Opera GX-inspired look and feel

hexianpeel

Hello there,

I think it could be nice for Vivaldi to propose a theme inspired by gamers and gaming that goes a bit beyond change of colors, something neon-ish.

I'd really love to see Vivaldi proposing something similar to Opera GX in the sound department: Sound effects for various actions such as scrolling, closing a tab... Along with a soothing adaptive background music. There could be several variants: Breeze, Forest, Cyberpunk, Modern, etc.

code3

@hexianpeel
See here for GX theme:
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/39965/opera-gx-mod?_=1617219813003
To install, click on the GitHub link, git clone or download as zip and unzip, and follow the instructions on GitHub.

If you want sound effects, I could help you with that, I highly doubt it will be in Vivaldi natively.

code3

@darkmessiah1 @hexianpeel Here is the script to play sound upon clicking the close button*. Refer to the modding forum and/or lonmcgregor's custom.py script (on GitHub) to install the script:

function initMod(){
        if(document.querySelector("#browser")){
             document.querySelectorAll('.close').forEach(item => {
  item.addEventListener('click', event => {
      const audio = new Audio('https://interactive- 
     examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-audio/t-rex-roar.mp3');
     audio.play();

         })
      })

        } else {
            setTimeout(initMod, 500);
        }
    }
    initMod();

Replace the URL I gave with your own URL.
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*If you close tabs with a method other than clicking on the close button this script will not work. It is possible to make a script that will work for all possibilities, just a bit harder.

Again, for the not-sound parts of your request, you can use the CSS mods that exist on the forum.

Danielblue

@hexianpeel said in Opera GX-inspired look and feel:

Hello there,

I think it could be nice for Vivaldi to propose a theme inspired by gamers and gaming that goes a bit beyond change of colors, something neon-ish.

I'd really love to see Vivaldi proposing something similar to Opera GX in the sound department: Sound effects for various actions such as scrolling, closing a tab... Along with a soothing adaptive background music. There could be several variants: Breeze, Forest, Cyberpunk, Modern, etc.

try using Youtube studio with this tutorial i guess that might help you.You can hear music and also download it.

LightBeam

It would be sooooo great. From time to time I reinstall Opera GX just because of that. Honestly I couldn't care too much about the gaming features and stuff, but the CPU and RAM limiters could be useful to some. I also like the embedded Player thing on the left bar, it does that better than any extension I've had before to play Spotify (and it also pauses right when there's audio so that's also great)

To be honest, the main thing that does make me come back to Vivaldi is the fact that Startpage can't be set as a default browser, and I feel uncomfortable using Google
Also I'm way more accustomed to Vivaldi, it's just the best imo. Tho I would love to see it getting some more called """gaming""" features. I know it sounds stupid but honestly, the look and aesthetic of Opera GX is just so cool. Vivaldi is known to be the most customizable browser, having some of that could be really great. I would love some background music and sounds when I type. Since Opera GX I feel like Vivaldi would be absolutely perfect if it had some of that

For the music, I don't think you need to make it like Opera seems to do, with huge artists and stuff. I mean, maybe it would be interesting, but it's not necessary. Just some adaptive ambiant music and maybe a way for users to change it themselves would already be so huge. I can see adaptive music being a great feature, I can imagine some people mixing some tunes specifically for Vivaldi, you wouldn't have to organize awards and stuff and basically let people do their thing. But maybe that's just a dream ...

code3

@lightbeam I think there are extensions in the chrome web store to play ambient music. In addition you could play it in an autoplaying tab.

kzhe

@hexianpeel For typing, use Mechvibes and then get the custom pack from their website.

Clicks, use Squeakymouse and get the sound from- IDK tbh