Vivaldi GX Revisited (Updated Opera GX Mod)
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We decided to revive this CSS mod because Opera GX imposes some privacy concerns, but there aren't any browsers that feel or behave like Opera GX. Vivaldi is the closest thing out there due to the fact that Vivaldi is run by the creators of Opera, but it just doesn't feel the same.
The vast majority of the functionality and keyboard shortcuts are very similar on both browsers. However, Vivaldi offers significantly more functionality and customizability, such as tab stacks and customizable context menus, so this reskin essentially turns Vivaldi into a better and more functional version of Opera GX.
This revival actually started off as a small personal project of mine when I made the switch from Opera GX to Vivaldi and found @gabevilela's mod, but I'm not very knowledgeable with CSS so I reached out and @nomadic took on the task of rewriting the whole thing (and did a fantastic job!).
To answer one of your other questions in this thread, yes it does add some animations to various UI elements, but the main purpose is to simply stylize and relocate the UI elements to make Vivaldi feel like Opera GX. This reskin is intended more for people switching from Opera GX to Vivaldi, rather than people who like Vivaldi for what it is.
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@beyxnd said in Vivaldi GX Revisited (Updated Opera GX Mod):
Tencent (Chinese Government-run organization)
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@Aaron I wasn't sure how to word that part, I've tried rewording it to be more correct. Regardless of that, Chinese companies having access to browsing activity is not good.
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I don't like Tencent,too. But as far as I know Tencent does not control Opera.
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@Aaron You're probably right, I'm just repeating what I've heard. I'll remove it to avoid confusion
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peeps can obfuscate & distract all they like, whatever makes them feel better, but for me anyway it's just noise, coz it remains simple... no ccp software will ever exist on any device of mine, nor will any ccp device ever be bought or used by me.
Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!
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Yeah that's why I switched to Vivaldi.
Oops, didn't reply. Still getting used to this forum lol.
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@ybjrepnfr Yeah that's why I switched to Vivaldi.
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Alas, finally! I've been using the original Vivaldi GX mod by gabevilela since 2021 and witnessed it get more broken throughout Vivaldi updates. As I have no CSS experience myself, I never bothered to care about it and simply dealt with it up until now. The mod works perfectly, and I've been able to migrate most, if not all of my css mods over to this one. I'd also like to give my props for the overrides.css idea to group all css mods into one so it won't be a hassle when updating. I I didn't have to do much in the original VGX as it received no updates anymore since 1.6.3 but I imagine this will be maintained/updated for the time being and hopefully throughout. Your work is greatly appreciated, my friends!
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@beyxnd said in Vivaldi GX Revisited (Updated Opera GX Mod):
Regardless of that, Chinese companies having access to browsing activity is not good.
How do you think about Google/Apple/X(Twitter)/Meta(Facebook)?
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@Aaron Similarly to how I feel about Chinese companies; I'm really not a fan of how much data they collect and sell. I try to avoid using their services/products when it's convenient to do so, but there's not much we can do about it since their services make up the majority of the Internet.
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If anyone is here due to Vivaldi's 6.2 update breaking certain UI elements in Vivaldi GX, I have written some fixes that address most of the issues. It seems @nomadic has been away from his PC for a couple weeks, so I thought I'd post this in the meantime while we await his return.
Simply download the three .css files and replace the existing ones in your designated Vivaldi UI directory.
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Thank you guys so much for your work on this. I always loved this design, and I'm really glad someone brought it back for us.
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this is straight up amazing! do you think a Vivaldi One (based on opera one) would be doable? after all it's basically a more rounded and less neon version of the gx one, maybe i could try messing a bit with the css if i have some free time
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@giaaaacomo Yes, it should be possible, but you will probably have to go about it yourself. This is enough of a challenge for me to maintain going forward.
Opera One looks fairly different from GX from what I can see, but you can probably adapt some of this mod's CSS to make it work (stuff like the full height panel toolbar). The CSS is mostly commented with brief explanations of what everything does, but feel free to ask me any questions. There were some strange things that needed to be done to get the mod working
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I was using my own theme based on Firefox, but was getting tired of it. I almost switched to Opera GX. Instead, I guess I'll just use this theme. It might need at least a fix or two, so maybe I will send you merge requests if I choose to keep using it. I use the bookmark bar and right now it looks weird with the black border on top. An update this summer changed the selector for it. The Vivaldi icon on the top left is also a bit too much to the left because of the down arrow, so I guess it needs to be hidden.
I also noticed that the "unread tab" icon only shows on hover, so is that intentionnal?
Either way, thanks for your awesome work. I know how much of a pain it can get to modify a browser's ui. I used to do the same for Firefox and it was way worse than Vivaldi. The only aspect that's more complicated is the customizability, but that's usually a good sign.
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@nomadic thanks for now! i have a reaaaally small amount of free time as of now, so we'll see i guess!
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Nice post!!!!
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@nomadic I just sent my pull request through Github. I also incorporated the few fixes made by @beyxnd.
For everyone else, you can get an up-to-date version of the mod (as of 6.2.3105.58) here: https://github.com/mechagomizilla/Vivaldi-GX/releases/tag/2.1-beta.1
If you find more bugs, please send them my way for now.
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@Gomizilla what kind of divergences do you have in mind? i refer to your readme
