Vivaldi
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A Former User last edited by
On the other hand, Canada, what is the share of people that enjoy, say, certain sports, or some kinds of music, or literature, or other arts? Or, say, convey certain very interesting but barely crowded branches of science?
There have always been essential minorities, and it's such minorities that have always driven the humanity. The progress, the science, the arts... Majorities are those who is driven, they've never been the primordial drivers - they could only PASS the impulse, reverberate, etc. - in cases of those revolutions, wars, etc. (those revolutions themselves have always been made by certain minorities initially, I believe).
I agree though that scientific research, most arts, sports require money...
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A Former User last edited by
Making a suite complete with a plethora of features similar to Presto Opera is only attractive to an exceedingly small group of users.
I would say those who complain that Opera isn't the same any more are 'an exceedingly small group of users'. Maybe as a percentage of Opera users it's quite a lot but in overall browser usage, most likely tiny. It will initially be this tiny amount of users who will use Vivaldi and I wouldn't see it being enough to make long term development of the browser worthwhile...or profitable.
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canadagoose4ever last edited by
I agree, cozza. And while Von Tetzchner may have altruistic motives for starting this new browser suite, that does not make something into a success. Money is required and his pockets are not deep enough nor are advertisers going to want to flock to support his suite. It cannot succeed in the long run and it's really as simple as that. People have moved past the 90's and browser suites that are feature rich. It's yesterday. I'm surprised he fails to see that. It may be that he's been blinded by the manner in which he was shown the door and his desire to recreate Opera but he's years too late for this. I suppose he could eventually charge for the suite to help pay his developers and I would almost guarantee that the small group of users will further fracture at that point. Vivaldi is dead in the water... but Von Tetzchner doesn't know it yet.
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A Former User last edited by
@canadagoose4ever Another really important point is that a lot of internet usage has gone mobile these days. Many people have replaced desktop/laptop computers with mobile devices. If Vivaldi is to be successful, it would need to enter this already saturated market. Somehow I can't see their 'power user experience' transferring over to a mobile browser.
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blackbird71 last edited by... his pockets are not deep enough
... nor are advertisers going to want to flock to support his suite
... It cannot succeed in the long run
... Vivaldi is dead in the water...You've made some pretty absolute and categorical statements there. I have no idea of the depth of Jon's pockets nor just how Vivaldi will fare in the months/years to come. I only wish I had your sense of certainty about browsers in order to apply other areas of my life.
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A Former User last edited by
If 'vivaldi' enters the Android market (perhaps with the new Nokia), they could call it the X-FAT Lady browser, perhaps...
:'D
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A Former User last edited by
Vivaldi now has the option to disable inline auto complete inside the address bar, I requested this option from Opera for a very long time and they didn't care. Now I can type the stuff I really want inside the address bar without anything being added in front of it. Vivaldi all the way.
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A Former User last edited by
Vivaldi now has the option to disable inline auto complete inside the address bar, I requested this option from Opera for a very long time and they didn't care. Now I can type the stuff I really want inside the address bar without anything being added in front of it. Vivaldi all the way.
Although disabling auto complete would be nice, I get around that by tapping the spacebar after I've typed some words to search - no big deal.
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purgat0ri last edited by
I was banned from Vivaldi's community site/forums for no discernible reason (I didn't disparage other users, the browser, or use any offensive language), so the love affair is over for me. I know that's not really germane to the browser itself, but it sours me on the brand.
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christoph142 last edited by
@purgat0ri Sorry for that. We need a very strong SPAM filter that sometimes is too aggressive and catches ordinary users. If you feel like you were banned for no reason, just drop us a message to support@vivaldi.com. We will be glad to help you out and we still love you no matter what!
