User Reviews

• It's just Chrome!

  PigletJoeMay 18, 2016

  Pros

  It works good like Chrome does.

  Cons

  It's just Chrome with a new skin! Check it out. Hit F2 and go to Settings>Plugins> and click on Download Critical Security Update beside Adobe Flash Player. It takes you to a chrome page. Better yet, just type the chrome commands in the address bad (ie; chrome://plugins, chrome://components) and it takes you to them.

  Summary

  They may have tweaked Chrome a bit, given it a new skin, but it is just Chrome!

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• Not ready for prime time

  DauplatApril 12, 2016

  Pros

  It does seem to use less memory than Chrome, but after a while, it's not a big difference. My Chrome gets up to a little more than 1 GB of memory used after keeping it open for several days. Vivaldi came in at about 900 MB. Speed: It's about the same as Chrome.

  Cons

  Still some bugs. Sometimes when entering terms into search box and hitting enter, it just refreshes the page you're on -- it doesn't execute the search with the default search engine. There are a few other annoyances that need to be fixed. Missing feature to open new tabs in background. When reading news stories, I like to click "Open in Tab" on several stories, and let them load while I continue to read my primary window. Vivaldi always switches you to the new tab. Chrome and Firefox allow you to change this behavior.

  Summary

  I was hoping that Vivaldi would be the answer to ever-increasing memory usage in Chrome. Vivaldi doesn't help much, plus there are a few bugs that just make it feel unfinished. I think they have a good start, and I'll definitely try it again in the future. For now, I'll stick with Chrome.

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• Impressive

  Bill#3June 15, 2015

  Pros

  Very streamlined, interesting and attractive interface. Quick, functional and pleasant to use. This software is developing in the right direction. As long as they can address my few complaints in a reasonably timely fashion this will definitely be my default browser. It may be anyway, despite the kinks.

  Cons

  The only obvious issues I have with this is the absence of extension buttons. So, any extensions that need the buttons to function simply cannot work in this browser. The other is minor, but annoying. The only bookmark shortcut seems to be to bookmark all open tabs. This seems like the least intuitive default for them to take. Hopefully they will fix this. Aside from these points it is an excellent find.

  Summary

  If you are looking for customizability, this is not the browser for you. If you are looking for something quick, sleek and utilitarian this is it. It almost makes me think this might be what internet explorer would be like if I liked it.

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• Great Potential

  chingonkidMarch 4, 2015

  Pros

  It has extensions now in technical preview 1.0.118.2,

  Cons

  Its a work in progress

  Summary

  It's actually very good and getting better all the time with each new technical preview release, since the most recent release I now use it as my main browser now

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• Nice Clean Browser.Looking Forward To Its Development

  March 4, 2015

  Pros

  Fast,Simple to use.Installs quickly with no problems.Looking forward to extension use being added.

  Cons

  For now only thing missing is not allowing extensions,but I see the development team says that will be added soon.

  Summary

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• Great browser, heading into the right direction

  tyrizianMarch 3, 2015

  Pros

  Feels modern, The interface is simple and clean, The browser is decently fast and the developers are listening to the community very closely. This is definitely a browser that I want to see succeed, because it has tons of potential. Surfing in this web browser just makes it feel refreshing and a lot more enjoyable than all the other browsers...This is the browser to keep an eye on, trust me.

  Cons

  It's a technical preview and does need some work, as well as some necessary features that need to be implemented. I am sure this browser will become feature rich in the near feature, so I'll give it a break for now.

  Summary

  Overall, a fantastic and enjoyable browser to use. Quite honestly, it's a nice change from what we have now and I like that a lot.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Mar 3, 2015<p/>*Correction under Cons* - I would like to correct myself in my last sentence, I meant for it to say "In the near future" not In the near feature.

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