Vivaldi: The Web Browsing Symphony More Should Be Tuning In To
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What a lovely article on Vivaldi by Nimish Dubey And Akriti Rana. Pure poetry:
"Using Vivaldi is a bit like having a multiple-course meal after having been on a junk food diet โ it might seem over-elaborate at times but is immensely more satisfying once you are done. It is definitely worth a download for anyone who spends time online. Just be patient with it. Like many a symphony of the original Vivaldi, browsing with it gets more rich and resonant with time. "
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@jon Itโs a very positive review. But they didnโt venture in too deeply, which is to be expected when they only used it for a week.
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Yes, this post mentions the peculiarities of Vivaldi browser very well, I feel the same way. I am very excited about how Vivaldi is evolving. I have been using Vivaldi since October 2018 and since that time a lot of new features have been added.
For me, using Vivaldi is something special.
The Vivaldi team continues to inspire with each update.
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Vivaldi is the bomb that destroys all other browser nations!
Thanks, @jon !!! Go Vivaldi!
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@jon Author is (slightly) inconsistent -
Starts withYou download the browser โ it is available for Mac and Windows
then later states
Vivaldi has a mobile phone version .... only available on Android at the time of speaking
Then finally gets it right when finishing with
download Vivaldi for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
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@TbGbe You beat me to it. i've only just reached this early part of the article atm...
You download the browser โ it is available for Mac and Windows
...at which point i exclaimed
D2M
.
Typo:
And that can be a bit of a task
And that can be a bit of a joy
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@guigirl Actually, I didn't understand that whole paragraph, why would someone
who want a browser only for browsing sites and little else.
need
to use all of the features on Vivaldi, you will have to invest some time in figuring out how they work, and how to best use them.
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@TbGbe Yes. Whilst ofc we Vivaldifarians will likely always like to see positive reviews than otherwise, IMO this one was rather trivial & uninformed, not to mention internally inconsistent as you've noted.
Otoh...
Oscar Wilde โ 'There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.'
Ofc, Python did it better. -
@jon , really a nice article. It differs quite a bit from others, generally positive but more technical, by representing Vivaldi more in the view of a user who encounters a browser for the first time that is certainly very different from the others, the comparison with junk meals express it very well.
I think that many of us, myself included, have experienced something similar when encountering Vuvaldi for the first time and as I already said on another occasion, then any other browser seems crappy to us. -
reading the article made me wonder if Vivaldi has some formal way of checking user experience. As in: regularly reach out to users that use some other browser, and ask them to allow Vivaldi watching silently as the user
- uses their current browser just like they ususally do
- when they try Vivaldi for the first time and just say what is going through their mind as they try it.
A bit like the "Pro tips" series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL72e6dBabYNVkGc9qcnbBNpZ0s5tyIDhH but not for the purpose of publishing a marketing video, rather for the purpose of identifying the KEY things that make people try the browser and but then stop using it after 5-15minutes. The first 15 minutes should create the wow moments. If they put people off, then you always have to explain and explain and convince ... and that's not going to help spreading the word.
Maybe you could make a challenge of some sort: film yourself or your friend or grandma trying Vivaldi for the first time, top 10 useful / insight giving video submissions get some prize.