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by opes 3667 days ago
I switched from Chrome to Vivaldi a few weeks ago after reading about it in Ars Technica. The quick commands and customization options are awesome, and with widescreen monitors, I find I can't live without the tab tiling & tab grouping. I've been using Vivaldi exclusively and love it, but it does lack a few things that I would find hugely beneficial:

* No sync feature (though it's been "in progress" for some time without an ETA)

* DevTools are not dockable to the browser or customizable with Chrome extensions (e.g. React dev tools won't work)

* Extensions that modify the New Tab Page don't work, though you can set a custom URL for each new tab to go to

* Extensions that take screenshots seem to be hit or miss whether they work

* Downloads panel could use a few more enhancements (show download speed, allow drag n' drop from downloads panel to file form controls on browser)

Otherwise, I love it. Performance is on par with Chrome and my most critical extensions work flawlessly in it (i.e. Dashlane).