[pbowyer]

This is the worst-written article I've read in a long time. It repeats itself (forgivable), contradicts itself (unforgivable) and I'm pretty sure is factually inaccurate in places (Doesn't Firefox already show the slowest addons?)

In spite of that Vivaldi looks interesting, and as a long-time fan of Opera (the original company and the browser) I wish them well.

[wlesieutre]

>Doesn't Firefox already show the slowest addons?

I don't know about Firefox, but Internet Explorer definitely warns about addons that slow down launch times and opening new windows/tabs.

[icebraining]

The claims that there aren't new browsers is wrong as well - there's many of them, it's just that they don't have a marketing team behind them. Uzbl, luakit, surf, jumanji, midori, vimprobable, xombrero, etc.

[wanda]

Well, none of those are new. Breach.cc is relatively new but even that goes back a year. But these highly extensible vim-like microbrowsers you list (excl. midori) have been around for years.

[aroch]

FF38+ gives you a popup if it detects an addon is slowing page render: http://www.ghacks.net/2015/02/18/firefox-38-notifies-you-abo...

[ars]

Note that the current stable is 36.