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by nabaraz 1815 days ago
What is the appeal of Vivaldi browser? I know it is started by Opera's CEO but it is closed-source (only the chromium part is open-source). The only feature I like is tab split view.

Last i tried, it was pretty buggy on video sites.
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ponyous 1815 days ago
Video handling definitely got better in last 6 months.

> What is the appeal of Vivaldi browser

It's browser made for power users. Bunch of features built in with a lot of flexibility.

Few of my favorites: Vertical Tabs, "Stack tabs by host" (this extension practically), Hibernating background tabs.

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DrammBA 1815 days ago
Two of your 3 favorites are not unique to Vivaldi, is there any other feature worth the switch besides "Stack tabs by host"?
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ponyous 1814 days ago
Even stack tabs by host is not unique with this extension is it? :)

It's made for power users as I said, for example you can change the right click menu on the tab bar and have only things you care about in there instead of 1000 options. I bet there are other "unique" features, but that's not the point.

If you are happy with chrome keep using it.

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DrammBA 1814 days ago
I don't use chrome (and I don't think anyone mentioned chrome in this comment thread about Vivaldi), I was just curious if Vivaldi was worth a try.
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12ian34 1813 days ago
Sure, why not if you're curious and have a few mins to spare. It's free
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