Vivaldi Browser - the first test version.

Hello!

From the very first day of the Vivaldi.net site, users were tormented by vague suspicions: another web site resembling a social network does not make sense, Vivaldi obviously conceived something, and most likely it will be a browser ... Well, your expectations were not deceived: we really worked all this time to create a browser Vivaldi. Firstly, it was logical after the actual death of the good old Opera, and secondly, we still can do nothing except browsers.
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In general, the hour X has come - meet the new browser Vivaldi.



This is the first test version that we decided to submit to the users, so naturally there are still a lot of bugs and shortcomings. But we hope that our users will not remain indifferent and will be able to help us get rid of them as soon as possible. We will also need your help in the process of creating the browser itself - it is the opinion of Vivaldi users that will be taken into account when adding new functions to the browser. However, we already have something to show.

I will not dwell in detail on those functions that have already become familiar to browser users - like the Express Panel (although now you can create your own thematic folders, including nested ones) or sidebar. I think you can experiment and test these functions in your own work. I note only a few interesting in my opinion. For starters - Quick commands.



This dialog box opens by pressing F2 and offers you a quick way to work with the browser. You can search through open tabs, perform various actions in one click, navigate through tabs, navigate to browser settings, and more. Try it yourself - you will like it.

Of course, we are working on tab grouping. So far this function is far from perfect and will be brought to mind with your help, but at the moment it looks like this:



There are quite curious features. For example - while not having an exact translation from English “Page actions”:



Try playing with this feature - you might like it and be very useful in some cases.

The side panel is straight clean classic. It does not yet contain all the functions (due to their unavailability), but it is already working and pleasing to the eye:



Settings - a favorite place of every self-respecting geek. So far there are not many of them, but there will be much more soon. We try to follow good traditions and will provide users with maximum freedom in setting up and personalizing the browser.



In general, we invite all of you to try the new Vivaldi browser - we make it for you.

A few words about the team. Now the company has 25 employees, 18 of them are developers. We have three offices: in Iceland, in Norway and in the USA. Below is a photo of the development team on the opening day of the Norwegian office.



And - yes, the browser is based on the Chromium code. Firstly, it’s almost impossible to create a new engine from scratch, and secondly, we decided to try to fulfill the dream of many users of the old version of Opera: take the engine from Chrome, but keep the interface and functionality the same. In my opinion, while we do it. But to judge, of course, you.

That's all for now. Follow the news here on Habré, and also do not forget to tell about us through social networks. Below is a list of official resources:

Russian forum on Vivaldi.net

Twitter (English)

Twitter (Russian)

Group on VK

Facebook group (English)

Google+ (English)

Official Vivaldi website (you can download a browser for Windows, Linux, Mac from it)

UPDATE

Interview with Jon von Tachner about the new browser Vivaldi