The Vivaldi web browser is packed with resources, so much so that it is almost enough to replace all the software you use every day on your machine. Discover five good reasons to adopt it.
Vivaldi, a lot of people have talked about it, but still too few people have dared to try it. The Norwegian web browser, whose creator is none other than Jon Stephenson von Tetschner, former creator and CEO of the Opera web browser, has many assets to tip the scales in its favor.
Extremely customizable, Vivaldi adapts to everyone’s needs by offering three more or less complete user experiences from the first start. If you go for the more complete, Vivaldi may replace many of the applications that you usually use. The browser also offers many features, each smarter than the next, which you get used to very quickly, so much so that it becomes difficult to go back.
If you’re still in doubt, we’ve listed five good reasons to ditch your old web browser in favor of Vivaldi.
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1. It blocks cookies consent ads and banners
If advertising is the basis of a free Web, it is clear over the years that the multiplication of blocks of ads in Web pages (here too) has led to a certain deterioration in navigation, especially on the longest pages. .
With Vivaldi, you won’t need to install an antipub extension in the browser, or to set up Pi-Hole to eliminate ads on your home network with a Raspberry Pi, since the browser natively embeds an ad blocker. . You will also be asked from the first start whether you want to activate it or not.
To top it all off, you will no longer need to click on “Accept” or “Decline” to remove the cookie consent banners.
Vivaldi includes a tool capable of blocking the display of these cookie consent banners which, it must be said, are useful for allowing websites to pay themselves, but are a real nuisance for the Internet user who has to click on 15 buttons to make them disappear, several times a day.
To do this, Vivaldi relies on two cookie banner blocking lists: Easylist Cookie List and I don’t care about cookies.
Concretely, these lists will accept all cookies when they are necessary for the proper functioning of the site. It will therefore still be necessary to configure Vivaldi’s preferences to block trackers and advertisements for browsing in peace.
2. It can replace almost all your apps
Vivaldi is a real Swiss Army knife (or rather Norwegian) and can replace several applications that you use on a daily basis. In addition to allowing you to browse the Web, Vivaldi includes an email client (in beta), an RSS feed reader (in the email client, in beta), a calendar (in beta), a contact manager (beta ), a translation module for websites whose servers are hosted in Iceland, or a note-taking module that can be synchronized if you have a Vivaldi account.
Everything remains at hand since the editor has integrated everything in a side column grouping the icons specific to each function, located to the left of the browser.
3. You will still be able to use your favorite extensions
While Vivaldi makes a point of protecting the privacy of its users, the browser is nonetheless based on Chromium, the open source version of Google Chrome. It therefore embeds a number of features that can be found in Google’s browser, but is especially compatible with all extensions of Chrome.
You can therefore easily go to the Chrome Web Store to download and install the extensions that you usually use in Chrome. Compatibility with Chrome extensions is native, so you won’t have to change any settings in browser Preferences.
4. A maximum of functions and excessive customization
One of Vivaldi’s main strengths is its ability to adapt to individual use and needs. The web browser has made customization its specialty, both in terms of functionality and aesthetics.
From the first start, the browser offers to customize the type of use you will make of it – Essential, Classic or Complete – in order to display or hide certain features by default. The user can then modify the appearance of the window as he wishes, apply one of the many themes offered, adjust the colors, saturation and opacity of certain interface elements, define a specific theme for the windows in private browsing, and even schedule theme changes based on the time of day.
The toolbar, located to the left of the browser, and which provides access, among other things, to the Mail client, the RSS feed reader or even the note-taking module can also be personalized, and can, for example, be , be displayed on the left or right of the browser.
Almost everything can be customized in Vivaldi, even the usual browser keyboard shortcuts.
5. Optimal tab management
If you are looking for a browser that is efficient when it comes to organizing a multitude of open tabs, you surely won’t find more efficient than Vivaldi. The tabs can be displayed at the top (by default), on the left, on the right or at the bottom of the navigation window, be organized on one or two lines, and can even scroll if necessary.
You can also set the opening location of a new tab (after the parent tab, after the active tab, at the end of the tab bar, etc.), enable or disable a preview of the tab on mouseover, define the width of a tab, or customize the progress bar for page loading. Tabs can be stacked by domain, and can also be hibernated
Whether it’s the interface or the features built into the browser, Vivaldi has almost no limits when it comes to customization.