favourite customizable browser. I use it all time!
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net Vivaldi isn't Google Chrome, Vivaldi isn't American therefore Vivaldi has earned my Trust
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net Frankly, I would suggest Vivaldi because it feels like it's one of the few browsers that's not a lost cause anymore. It's not mismanaged like Firefox (with Mozilla focusing it's time on other shiny things), not clinging onto you like Microsoft Edge (nagging you to use it), not locked in like Safari (Which is only really suitable on Apple devices), not defying it's promises like Brave (not nearly as private as people claim), nor mundane like Google Chrome (looks good, but that's about it. Other than that it's just taking your data for little in return).
It's one of the few browsers anymore being designed by people that actually understand what it's audience wants. Both in terms of expectations of its development team, and the browser itself, without trying to reinvent the wheel either. The software itself should set the standard for how software should be designed, even if not copy it one-on-one. At least creating something modular that can be molded by it's users.
Some major things in particular that I like:
- Featureset focuses on everything outside the webpage (no shopping tools, review tools, ai tools, anything that injects into a page that would be better off as a web extension)
- Full cross-device experience
- Overall builds upon the concepts of how web browsers were initially built in a modern fashion
- Builds upon the Chromium base, so most of the stuff there is
- Has a nice looking UI
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net everyone should try the Vivaldi #browser because it's very customizable
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