Mobile Browser Version

[szenfner]

Mobile browser version for Android with sync features

[marioxp5]

As far as I know they are already testing a mobile version but there is no date to be released. I'm also waiting for a mobile version since Opera Mini was sold to a Chinese group that destroyed completely that browser that was the only remaining good thing from the original project.

[luukf8]

YES!!! We want a mobile browser.

[jdb]

I am happy to alpha-test or beta test. Just let me know how!!

[ssliackus]

Yes, me to is here ready for Vivaldi mobile! Cmon, give me that!

[isaaccentenario]

Oh God, I really love Vivaldi Browser and I really need a Android Version of this browser too

[A Former User]

@isaaccentenario V is cross-platform so not android, but mobile version .

[Hadden89]

@potmeklecbohdan said in Mobile Browser Version:

@isaaccentenario V is cross-platform so not android, but mobile version .

Excluded iOS, as they don't allow blink

[Ayespy]

@hadden89 Exactly. There is no longer a Windows Mobile platform, and iOS forbids Vivaldi, so for the time being, "mobile" means "Android." Any Linux-based mobile device can probably already run Vivaldi (Jon has Vivaldi on a Linux mobile at present) but these are precious few.

[metafaniel]

Is good to see this is marked as In Progress, awesome.

@ayespy said in Mobile Browser Version:

@hadden89 Exactly. (...) iOS forbids Vivaldi (...)

Whys is that?

[LonM]

@metafaniel It doesn't exactly forbid it, but it makes it incredibly difficult to build one, to the point where it might as well be forbidden.

[Ayespy]

@metafaniel Because Vivaldi is not built on the iOS version of WebKit, which is all they allow on their devices.

[danielson]

Sure hope Android version will have:

1. colored tabs as in Windows or Linux versions.
2. option to type in directly into url box à la Opera Android (imitation is flattery right?).
3. choice of search engine.
4. new tab with a few of recently visited pages.

[Zaxxon]

Cannot wait for this to be released. Now that 2.0 is released and includes sync, I am more excited than ever to get Vivaldi on my phone, as well. I'd love to hear the team's thoughts on when we can expect an initial release (even if that release is a beta or an alpha!)

[zhenggu]

The same as @danielson , an alpha version is also fine for me.

[Vulks]

@danielson Would love this myself. Use brave atm for Android and it's alright.

[molnart]

if vivaldi used some more opened platform for sync (dropbox, googledrive, onedrive, etc. as it has been suggested somewhere here earlier IIRC) instead of a proprietary solution there would be no need for a mobile browser. my only criteria for choosing my mobile browser is the ability to sync with my desktop browser.

[ROTFL]

@molnart said in Mobile Browser Version:

if vivaldi used some more opened platform for sync (dropbox, googledrive, onedrive, etc. as it has been suggested somewhere here earlier IIRC) instead of a proprietary solution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron

[alexander.gorbovets]

@Ayespy said in Mobile Browser Version:

@hadden89 Exactly. There is no longer a Windows Mobile platform, and iOS forbids Vivaldi, so for the time being, "mobile" means "Android." Any Linux-based mobile device can probably already run Vivaldi (Jon has Vivaldi on a Linux mobile at present) but these are precious few.

Major browsers currently have iOS versions powered by WebKit. Actually it's not big deal what engine is inside the mobile browser. Because currently all blink, mozilla and webkit are pretty good. User experience, customizability and sync with desktop browsers is what makes a difference

[Hadden89]

@alexander-gorbovets
Team is small, and they should mantain two mobile versions: one on webkit - just for ios - and other on blink for arm devices and androids.
Vivaldi is also a separate patched chromium-blink branch - not a vanilla fork - and may need a big rewrite to work the same on a ios-webkit.
I guess is not impossible to see an iOS version, but it'll require more time.