Vivaldi

Vivaldi is a web browser with highly customizable and privacy-focused capabilities, offering an enhanced online browsing experience. It is developed by former Opera developers, so it shares great similarities with Opera and offers enhanced privacy, control, and flexibility for power users. 

It offers a neat and organized interface with faded colors while dominating the on-page color you are navigating to. It offers secure and fast browsing with quick uploads, and also the Quick Command feature for accessing your required content while using commands, if you want to. 

What is Vivaldi?

Vivaldi Browser 64-bit is a fast and secure web browser that offers an Opera-like interface and is built on the Chromium engine. It is developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by the former co-founder of Opera software, named Tatsuki Tomita and Jon Stephenson Von Tetzchner. It offers an enhanced browsing experience while tailoring to personal requirements as well.

The innovative web browser within a simple interface facilitates day-to-day online surfing while focusing on security, customization, and a lot of other additional features. It is also embedded with the Quick Command menu for allowing users to create their own commands and access the content in the way they like or prefer. 

Vivaldi Features

Installation & Usability

Navigate to the official website, or simply click the “Download” button given on the page, download the installer, and open it to run it on your operating system. Install the app while following the on-screen instructions. After installation, launch the browser and configure the browser settings according to your preferences, such as importing bookmarks, setting themes, etc.

User-friendly Interface

The app offers a user-friendly and customizable interface, and you can use Ctrl + keyboard shortcuts to access the settings menu. It enables you to customize all related elements. On the main screen, you also find the stacks tab for group browsing. You also use web panels to add the most useful or visited websites for quick access. Moreover, multiple built-in tools to enhance the functionality of your browser, and also create custom keyboard shortcuts or mouse gestures. 

Tab Arrangement

The browser offers different ways to make your browsing efficient, fast, and smooth. You will find the Tab Stacking option to create groups of multiple tabs and use them in different workspaces. After staking the tabs, you need to give them a unique name. It is also possible to hide it, or move it, and create split-screens. Likewise, if you want to separate the tabs, the app offers Tab Tiling, as it will allow you to view multiple web pages side-by-side, split-screen style in the same window. You can open tabs side-by-side without any limit.

Web Panels

Vivaldi offers a side panel similar to the Linux operating system that offers quick and easy access to your favorite pages or websites. You can add your favorite sites, such as WhatsApp, YouTube, etc, or even your favorite tools, including bookmarks, downloads, history, notes, etc, in Vivaldi’s sidebar, and view them in mobile or desktop mode. 

 Customizable UI

The browser offers a customizable UI that enables users to personalize every aspect, such as appearance, layout, and so on. In this way, you will find a perfect browsing experience while having full control of your browser. In addition, you also have a huge collection of themes, custom colors, wallpapers, tab edge rounding, and so on. 

Extension Support

Vivaldi offers an exciting feature of supporting Chrome-based extensions to offer multiple functions. It helps to manage your favorite tasks more reliably. 

Quick Commands

The browser also offers “Quick Commands “as a command-based search option that instantly searches tabs, bookmarks, history, or the web. It helps to execute browser commands from the access menu within a simple key combination. It is also possible to customize the shortcuts according to your preferences, or use mouse gestures, tab closing, or switching, and so on. 

Built-in Features

The browser offers multiple features along with built-in features that help to avoid the use of extra extensions. Some of the built-in features are;

• Workspaces offer tab organization and group various workflows in one workspace
• Mail offers to manage all accounts in one user-friendly interface
• Feed-Reader offers a news-based feed according to your taste
• Calendar Panel makes your routine meetings or events right in your browser
• Speed Dials helps to add custom Speed Dials and folders
• Notes enables you to browse and sync notes securely
• Sync offers safe synchronization across multiple devices
• Translate allows for the translation of multiple languages
• Capture helps to take screenshots more reliably

Pros

• Opera-based user interface
• Built on the Chromium engine
• Built-in ad-blocker and tracking feature
• Supports multiple tabs to manage different functions
• Proton VPN integration
• Customizable UI and custom themes
• Compatible with Chrome extensions
• Fool-proof security and privacy

Cons

• Limited functionality compared to other browsers
• Consumes large system resources