Why is Vivaldi so much more sensible than Chrome?
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It's much more intuitive, so much better thought-through and generally comes across much more sensible?
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@Joel90 - It's intended and designed to appeal to a niche. There are already plenty of "everyman" browsers in the market, but not a single one other than Vivaldi which does what I personally want.
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@Ayespy -- i do hope you're proud of me. I have stoically resisted the temptation to critique your "everyman", indeed i decided not to even mention it. Oh, wait...
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@Steffie: As "everyman" contains the pejorative connotation of bland and monotone uniformity, I knew you wouldn't want me to include everyone (including yourself) in it...
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My sister is a casual user who would otherwise use Chrome, but uses Vivaldi on her laptop instead. She's like every other user, but seems to just like using Vivaldi for some reason, so I guess even the most everyday person can use Vivaldi.
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@Joel90 - Jon's calculus is that it will pay the bills with less than a 1% share. That it not LOSE money is enough for him at this time. He can expand the appeal later, once he has created the browser that he, personally (and a few million displaced OldOpera users) has so been missing since Opea ASA abandoned features and targeted the masses with the new and "improved" Opera 15.
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@Ayespy @Joel90
Someone need to pay the bills, very valid point. I am really happy of the direction Vivaldi is going. As a IT / Business consultant, my company spend some money every years different type of software subscriptions or license fees. As a contractor for a large range of different clients I am more than happy to pay for my software use as long as it gives me something back. Free is good, but someone need to pay the bills. I am not asking for an invoice from Vivaldi - on the other hand there is nothing like a free lunch.
If the options are adverts or subscription. Happy to pay.
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@ALongTime: IMNSHO - It's not having features that makes it a niche browser. It's having features that makes it able to CREATE a niche for itself. Otherwise, it would fail altogether. What makes it only a niche browser is the market dominance of otherwise monopolistic forces. And most people, even if they grew up with computers, don't really understand them. They develop habit patterns and stick to them, because nothing blows up when they do things the way they are used to.
So Vivaldi (or formerly Opera) offers something they are not used to, including the many benefits that somewhat more picky or advanced users want, but it's NOT WHAT THEY ARE USED TO. And in an environment where they are never fully sure of themselves, most people are a bit terrified to change what they are used to - plus they don't know how to break habits. So you offer them something different (even something better) and they say "I don't really care..." and to finish that sentence, what they really mean is "I don't really care enough to explore something new that I might have to figure out, and that might change the way I'm doing things, because the way I'm doing things now doesn't make me think and at least doesn't blow up on me, so I'm not going to take the chance of facing any discomfort." That's what they really mean.
People hate change - especially if it's change in an environment where they already have a subtle base level of unease - like computers. You have to have a high level of demand for improvement to get outside your comfort zone, which is why only a minority of people are even willing to look at a minority browser that they haven't already been using forever.
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@ALongTime: Right. Think automatic transmission versus manual transmission. How many lifetime drivers can drive a stick nowadays? And how many lifetime drivers can work on their own cars, or are comfortable and comprehending when they open the hood?
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Because change is the only constant. I am already excited to be using vivaldi now after years of using chrome.
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