Vivaldi browser
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I was checking out the Vivaldi browser yesterday and was impressed with its features and performance. Comments/caveats?
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Yeah, sounds interesting, but it's just another kind of Chrome since it's built on the same source as Chrome, i.e., Chromium. So it'll have the same sort of "issues", namely memory and resource hoggishness.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Yeah, sounds interesting, but it's just another kind of Chrome since it's built on the same source as Chrome, i.e., Chromium. So it'll have the same sort of "issues", namely memory and resource hoggishness.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I was checking out the Vivaldi browser yesterday and was impressed with its features and performance. Comments/caveats?
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I have it installed. It has some interesting features and I will probably use it for specialised tasks but it's not quite polished enough for me yet.
Kevin
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Wiki says it was founded by Opera Software co-founder. Don't know if there was a Chrome connection.
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Many people say that if a browser uses Chromium then it's "just a Chrome clone." But a web browser is more than just the rendering engine.
Kevin
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Wiki says it was founded by Opera Software co-founder. Don't know if there was a Chrome connection.
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I didn't say anything about who or how Vivaldi was founded but on how the software is written and upon what it is based. Google's Chrome browser is based on the open software project "Chromium". Vivaldi's browser is also based on "Chromium" and that is the only way the can support all Chrome extensions.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Many people say that if a browser uses Chromium then it's "just a Chrome clone." But a web browser is more than just the rendering engine.
Kevin
And "Chromium" is more than just the rendering engine. It's an entire browser.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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And "Chromium" is more than just the rendering engine. It's an entire browser.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
The point is that there's more to a web browser than just the fact that it uses Chromium. They have different feature sets. Whether any particular user cares for these differences is subjective though. But it's silly to say that these other browsers are "just clones."
Kevin
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The point is that there's more to a web browser than just the fact that it uses Chromium. They have different feature sets. Whether any particular user cares for these differences is subjective though. But it's silly to say that these other browsers are "just clones."
Kevin
Sure just as it would be silly to say that humans are merely clones of one another rather than different kinds of the same thing. I see the point, but I didn't say it's a "clone" but rather a different kind of "Chrome" (i.e, of the same genus). Sorta like saying of a certain individual, oh, he's a Xyxxzing, so you can expect XYZ from him. I was merely pointing out that Vivaldi will have the same sorts of issues as Chrome does since they're both based on the same source. That is, descended from the same stock.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Sure just as it would be silly to say that humans are merely clones of one another rather than different kinds of the same thing. I see the point, but I didn't say it's a "clone" but rather a different kind of "Chrome" (i.e, of the same genus). Sorta like saying of a certain individual, oh, he's a Xyxxzing, so you can expect XYZ from him. I was merely pointing out that Vivaldi will have the same sorts of issues as Chrome does since they're both based on the same source. That is, descended from the same stock.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
Yes, I agree with that and I acknowledge my mistake in the first post. Just emphasising that features differ and for some they matter, for others not. :)
Kevin
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Yes, I agree with that and I acknowledge my mistake in the first post. Just emphasising that features differ and for some they matter, for others not. :)
Kevin
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#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun