What do you expect from Vivaldi on iOS?

[relink]

Must have things for me would be;

• Open tab sync.

• Set & Sync custom search engine.

• Tab groups that sync between devices.

• Separate profiles (Like FF Container tabs)

Things that would be out of this world to have;

• Set custom apps for opening links. (eg. open Reddit links in Apollo instead of just opening the page in the browser)

• Ability to install extensions from the FF & Chrome store.

For clarity, everything on this list is 100% possible and allowed on iOS, Orion has already proven this.

[TalGarik]

@relink said in What do you expect from Vivaldi on iOS?:

For clarity, everything on this list is 100% possible and allowed on iOS, Orion has already proven this.

Orion is a hit and miss browser, most of what they promise does not work, and some UI choices (example: tabs management) are clumsy at best; it is annoying that Vivaldi is still late to the iOS party but I am confident that when the browser will be ready it will be a great one.
What makes me confident? look at its android version

I hope this will be there form the start

another essential feature - AFAIK Opera is the only mobile browser doing it - is: when I close a tab the browser activates the previously active tab (and it makes no difference if it is a private one or not)

[Mogle]

The iOS version of Vivaldi can't come quickly enough. I am starving. Looking at the requested functionality, most of it I agree on.

I would like to add a Sync of Bookmarks and Notes. Thinking I would recommend adding Notes as a separate OS Vivaldi App.

[stardepp]

@Mogle Sign up here: https://vivaldi.com/de/ios/

[RiveDroite]

I'm not an iOS user and don't plan on being one, but I would hope that the iOS version is as close as possible to the Android version! (To me it's the perfect mobile browser)

[Eggcorn]

@Ayespy said in What do you expect from Vivaldi on iOS?:

iOS (the phone operating system) does block downloads not approved in the Apple Store

That's not quite true. You can use the AltStore app store on an iPhone (or iPad) without jailbreaking. Of course, it'd be preferable for Vivaldi to be in the Apple app store. But in case that doesn't work out: AltStore can be Plan B.

[pjol]

Hi all!
As someone who stumbled on the blog post from Jon where he takes a clear stance against crypto it immediately peaked my interest in the company so i downloaded Vivaldi to give it a try on desktop (It´s been many years since i last tried it) and i quite like it! But until Vivaldi releases a good option on iOS they can´t become my default.

So my necessities for a iOS browser:

• Tab sync and send
• Built in adblock on Brave Browser level, which i find to work good for me.
• Custom search engines (preferrably with a option to sync search providers/settings across all devices)

These two next points are basically how Safari does tab management and in my opinion every browser should be mandated to at least include these as default behaviour on iOS:

• Switching tabs by swiping left/right on bottom/url bar
• View all open tabs by swipe up on bottom/url bar.

One random wishlist item is:

• Dark Reader built in would be fantastic.

Tab management is why i´m currently on Brave (I need Windows and Linux clients too so no Safari), which i consider the least evil option of the Chromium bunch currently available on iOS but since i absolutely despise their crypto focus and want to switch desperately so really my hopes are on Vivaldi now.

Looking forward to seeing what the future brings!

[TalGarik]

are we going to get a new toy for the week-end?

[pjol]

@TalGarik One can surely hope. I know i do.

[TalGarik]

@pjol it looks like there was too much optimism on my side

[pjol]

@TalGarik Well, we are approaching the weekend so maybe this will be it! And if not..Rinse and repeat the hopes and dreams on Monday for the next one.

[TalGarik]

@pjol the release of 5.7 stable is getting closer, I am confident the iOS version will come with it

[Ayespy]

@TalGarik Sorry. I do not understand such confidence.

[pjol]

@TalGarik Hope you are correct… Tap on microphone Vivaldi Team you got that?

[TalGarik]

Just joking, killing time waiting for this release finally, then I was considering this by you:

@Ayespy said in Vivaldi for iOS:

@LocutusOfBorg Work on iOS is going forward behind the scenes. I see evidence of feature work and bugfixes every day. It will be released as soon as Apple admits it to the Apple store, and broad public testing makes sense.

then it is 5 months from when they started working on it and the "coming soon" that has appeared in the forum section dedicated to it. if it is not now it cannot be that far still.

Staying in topic I have to say that for me a reliable sync represents the most important feature, as a fact if it wasn't for its very limited sync options - and constant failures especially when I am away from home - I could live happily with Opera.

[kramerjames]

Looks like it didn’t come with 5.7’s stable release. For me, being a full-time iPad Pro user I would have two major needs for iOS:

1. A fully useable iPad app (essentially a landscape mode)

2. Full cloud sync for cross platform utility.

In my mind these are the two main offerings that would compel already active users to adopt it as a default browser immediately. I would be content with waiting on every other bell and whistle if we just had basic functionality available to us on Apple’s touch devices.

[cheatyhax]

Just switching from Brave (well trying it out cause I need way better tab management).

A full desktop-like experience on iPad
Sync (It's going to hurt not having it for a while..)
Ad-blocking (Absolute must)
PiP

Dream State:
Some sort of Protonmail/calendar/etc integration.

[pjol]

What do you expect from Vivaldi on iOS?

For it to release.

Been trying out Vivaldi on my Pixel and there is a option to follow the device preference for setting dark/light mode in Vivaldi UI but for applying the "Dark theme" setting (I.e Dark Reader) there is a manual toggle i have to manually enable/disable whenever i want to change how content is displayed.

So assuming the upcoming iOS/iPadOS also includes these both options it would be fantastic in my opinion to see that both are automatic, I.e follows system appearance setting.