Vivaldi for iOS
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From reading comments on our blog posts and social media, it looks like there's still a lot of confusion as to whether Vivaldi will be available on iOS or not.
So, to clarify: yes, there will be an iOS version of Vivaldi. We want to make it happen.
However, it is a big task, requiring manpower, resources and time. We can't offer any deadline or approximate date of release at this point. First, we want to make sure that we offer you a high-quality product when we're ready.
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I'd also like to add that I would very much see Vivaldi for iOS developed.
I would also very much like to use this on my iPad (as others have mentioned.)
This is what I noticed in the UA string on my desktop computer that uses Windows 10 for the Vivaldi browser.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/100.0.4896.92 Safari/537.36
Run a computer consulting business and am in IT.
Have had many clients asking me when they can use Vivaldi for iOS
I told them good things come to those who wait.
And in conclusion Vivaldi is one of the best of the browsers I have ever seen. I LOVE IT -
@pafflick said in Vivaldi for iOS:
From reading comments on our blog posts and social media, it looks like there's still a lot of confusion as to whether Vivaldi will be available on iOS or not.
So, to clarify: yes, there will be an iOS version of Vivaldi. We want to make it happen.
However, it is a big task, requiring manpower, resources and time. We can't offer any deadline or approximate date of release at this point. First, we want to make sure that we offer you a high-quality product when we're ready.
AWESOME!
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I agree with @bibbinut that this is great to hear! I also know that it's a big engineering project.
Have you considered a fund raiser (think Kickstarter but could be wherever)?
I would personally put in $20-$50 to make Vivaldi on iOS happen.
Thanks for the excellent browser.
Michael
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@mkennedy Thank you for the suggestion. For now, we're not planning to start any fundraising projects. The best way in which you can help us is to spread the word about Vivaldi.
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No reply to this required; I write only to add my voice to the many calls for an iOS version. Vivaldi is must workhorse on both Windows and MacOS, and the syncing is a real boon to me. Now that I have migrated from Android to iOS I find the absence of Vivaldi on iOS almost painful. Brave and DuckDuckGo are great but do not sync with Vivaldi, obviously, so it doubles the work involved for what is so simple with synced Vivaldi.
Not having an iOS app is a real Achilles' heel, and probably prevents greater take up of this great browser.
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@hughsk said in Vivaldi for iOS:
migrated from Android to iOS
Why on earth would anyone ever do that?!?
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@ayespy Because the iPhone does a damn sort more than my well-priced but underwhelming Android phone can do. And since both Apple and Google are hardly privacy heroes, at least Apple does not sell as much personal data to third parties as Apple.
Anyway, if I am going to get grief from a "Moderator" about personal choices that are none of their concern then I will quickly be out of here and just run with Brave, which does have an iOS app.
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@hughsk It was a JOKE. One of my daughters hounds me mercilessly to switch to iOS even though she know it's never going to happen. I personally find iOS cripplingly more expensive and less flexible than Android - but then, I don't have a Mac laptop to sync to - so...
Still Vivaldi for iOS is coming - it's just a bit of a hard slog.
Vivaldi will not be, like Brave, Safari with a fancy dress on.
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@Ayespy
As iphone user who used android windowsphone and bb10 for years β¦ the price of iphone guaranteed the quality and fluidness of what you get.
If you want to try iphone, I can say iphones all are the same you can buy cheaper or stock ones still get same features and update like newest flagship snd more years of update than flagship androids:)
this is way i did not bought new models cause my 11 pro works like them.
About less flexibility ,with respect itβs obvious that you dont even use iphone to get know what is iphone,
The phone and os built to deliver simple and flexible workflow, the power key is share button that you can see everywhere in ios , after i moved to ios and got things to know , using share button save up 80 percent of time doing same process in android:)
The second power key by my opinion is shortcut app , you never see somthing like that in android , you can set a lot of automations and tasks to do without doing anything just search and read about it.
, also i know there are restrictions but end users doesnβt care β¦
Btw a mac let you playing more efficiently ,but KDE connect or other airdrop alternative are good to fill the job with linux or windows. -
@Ayespy Judging by the number of alternate (especially low quality) browsers on the Apple Store, I am not persuaded that developing an iOS-compliant browser is the insuperable task several of you claim that it is. Yes, Apple has its requirements. So does every other OS.
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@ehrens it's not an insurmountable task, but it is not trivial either.
The vivaldi brand is about having a configurable browser that works for the user. Unless the team feel they can deliver on that, they're not going to publish anything as it would likely be worse than the default browser and could end up hurting them.
As you note, many of the other browsers are low quality. That's exactly what vivaldi want to avoid.
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@ehrens
these are not independently-developed browsers. These are skins for Safari. Vivaldi will not settle for that, it seems. -
@Ayespy A Safari-skin might be a better-then-nothing solution, to allow sync. But at that point: Might be better just to make an iOS Safari extension to allow syncing with Vivaldi.
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@Eggcorn I note with interest today that although Vivaldi does not presently have an iOS product, it is advertising to expand its iOS team. Signs and wonders?
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@Ayespy said in Vivaldi for iOS:
@Eggcorn I note with interest today that although Vivaldi does not presently have an iOS product, it is advertising to expand its iOS team. Signs and wonders?
do they have an iOS team?
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Very interesting: it's already on "pipeline". That means the Vivaldi development team will work on it.
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Wonder if this will include the iPad. Not having a version for the iPad is the only thing keeping me from using Vivaldi on all of my devices. Currently using Firefox since I can sync my info across all devices.
Would so rather use Vivaldi.