When will Adblocker be integrated
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Hopefully soon we will be able to add Adblocker to Vivaldi. When will this happen?
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I went to the ublock web site and hit download and the only options are chrome, firefox and safari. No where does it say Vivaldi….so how do we install it in Vivaldi?
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I went to the ublock web site and hit download and the only options are chrome, firefox and safari. No where does it say Vivaldi….so how do we install it in Vivaldi?
Go to the Chrome store and install it from there.
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So Vivaldi is the same as the chrome browser? Why would the developers copy another browser?
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So Vivaldi is the same as the chrome browser? Why would the developers copy another browser?
Nope. It's just built on the Chromium engine, so it can use many of the extensions built using that API. This was not always the case. Because the UI is built using an entirely different group of technologies, for the first many months extension compatibility was severely limited. As time wore on, more and more code for the interface was written or modified so that Vivaldi could properly communicate with and display the features of various extensions. Ultimately, one aim of Vivaldi is to render extensions largely obsolete, because most of their functions will be built in to the IU process, thus expanding the flexibility of the browser and paring down the process bloat which is so typical of Chrome-style browsers which have to run a million extensions, each of which is a separate process, just to meet routine user needs.
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Personally, I expect Vivaldi to reach a stage in the not-too-distant future, such that I can do everything I want to/need to do in a browser, without running even one single extension.
Already you will note that certain features which either require extensions in other "modern" browsers, or are altogether impossible in them, even with extensions, are built right in to Vivaldi. These include the ability to move or disable every tool bar, take notes and/or screen grabs, stack tabs, tile tabs, save and use web panels, put tabs on any edge of the browser, display bookmarks bar with text, text and favicons or favicons only, fast forward and rewind, customize keyboard bindings and some gestures, pick different colors and modes for the UI, use side panels on either side of the browser, choose any/every bookmark file to use as bookmarks bar and/or speed dial, hierarchical folders in speed dial, etc. This is just the start.
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Thank you to everyone that helped me.
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So Vivaldi is the same as the chrome browser? Why would the developers copy another browser?
Nope. It's just built on the Chromium engine, so it can use many of the extensions built using that API. This was not always the case. Because the UI is built using an entirely different group of technologies, for the first many months extension compatibility was severely limited. As time wore on, more and more code for the interface was written or modified so that Vivaldi could properly communicate with and display the features of various extensions. Ultimately, one aim of Vivaldi is to render extensions largely obsolete, because most of their functions will be built in to the IU process, thus expanding the flexibility of the browser and paring down the process bloat which is so typical of Chrome-style browsers which have to run a million extensions, each of which is a separate process, just to meet routine user needs.
Google says that IU means International Unit. How is that enhancing Vivaldi in comparison with Chrome.
I am aware that it has been three years since the last post. So could you please let me know what is the newest trend?
Furthermore, this was one of the reasons I choose Vivaldi:
No, it uses the codebase. Enhancments are done by using its own user interface and enhancments.
Like a house which uses steal and beton for the fundament from one copmany, it is not the same building like others because architects, masons and other technicians include differnt windows, rooms, tubes, doors, powerlines, escalators and so on.Gwen-Dragon
Cheers
modedit repaired broken quote
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@MilanGru I spoke of the UI - User Interface. Also known as the GUI - Graphical User Interface. Yes, IU is international unit, but that's not what was in my post.
So the part of the browser you interact with, all the buttons, tabs, bars, frames, panels, etc - that's the GUI. The graphical user interface. What makes Vivaldi unique.
Since I left that old comment, back before I was even an internal tester or moderator as I am now, Vivaldi has added approximately 120 more features, and has eliminated the need for at least a dozen extensions - because those functions are now part of the interface. Vivaldi now has sync, reader view, flexible themes, theme scheduling (light for day and dark for night, or whatever), screen capture, ability to select image display mode, tab muting, a Window panel that can show tabs in a tree view, ability to change backgrounds, more download options, advanced history options, movable toolbar buttons, more home page and speed dial options, adjustable minimum tab width, Tab loading spinner or not, as you prefer, management of multiple browser profiles, re-sizable speed dials, more bookmark options, adjustable tab tile sizes, design your own mouse gestures, ability to manage passwords, more search engine options, and more that I can't remember right now.
In other words, Vivaldi has come a long way, and is still improving by leaps and bounds.
Jon has said that the next two important things to come will be Vivaldi Mobile, and the integrated mail client, known as M3. Both of these are being tested internally at this time.