Mobile Browser Version
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YES!!! We want a mobile browser.
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I am happy to alpha-test or beta test. Just let me know how!!
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Yes, me to is here ready for Vivaldi mobile! Cmon, give me that!
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Oh God, I really love Vivaldi Browser and I really need a Android Version of this browser too
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@isaaccentenario V is cross-platform so not android, but mobile version .
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@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
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@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.
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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?
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@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.
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@metafaniel Because Vivaldi is not built on the iOS version of WebKit, which is all they allow on their devices.
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Sure hope Android version will have:
- colored tabs as in Windows or Linux versions.
- option to type in directly into url box ร la Opera Android (imitation is flattery right?).
- choice of search engine.
- new tab with a few of recently visited pages.
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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!)
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The same as @danielson , an alpha version is also fine for me.
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@danielson Would love this myself. Use brave atm for Android and it's alright.
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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.
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@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
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@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
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@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.
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@alexander-gorbovets said in Mobile Browser Version:
Major browsers currently have iOS versions powered by WebKit. Actually it's not big deal what engine is inside the mobile browser.
Major browsers have hundreds of developers. When you've only got about 20 people to write the thing from the ground up, it's a big deal to develop two browsers with two different engines. As you say, it's the user experience that counts, and that has to be written for the particular engine. It can't simply be applied like paint. Vivaldi will need more resources before they attempt such an undertaking.
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Maybe I am odd because I sincerely hope there will never be a mobile version of Vivaldi browser. Why? Because I know Vivaldi team is small and if they dilute their powers between two browser versions then the desktop browser will receive less care. Vivaldi is about giving full power to users and this is possible only on full power computers - desktops and laptops. I wouldn't mind mobile Vivaldi if it didn't have any impact on the development of the desktop version but I know this is not realistic.
I think at best there could be an extension developed for the most popular mobile browsers allowing to sync bookmarks, passwords, etc. with the desktop Vivaldi.