My Two Cents…
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… Simple pages like the Drudgereport took forever. ...
I'm not sure what your system is, nor what else you might have had open on it… but DrudgeReport here takes around 1/2 second to open virtually all the time using the TP2 latest 32-bit Vivaldi version on Win7-64. The reason I mention this is that if it "takes forever" on your system, there's something else going on causing the slowness besides Vivaldi's design.
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Simple pages like the Drudgereport took forever.
I just tested DR and it open in a flash. Very Quick. So no problems for V here.
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Drudgereport opened instantly for me.
Then I had to bathe my computer in bleach.
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Drudgereport opened instantly for me.
Then I had to bathe my computer in bleach.
I gather Hillary is still at the top of the page.
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I wouldn't know. My computer is allergic to disinformation - so on such sites, it immediately pops up screen-covering messages in a huge font, like WTF? OMFG YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! and YGBFKM!! so I can't really make out what's actually on the page. It does this on Fox, WND, Drudge, Washington TImes, Free Republic, Rush, and anything else within the "bubble."
As my entire job is reliant on the absolute accuracy of my facts and on scrupulous fidelity to both truth and law, I've had to install some pretty aggressive anti-BS software.
:evil:
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As my entire job is reliant on the absolute accuracy of my facts and on scrupulous fidelity to both truth and law, …
Indeed the truth in media is in short supply.
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3 GHZ quad core 8 GB ram running Win 7 - 64.
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@Al-Khwarizmi:
… Opera left thousands of us orphan. We want a browser with the old Opera's features.
And I believe that's the direction in which the Vivaldi team is heading, at least "philosophically". Except that they are starting from scratch with a pre-built rendering engine, which means that some features that may have been simple to implement under Presto may be difficult (if not impossible) to exactly duplicate in Blink/chromium. Beyond that lies the reality that the way some "features" worked in Presto were just that: how they worked… their behavior details may not have been so much a thought-out choice as just the way they happened to be implemented in the Presto scheme. Incorporating them indentically in all their exact detail with Blink may turn out to be counter-productive and wasteful in the extreme.
My point is that many of the same guys who gave us Olde Opera are giving us Vivaldi, using the same design philosophy, and having the same desire for functionality as we do. Users need to be patient and keep their perspectives intact about the nature of browser "features," their implementation, and their details.
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Ayespy – I can really appreciate your comments -- I wouldn't know. My computer is allergic to disinformation - so on such sites, it immediately pops up screen-covering messages in a huge font, like WTF?…
I just wish that I could get everyone who forwards all of those goofy "factual" political, religious and racial emails to me to either install your BS Detector software or at least check the factual content before sending it on to me and countless others. I delete the vast majority, but occasionally I will respond to the sender with the correct information. That is usually a waste of time – the sender doesn't want the facts because it is counter to the agenda being pushed.
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That is usually a waste of time – the sender doesn't want the facts because it is counter to the agenda being pushed.
In my experience that is ALWAYS a waste of time, because the same mind that finds these forwarded "facts" credible is not capable of finding contrary facts credible. That which does not reinforce their world view could not possibly be true.
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Agreed on Opera 12.17. Maybe…just maybe... the best ever. We had to abandon 12.17 when the back button, amongst other features, progressively stopped working. I did try Opera 27 or 28 (whichever, can't remember...it was completely forgettable). It was pure garbage and I couldn't uninstall it fast enough.
So far, I'm very much enjoying the new Vivaldi browser. I have experienced a few glitches within a couple of my frequently visited webpages, particularly when entering passwords. But, in all, I'm beyond thrilled. Respectfully, I do have a couple of simple suggestions:
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- make the bookmark panel links single-clickable (my wife calls me everyday saying her bookmark links aren't working), and;
- add a history panel (or am I just overlooking it?).
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As far as all of the other suggestions I have read about in this forum, I'm certain they're all wonderful. I'm just not as well-experienced in the browser world as most of the participants here and cannot speak intelligently regarding them. -
Agreed on Opera 12.17. Maybe…just maybe... the best ever. We had to abandon 12.17 when the back button, amongst other features, progressively stopped working. I did try Opera 27 or 28 (whichever, can't remember...it was completely forgettable). It was pure garbage and I couldn't uninstall it fast enough.
So far, I'm very much enjoying the new Vivaldi browser. I have experienced a few glitches within a couple of my frequently visited webpages, particularly when entering passwords. But, in all, I'm beyond thrilled. Respectfully, I do have a couple of simple suggestions:
[ol]
- make the bookmark panel links single-clickable (my wife calls me everyday saying her bookmark links aren't working), and;
- add a history panel (or am I just overlooking it?).
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As far as all of the other suggestions I have read about in this forum, I'm certain they're all wonderful. I'm just not as well-experienced in the browser world as most of the participants here and cannot speak intelligently regarding them.History panel, I'm sure, will be along shortly. That said, a history page is available from the "History" button on speed dial - in case you haven't seen it.
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[ol]
- make the bookmark panel links single-clickable (my wife calls me everyday saying her bookmark links aren't working)
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Would like to see an option for this.
- make the bookmark panel links single-clickable (my wife calls me everyday saying her bookmark links aren't working)
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