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Follower Tab has been with us for a couple of months, and as ...

2026-05-11T13:40:40+02:00

Follower Tab has been with us for a couple of months, and as it's often the case, we can't imagine life without this feature 😍 Super handy for:

- Evaluating alternative options while shopping
- Keeping your research tidy without being dragged down the rabbit hole

If you haven't started using this yet, this video is for you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIxaXHdFX_s

#browser #features #organization

By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans ...

2026-05-06T14:27:24+02:00

By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (we'll link the article below for those who don't know about it).

Our team has been inspecting the Chromium code and disabling stuff from the very first version of Vivaldi (we have some posts about this in our blog, such as https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no-google-topics-in-vivaldi/ or https://vivaldi.com/blog/no-google-vivaldi-users-will-not-get-floced/).

We've also been very outspoken about our dislike of the built-in AI trend in the browser industry, but in case there's still any doubts: yes, we disable all Gemini-related features, and we've been doing it for a while.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features

Let's do another round of European alternatives to Big Tech, ...

2026-05-05T14:38:39+02:00

Let's do another round of European alternatives to Big Tech, because we care and we don't gatekeep 🙂 :

- Chrome, Edge, Safari --> Vivaldi Browser (npub19rt…adh9)
- iCloud, Google Drive --> Proton (npub19kd…t56d) [@infomaniak_network](https://mastodon.social/@infomaniak_network ), Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n), Cryptee
- Google Search --> Startpage (npub1kxe…ns4m) Qwant (npub1yrc…txj5) , Ecosia (npub1aua…86wd), Mojeek Search Engine (npub1d0g…7n90), Tiger.ch
- MS Office --> LibreOffice (npub1tgg…qwzh)
- Gmail --> Tuta (npub1tk7…0m5c) , Proton (npub19kd…t56d) Mail
- iPhone --> jolla (npub1xrs…qupw) Volla (npub12ye…qrq8)
- iOS, Android --> Murena - choose freedom! (npub1hn8…g0mt) e/OS

…& much more: https://europeantechmap.eu

*Looks at calendar...aaaah, time to dust off our ...

2026-05-04T13:19:22+02:00

*Looks at calendar...aaaah, time to dust off our lightsaber-wielding Tony again! *

May the 4th be with all of you! 💚

You might have seen us mention Desktop Mode on Android here and ...

2026-04-08T13:46:29+02:00

You might have seen us mention Desktop Mode on Android here and there. We're really excited about it, and we want you to be too! The possibilities are endless, imagine connecting your phone to a screen, keyboard and mouse and being able to use it as a proper desktop computer? 🤯

Give a warm welcome to Oskar Sofie Hope-Paulsrud 🏳️‍🌈 (npub1m99…j95g), the newest member of our team, who's taken up the challenge of walking you through the potential that this new functionality entails for a Vivaldi user - including a short interview to get Jon S. von Tetzchner (npub1e35…d5me) 's insight. Buckle up, big things are coming!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9fgjtiMbug

happy to hear your feedback if you do!

2026-04-08T11:19:39+02:00

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happy to hear your feedback if you do!

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2026-04-03T03:37:20+02:00

一番信頼できる友達にも、カード番号は渡してません🤫
なら、ブラウザに内蔵されたAIって、その友達より信じていいやつなんでしたっけ？
自分のデータを守ることについて、改めて考えてみた記事です🔐
https://vivaldi.com/ja/blog/ai_browser_security/

Get unlimited tabs for free: https://vivaldi.com/download

2026-04-01T20:41:28+02:00

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Get unlimited tabs for free:

https://vivaldi.com/download

Today we launched Tabs As A Service...but only on LinkedIn 😄 ...

2026-04-01T20:40:59+02:00

Today we launched Tabs As A Service...but only on LinkedIn 😄

Why? Because it's April 1st and this was the dumbest new vertical we could think of.

We would never charge nor judge you for any number of tabs you have open or how many tab management features you use.

To any PE or VC fund feeling like this was supposed to be your golden ticket to ascend into tech-heaven. Sorry, not sorry.

To you who thought it seemed fair to charge for TaaS, get it for free by clicking the link in the comments.

To our community and friends, we love you, and we love tabs. ❤️

We're pleased to confirm that TaaS is free forever!

After last week's update, you can now enjoy a Daily Image ...

2026-03-30T11:01:04+02:00

After last week's update, you can now enjoy a Daily Image option for your Start Page on both iOS and Android ✨

A nice little detail for those of us who get easily bored!

To enable it, go to Settings > Start Page > Wallpaper and select “Use Daily Image”, or tap on “Customize” at the bottom of the Start Page and enable “Use Daily Image”.

Vivaldi 7.9 for Mobile is out! The big one for iOS: Two-Level Tab ...

2026-03-26T09:11:08+01:00

Vivaldi 7.9 for Mobile is out!

The big one for iOS: Two-Level Tab Stacks are finally here. For iPad users, this is a tabvolution!

Also shipping:
🔁 Safari Import on iOS
🌅 Daily Image on Start Page
🖥️ Desktop Mode refinements for Android

Vivaldi 7.9 is available now 🙂

Read more: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-9/

＼📱Vivaldi モバイル版も 7.9 に進化！／ ...

2026-03-26T09:02:10+01:00

＼📱Vivaldi モバイル版も 7.9 に進化！／

🍎：二段型タブスタックがついに登場👏 ＆ 🧭 Safari からの乗り換えがもっと簡単に
🤖：日替わり画像機能🖼️＆デスクトップモードがパワーアップ👍

Enjoy!

https://vivaldi.com/ja/blog/ios/ios-releases/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-9/

The first minor update after yesterday's 7.9 release is out, ...

2026-03-20T14:45:08+01:00

The first minor update after yesterday's 7.9 release is out, with several fixes for Auto-hide issues. Check the whole changelog on the blog:

https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-7-9/

🚀Vivaldi デスクトップ版、7.9 ...

2026-03-19T09:03:17+01:00

🚀Vivaldi デスクトップ版、7.9 リリースしました！
タブバーやアドレスバーを自動で隠してコンテンツに没頭できる「UI 自動非表示」を追加。マウスカーソルを端に寄せたら、すぐ操作 UI が戻ってくるので安心です😍

https://vivaldi.com/ja/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-9/

Vivaldi 7.9 is here! We’ve put a lot of effort into this ...

2026-03-19T09:02:49+01:00

Vivaldi 7.9 is here!

We’ve put a lot of effort into this release and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. ❤️

What are the highlights?

✨ UI Auto-hide
➡️ Follower tab
✉️ Powerful Mail updates

There is real browser magic coming with this release so make sure you get it NOW! 🪄

Read more: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-9/

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good. 🪄 ...

2026-03-18T13:15:52+01:00

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good. 🪄

There's more to Notes than meets the eye. 👀 ...

2026-03-17T14:04:33+01:00

There's more to Notes than meets the eye. 👀

Happy birthday Mastodon! 🎉 From Vivaldi, a big thank you to ...

2026-03-16T15:38:51+01:00

Happy birthday Mastodon! 🎉

From Vivaldi, a big thank you to Eugen Rochko (npub1vl7…f6g0), the rest of Mastodon's team and everyone else who enjoys and breathes life into this corner of the internet!

Here's to 10 more! 🥂

Big Tech occupied our free web. So what do we do? We are loud ...

2026-03-10T15:55:03+01:00

Big Tech occupied our free web. So what do we do?

We are loud about it. 😎

It’s 2026, and some people still believe women don’t belong ...

2026-03-08T16:31:27+01:00

It’s 2026, and some people still believe women don’t belong in tech. But we're here to prove them wrong. 😌

At Vivaldi, women are cofounders, sys admins, developers, QA engineers, HR, community specialists, and office managers. 🔥

If you're a woman in tech, what do you do?

#8mars #8march #internationalWomensDay

Anyone up for a sticker swap? We send you one of these, you send ...

2026-03-06T11:09:09+01:00

Anyone up for a sticker swap?

We send you one of these, you send us something else? Let us see what you got 👀

(Please boost for reach!)

Digital security does not have to be difficult, but for a lot of ...

2026-02-27T12:10:17+01:00

Digital security does not have to be difficult, but for a lot of people who don't know where to start, it can be overwhelming.

How can we help others care more about their privacy (and everyone else's)?

There is a lot to learn in this episode, so if you have 45 spare minutes today, we highly encourage you to listen!

Happy to discuss it when you're done :)

https://vivaldi.com/blog/patricia-egger-proton-for-a-better-web/

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**Patricia Egger (Proton) – For A Better Web**

In this [podcast series](https://vivaldi.com/blog/better-web/ ), Bruce interviews people from across different communities and industries who, in their own way, are fighting for a better web.

In this episode, Bruce meets with Patricia Egger, a.k.a. Goddess of Security at Proton, for an insightful conversation about privacy, encryption, and what it truly means to build a safer and better web.

The conversation covers the security mindset, the real risks behind AI and “shadow AI,” how small vulnerabilities can escalate into major breaches, and why email and password management are critical foundations of digital security. Patricia also shares practical advice on helping non-technical users improve their privacy, emphasising that progress matters more than perfection.

If you care about protecting your digital life, or want to help friends and family do the same, this episode is for you. Listen now, rethink your security habits, and take your first step toward a more private web.
Transcript
[Bruce]
I always (beep) up the beginning of this, so I might as well swear now.
[Patricia]
Get it over with.
[Bruce]
It’s never over with. Hello, everybody, and welcome to… (beep). See, total professional!
Hello, everybody, and welcome to another edition of the For a Better Web podcast in which I, Bruce Lawson, that’s me, chief technical. officer of chief technical officer. What am I saying? I’m a technical communications officer at Vivaldi browser. Talk to somebody who in their own way, in their own part of the industry, is fighting to make the web a bit better. And this time it is my delight and pleasure to introduce to you. goddess of security at Proton, Patricia Egger. Hello, Patricia. Hello, Bruce. Is your job title really goddess of security?
[Patricia]
It’s not, but maybe I should be talking to HR to change that.
[Bruce]
I thoroughly recommend it. Now, for listeners who are new or don’t know much about us, Proton is, I’ll let Patricia explain what Proton is, but Vivaldi has partnered with Proton to integrate Proton’s VPN inside the desktop browser. So we do have some sort of commercial relationship, but that’s not going to cloud what we say today. Goddess of Security at Proton, Patricia Egger, what does Proton do, and what do you do at Proton?
[Patricia]
So Proton is a provider of online tools, products. So we do mail and VPN. We have a password manager. We have a cloud storage, all of the stuff that people use in their everyday lives nowadays. The difference with the, you know, big tech that most people are used to is that everything is encrypted and to end. So this means that we, as a provider, don’t have access to the contents of our users. So it’s a very privacy-focused company. Adding to the ecosystem maybe not every day, but every year, adding more stuff to allow people to participate fully in digital life just without giving up their privacy.
[Bruce]
Groovy. When you say end-to-end encrypted, presumably that means if a certain orange man across the Atlantic were to demand the Proton give everything that I’ve, Bruce Lawson, has stored on his Proton drive. You could, but you won’t, or you can’t even do it if you wanted to?
[Patricia]
So both, I would say. So we, there’s two aspects to that. The first is that it’s a Swiss company, based in Switzerland. So the Swiss jurisdiction is the one that we adhere to, which also means that, um, only, only a Swiss judge can compel us to do anything, basically. So anything happening outside of Switzerland needs to be important enough for a Swiss judge to take note. And in that case, then they will reach out to us if need be. But even if they do or even when they do, we still would not be able to give them your files, your pictures, or the contents of your emails and things like that. So there’s, yeah, it’s quite different from what exists out there.
[Bruce]
And of course, although Switzerland isn’t in the EU, presumably it shares a lot of similar data protection and security regulations.
[Patricia]
Yeah, the Swiss data protection laws are quite similar to GDPR, so what people are used to in the EU. It’s not exactly the same, but I think they’re also with the new versions, they’re trying to make it even more similar. but it’s a pretty good, pretty good protection for users.
[Bruce]
Excellent. And what does, what’s a day in the life of your average goddess of security at Proton-like?
[Patricia]
So it’s a lot of telling people that they can’t do stuff. I don’t think it is. And there’s a little bit of that, but we try to, I try to not make that how people see me. I try to make people seem as helpful, allowing them to do the stuff that they want to do without creating security risks for the company and therefore for our users. So day in the life, I mean, there’s a lot of writing policies or writing or figuring out how to get people to know what they should and should not do, you can and cannot do that kind of stuff. There’s a, yeah, it’s every day is. kind of different, but basically it’s figuring out, you know, what does, what do we need to do, what’s happening internally, but also out there in the world, how does that impact us? What does that? Do we need to, you know, change a process, get a new tool, build a new tool, you know, change how we tell people to do stuff? It’s a pretty broad spectrum.
[Bruce]
What’s currently on your radar policy-wise, if you can share? If you can’t, please don’t.
[Patricia]
Yeah, I think, I mean, maybe not too surprisingly, the whole AI security thing is a, it’s a thing. And it’s something that we’re looking into. You know, again, we want to allow people to move fast, to build things quickly, but also safely. And so there’s a lot of questions on how do we do that with AI. And so that’s taking up, say, a decent amount of my time right now.
[Bruce]
Yeah, there was something in the press a couple of days ago, I think, in the EU, they’re turning off all the AI stuff that’s in lots of office productivity software, because if you’re typing stuff into a chat bot, and it’s, you know, something you’re writing, where’s that data going? Where’s it stored? You know, it might be very secure in your mind and then you’re sending it off somewhere. Does that keep you awake at night?
[Patricia]
I wouldn’t say it keeps me up awake at night because I’d never get any sleep, I think. But it’s, these are, these are very real considerations. And there’s, I mean, there’s the AIs that are, kind of officially used within an organization or, you know, government, whatever. And there you would have a contract, and you’d have, have some kind of guarantees. I mean, even if they’re just legal guarantees, it’s something, right, that your data is not being used to train or is not being used to do, you know, whatever advertise. And that’s something. That doesn’t mean that that provider is not going to suffer a breach, in which case your data is out there anyway. I mean, not intentionally, but the result as, you know, an organization is pretty much the same. And then there’s all the AI stuff that Maybe people are using that, you know, in their personal lives or that they, even if it’s in their work lives, depending on what, you know, the policy is within the organization, whether they can or cannot, it’s very hard to track all of this stuff. You know, call it shadow, shadow IT usually, but we could call it shadow AI. And there’s new AI’s popping up literally every day. So knowing what’s out there, what people are using. what they’re playing around with is it’s not easy to keep track.
[Bruce]
This is why Vivaldi doesn’t have any AI built into it. It’s just too much to keep track off.
[Patricia]
Yeah, and people are being by people, I mean, attackers, are very creative also. Finding ways to use the features of different AIs and to do malicious stuff. So it’s, yeah, it’s a creative area as well. It’s not all techie tech. There’s also lots of ideas of like, how can we, you know, use stuff to do things that they’re not supposed to do or that people don’t expect could happen.
[Bruce]
It’s a special mindset, the security mindset, and I’m going to ask you about that. But you studied maths, I believe.
[Patricia]
I did.
[Bruce]
Note to the audience. For Americans, it’s the plural of “math”. So if math is adding and subtracting, “maths” adds division and multiplication. Further math does exponents and brackets. You’re like up in the exponents and brackets level of education and maths, I believe.
[Patricia]
I like to say I’m in the Greek letters aspect of the math, actually. So, yeah.
[Bruce]
Well, you’re in the “imaginary numbers are actually useful” school of maths, I can tell.
[Patricia]
A bunch of dimensions, all that stuff.
[Bruce]
You see, maths, I’m an English literature and drama graduate, and maths to me, was something I just couldn’t wrap my head around at school, and I’ve avoided counting anything for the last 40 years, because that’s maths. And I have a similar mental block with security stuff. Luckily, I know that I don’t know. And luckily, we have some really brilliant security people in Vivaldi, to whom all the company defers. You’re working for a very secure company, yet you have to be the police, at least sometimes I imagine internally. What makes a security mindset?
[Patricia]
I don’t know what makes the mindset, but it’s… It is a, I was going to say, weird, special, different mindset.
[Bruce]
I didn’t say that. You said that.
[Patricia]
But it’s very interesting because indeed, at Proton, we have some really smart people, some really technical people, some, you know, very privacy aware. You know, there’s, we’re not the generic, you know, random organization out there. But even here, you see who has a security mindset and who doesn’t. And it’s not common. Most people will see, you know, how does this work? Or how do I make this work? Or what can I do? Like, how can I use this to build something or to create something or whatever? That’s how I think most people see the world and anything in the world. and just tech. And then you have the security folks or the security-minded folks who will see all the ways that stuff can be abused or used to do things that it wasn’t designed to do, but still technically, you know, or still theoretically possible to do. And I’ll always see the, you know, the misuse of stuff and how that can be used to achieve whatever it is the goal is. And that’s really the attacker. mindset and it’s hard to, yeah, it’s not something that you find in a lot of people, like generic population.
[Bruce]
So you have an attacker’s mindset?
[Patricia]
Yeah, I think so. I mean to a certain extent, right? I’m sure some people maybe have it even more so, but yeah, I tend to see like, how is this going to be abused? How are people going to go around this? How are they going to use it to do that they’re not supposed to use it for. And yeah, it’s… Yeah, it’s weird.
[Bruce]
I was reading some terrible espionage book a while ago, and the spy that it was about, it was describing his mindset when he walked into a room, and he can see 27 different common things that he could use to kill somebody, like a pen, or just things that you wouldn’t, you and I wouldn’t think of. I imagine that you’re like that. You walk into a room and work out where all the, where all the vulnerabilities are and how somebody who was minded like you, but like evil Patricia, from another parallel universe, could attack the system.
[Patricia]
Yeah, pretty much. I mean, whether it’s walking into a room or, you know, at work seeing a piece of software or, a tool or a process or whatever. The mind directly goes to like, okay, how is this going to be, how is this going to blow up in our face? How is this going to be misused? How is this going to be, you know, made into something that it wasn’t intended for? You know, what did the person who built this thing, whatever the thing is, what were they, what were they assuming about the people who would use them? About, you know, what it was intended for, all these things? And that also can help you think, okay, well, if this is what they intended, if this is what they were planning, can I use that against them? And I think it’s something that like when you get into security, maybe it’s something that, I mean, maybe some people have it naturally. Otherwise, it can be learned. But then I think now it just becomes like, yeah, automatic that you see the negative in everything.
[Bruce] XXX
I was saying to our security guy, Tarquin, I was saying that a lot of security stuff to me feels counterintuitive, think that I automatically assume are going to be fine, turn out not to be. But it’s trying to be that I hadn’t perhaps understood that properly. It’s not that it’s counterintuitive. It’s that security people seem to be able to see that a combination of 960 different small things can be combined to make a vulnerability, whereas I don’t see that, I don’t have the mindset that combines them all and sees the combination thereof. Am I talking bollocks?
[Patricia]
No, it’s actually extremely common that people don’t, you know, they’ll see maybe even a vulnerability or an incident or something that happened in isolation and think, you know, no big deal or not happy, about it, but, you know, it’s fine. Typically, you know, data breaches now who hasn’t received one of these emails at your data was compromised in a breach or whatever. I mean, I think anyone who’s been on the internet for more than a few years has received one of those. And I think because it’s so common now, so people just think, oh, well, you know, it is what it is. It’s part of the game. No big deal.
And actually what we see in the big incidents, like the exciting ones, the interesting ones. It’s all of the, many of these like small things that in isolation seem entirely unimportant. But allow to gather some information or hop from one place to another, or things like that. And it’s kind of this amazing situation of when something happens. and you kind of you re-cre-you not recreate, but you figure out what happened. And it’s amazing how many different small things that in themselves seem entirely unimportant, how they all come together and make like a massive shit show. And that’s really interesting.
And it’s something that I also find really important to tell people when something happens that’s, you know, maybe seems like nothing. It’s like, okay, maybe this seems like nothing, but like, Remember that there’s also a hundred other nothings. And together, maybe they become something. And I think a really good example of this is like, you can imagine a password leak. You know, there’s been so many. Your password has been leaked online, whatever. It’s something you don’t really care about. It’s not your banking. It’s not your health care. It’s just some random service that you use. Meh, You know, who cares? And this happens to one or two others. And you’re you’re smart about passwords because you’ve heard about, you know, all of these breaches and security and whatever. And so you don’t reuse the same password, which is already pretty great. But you maybe have a methodology to generate passwords that are strong. So you don’t use a password manager for instance. But yes, there are methodologies. And sometimes we can see that people’s methodologies are actually very easy. easily reverse-engineered from like two or three leaked passwords. And that’s something that I think people don’t realize that, you know, it’s sometimes two, three passwords leaked can allow you to either see that, okay, this person basically uses the same password all the time. But even if they don’t, it’s like, oh, maybe they’re fans of like Star Wars. And so every password is a Star Wars name with a three-digit number. Like a three-digit number. Well, you’re like, okay, let’s go through the top 10 Star Wars. words, names with digits or something, and that makes the guessing of future passwords, like orders of magnitude, easier.
[Bruce]
Yikes, I have a methodology, so I’m really going to evaluate that now. Just it’s not, it’s nothing to do with Star Wars.
[Patricia]
Good.
[Bruce]
But it’s, yeah, because I’m a nerd, but I’m not that nerdy.
[Patricia]
Not that big of a nerd.
[Bruce]
Not, no offense to nerds. I know most of the people listening will self-identify as a nerd, which leads me to next thing. We’re all geeks, and including you listeners. But we probably end up doing parental tech support quite a lot. I’m lucky my mum used to be an engineer, so he’s a – she’s – not the average “could my mum use it?” sort of mom. But a lot of people from older people who came to the internet later in life, don’t really worry about security at all. How can we nerds when doing parental support and the debrief afterwards? How can we persuade non-techie people? to a care because a lot of them just say, well, I’ve got nothing to hide. And B, later on, we’ll discuss the top five things they can do or we can encourage them to do. But why should they care? I’ve got nothing to hide.
[Patricia]
Says lots of people.
[Bruce]
Says lots of people. Not my mom, but my dad probably would have.
[Patricia]
Yeah, I mean, if you’re up against the, I have nothing to hide, I think you have a pretty long. long road ahead. That’s not to say that it’s impossible to have conversations or to even make progress, but it is, you know, I think you need to start again with like, why do you have a door on your bathroom? Why do you have curtains in your home? Like, why do you put your mail in an envelope, that kind of stuff? Because it’s, people understand the physical, privacy in the physical world. It seems. And then for some reason, they give that up when it moves into the digital space, which I always find kind of strange. But I think bringing privacy to the physical world, why do you, why do you do this? Why do youput on a bathing suit when you go to the swimming pool? You have nothing to hide. Like, it’s the same arguments, right? There’s no reason other than maybe just because you want to, and it’s not about hiding, it’s about having control and deciding who you share what with.
I think that’s a good place to start if you’re, if that’s the beginning of your conversation. I think for another thing that I find quite helpful, at least with certain people, parents mainly, is to try to think of not just about themselves, but about the people around them, their families, their friends, or whoever they, they communicate with or interact with online. Because I think people don’t really realize the extent to which their decisions, their actions, their inactions, influence, or impact people around them. And there’s the sharenting, the concept of sharenting, so over-sharing, about your kids or whatever on social media. I think that has been talked about quite a bit, at least in my sphere, which is good.
I mean, it’s good for parents to understand that if they post a bunch of pictures of their kids online there could be consequences to their kids later on or, you know, even immediately. But again, that concept applies to everything that they do online. You know, it applies to their emails. It applies to their emails. this stuff. So I think making people realize that if they’re using email, that’s not, say, intend encrypted, even if someone is using, say, Proton or something, something that is encrypted, if you then email a non-encrypted inbox, then the provider of that will also see the Proton on protected email. So it’s, it’s not just “I’m using Proton, so I’m safe and like nothing else matters”. If everyone that I communicate with is using something else, I’m also, my privacy is not protected. And so it’s the decisions of the people around me that impact my privacy. And I think, yeah, I think we need to talk about that more. I think people need to understand and take responsibility for what they’re doing. And if they’re too lazy to protect themselves, maybe they’re, or not too lazy. I mean, it’s not about judging people, but maybe they’re not interested in protecting their own privacy, but maybe they should think about others.
[Bruce]
Well, it’s effectively the vaccination argument is, you know, I get vaxed against chickenpox, so that somebody who chickenpox could easily kill is kept slightly safer.
[Patricia]
Yeah, I mean, it’s close enough. It’s this, the argument that you’re protecting other people, I think, is indeed, it’s exactly that. And I think that that can help maybe perhaps some people re-evaluate their engagement with encryption and private tools.
[Bruce]
So you’ve persuaded. your dad that even if he doesn’t care about his privacy, he shouldn’t put photographs of his grandchildren, your children, on Facebook for the world to see. And you’ve persuaded your dad that it’s a really bad idea to show the world where he lives, post pictures of him by his front door, which can be found on Google Maps and saying “Hey, I’m off to Torremolinos for two weeks. Hope the house will be okay”. What’s the next thing that you tell him to do? What’s the next sort of big low-hanging fruit that you could ask you non-tech savvy dad to do to protect him?
[Patricia]
So I think they get people to care is the first part and that they want to try, right, to use. if they’re using all clear, not-end encrypted stuff, is like, be willing to put in the effort to give it a shot. And I did this. I mean, I, my dad actually, I got him to switch over to Proton. And like a lot of people, he’d been using email for decades. So it’s not, it’s not an easy thing. And I knew that it would be an easy thing. And I knew that that meant that there’s going to be a decent amount of tech support on my side. But okay, we did it.
And I think in his case, and I’ve done this with a few other people before, what we did was we’re not doing this cold turkey. You know, I don’t want to make this more stressful than it needs to be because, I mean, this is a stressful thing for people. They think, you know, my email is my life. It’s where I … everything is connected to this. I might lose access to, you know, whatever. And so I try to make it as non-stressful as possible. And I think one way of doing this is to keep things going in parallel for a little bit of time.
We set him up, for instance, with like a Proton account, got that all sorted, and then had everything forwarded to that account from his old email so that he could start using it and whatever, but he didn’t have the stress of like, oh, but I’m going to lose up. The other one was still there, it was still operating. And then once he felt comfortable, we got rid of the old email, and he was just using a Proton from that point on. So I think that’s a good, it’s a good way to get people to, you know, relax a bit, is to say we’re not you don’t need to change from one day to the next. We’re going to do this in steps whenever you feel comfortable, it takes a week, it takes a month, it takes a month, like whatever, it doesn’t matter. Because ultimately, in that amount of time, you’ll be, you’ll be better off. And so you should not be overly dogmatic about it. I think there’s maybe a tendency for the really super security privacy folks to be, you know, too intense for people. And I think, you know, that pressure to do things perfectly or entirely is not good and is not conducive to actual change. So I think, you know, saying start with email, or let’s start with another tip, I think, or something that I find useful is to start with a tool that they don’t already use because then it’s not changing something. It’s starting something new, starting for. And that can be a little bit less scary potentially. And so typically like a password manager, at least in my, the non-tech folks around me, nobody uses a password manager. And so they have methodologies or they reuse passwords also linking back to what we said before. But so maybe, so maybe. maybe the way to start is to get them a password manager, have them try that for a bit and then get used to the ecosystem, the concept, you know, how this is super convenient and how it can help you. You know, you can see that you can create aliases and all the great things that password managers allow you to do. And that’s maybe the foot in the door that helps them be like, okay, I can do this and then take the next step.
[Bruce]
Which password manager do you use?
[Patricia]
I use Proton Pass. but it’s not a plug. I actually think it’s a really great product.
[Bruce]
Okay, okay. Yes, I saw a security person and it struck me as being really weird, but I can see the method in the madness.
Somebody said, write down on your passwords and a little book and store it somewhere that’s not near your computer. And the rationale was that if you wrote them down, you let yourself sort of off the hook for remembering them. So that you didn’t find yourself doing password one or I love Google for Google. I love Facebook for Facebook or similar. That nonsense, or does that pass the goddess of security’s pearly gates?
[Patricia]
It’s not nonsense in some sense because indeed people are, afraid that that’s the main reason why people have weak passwords is because they need to be able to remember them. There’s, I mean, that’s life. That’s how human brains work. It’s not easy. I think there’s studies that like people use 200 or something services. So if you remember 200 passwords, yeah, it’s going to be tough. Writing all of them down in a book doesn’t seem the most convenient though to me because if you’re not going to remember, if you have to go to that place, and then insert it into your computer that seems like you’re not going to do that so you can revert back to having really bad passwords. But for instance, having a password manager that manages all this stuff for you, and then having that master password maybe stored in a safe or whatever, like some people are going to say, oh, my God, that’s the worst idea. But again, if it’s a method, a recovery, method, right? And if you were very confident that that master password is safe, then that might be, that might not be a terrible idea. I mean, it depends, you know, who are you protecting yourself from? What is your threat model? How important are you type of thing? I think for a lot of people that’s already pretty good.
[Bruce]
You said it depends. I think everybody who works in computer says it depends. At least four times a day. I know. know, excuse me, my previous job as an accessibility consultant, you know, people say, is this website accessible? Well, it depends. When I asked you, what’s the first thing you should get your platonic ideal of non-tech savvy dad to do, you mentioned email, and it strikes me that email is probably actually the first service that people should really think about protecting because at some point, your bank is going to send you an email and ask you to press some code to activate an account. It’s probably the place where if somebody could get into your email, they could do the most damage, I would have thought. Or am I talking nonsense?
[Patricia]
No, I mean, emails are extremely important these days. they’re kind of part of our digital identities because as you said, like you use your email as your username to log into everything else. That’s where you get your, you know, the links to access whatever. So it is a very important part of our digital lives and therefore the security of the digital life. And I mean, I encourage everyone to ultimately get there. But I’m just saying that maybe if you want to, if that’s too scary for you for a start, then maybe, you know, start with, start somewhere else. Or I think the method of having the two in parallel is pretty good. Like it’s, you know, it doesn’t take away the risk of the other inbox, obviously, because you have both going in parallel. But if that’s what you need to, you know, to make the move, then I think that’s totally reasonable.
[Bruce]
So, yeah, it’s better to take that potential. short-term risk of having two emails in parallel and therefore doubling the attack surface, but it’s building better habits in the medium to long term, I guess.
[Patricia]
Better is better, right? You don’t need to be perfect. Perfect would have been maybe never have one of these non-encrypted emails, but you can’t go back in the past. So what that is to start, you know, start. today. There’s not too late. You’re not too old. You’re not too young. You’re not too whatever. Just start somewhere, start small. Baby steps. And in a year from now, I think you can see crazy progress because things that would seem maybe completely unachievable. You know, today maybe once you get started and start working on it in a year from now, you’re like, I can’t believe it was so easy or I can’t believe I waited so long or, you know, That’s at least the people around me who switched over. They’re like, yeah, this was easy.
[Bruce]
I really like your stance that Perfect is the enemy of the good. Better is better. I would just say this with people with accessibility. Don’t try and make everything perfect. Just try and do something a little better, every time you happen to be tweaking some code, because better is better. “It depends” and “perfect is the enemy of the good” are the mantras of both accessibility and security.
[Patricia]
Yeah, I mean, I think, and that’s one of the things that also, I think I mentioned it kind of, when you ask me what a day in the life is, but, you know, figuring out what is important is a big part also of, of what security does. And it’s, you know, the easy answer would be, oh, you know, everything’s important. And like, you know, all the data is equally important. We’re going to protect everything. And I think it’s important to push back there and say, well, no, if everything’s important, then nothing’s important, especially when you’re starting. If you already are super well-established and have a ton of resources and time, and everything is a-okay. then sure, expand your definition of important.
But if not, if you’re starting, then, you know, choose. And (b), accept that for this year, important means my, you know, important stuff is my emails. And everything else is not important. Not that you don’t care about it. Of course you do, but that means that that’s going to be the focus. And I think it’s very uncomfortable for a lot of people to have to make these kinds of decisions, because they feel like, oh, but then this is also important. I’m like, sure, but like maybe it’s less or maybe we’re starting with this. And so focus on one thing at a time, figure out what, what you care about most. Tackle that and then move on.
[Bruce]
And it’s individual, I suppose. You and I can’t say to somebody else, this is not important. So, for example, my daughter, she’s a tattoo artist, and all of her shopfront is Instagram. Email is just spam and bullshit mostly. So for her, the security of her Instagram account is much more important than email. I don’t care. I don’t have an Instagram account, but if I had, I wouldn’t care because I’m… I’m boring, but I have millions of email or so. I’m going to let you go because I’ve noticed I’ve noticed I’ve kept. kept you much longer than I undertook to. And there could be a server burning down right now.
[Patricia]
No alert so far. But yeah, you never know.
[Bruce]
Apart from competitors to Vivaldi and competitors to Proton, which will take as a given. What software would you, if your dad told you we installed it, you would be immediately driving at 100 kilometers an hour? around to his house to remove it and burn his computer?
[Patricia]
I mean, anything that gets installed from a sketchy call center, that’s one of them. And that’s still amazingly still happens and still works. And I’m always surprised by really smart people who tell me stories that they installed random horrendous things. That would be one. So anything that someone convinced him to install that he didn’t actually want or whatever, that would be a massive red flag. I think some of these now, you know, some of these AI things, I would ask very specifically which ones, you know, what did you accept on the permissions, what can they do type of thing? I think that would be another one that would make me pick up the phone pretty quick. can I’m like, hey, what are you doing here? Yeah.
[Bruce]
So if you had a phone call from somebody who pretended to be from Microsoft, telling him that his computer was running slow and he should just download this.
[Patricia]
Yes, just install this little piece of harmless software, which you also have to pay for because, of course, it’s important security software. And then you have an infected device, and a few hundred bucks gone from your account. So it’s great. But yeah, it’s the worst.
[Bruce]
I had a phone call the other week, and it was legitimately, it was from my bank. And they phoned me up out of the blue and said, I’m going to have to ask you some security questions. You phoned me!
[Patricia]
Yeah. But, you know, this is actually, this is an interesting thing, and I don’t think anybody really does this, But a lot of times, if you call your bank, they’re going to say, we need to check that you are who you are, right? They’ll ask you a bunch of questions and you answer that. But it’s interesting that if you flip the tables and you try to figure out if they are, who they say they are, they’ll be very confused.
But I think it’s a very legitimate thing. And I think you have, you should feel empowered and to have every right to make sure that who you are talking to is the right person. And sometimes with phone spoofing, hang up, and call back. If you get to the same person, then okay, you can have more confidence that you are talking to your bank or something, not calling back the same phone number, but like call your usual bank, whatever, asked to speak to your representative, yada, yada, yada. Like, I think this has to become a lot more common because it’s a common thing to trick people and to call: you’re the police, you’re the whoever you’re the bank, you’re, you know, God knows what. and people should know that they can hang up and call back and make sure that the person on the phone was indeed their bank, their doctor, their whoever.
[Bruce]
A lot of security is not technical at all. It’s basically, I suppose, equipping people to ask sensible questions, check the credentials of a person who’s suggesting you install this or type in your CCV number into a website, etc. So it’s a lot of social engineering goes on in bad actors’ repertoire, I guess.
[Patricia]
Yeah, 100%. And it’s probably in the vast majority, if not all, cases where there’s some level of social engineering, sometimes a bit more, sometimes about less. But yeah, 100%. And that’s why I think it’s having, you know, having, kind of security by default wherever possible. And, you know, so if you’re talking like products that are being built, that’s really important because, you know, if people don’t know, don’t take the time, whatever, they might have issues. And yes, making it accessible to everyone without having, you know, having to teach them the security mindset is a good way to go. And I think the other thing I like to think about it. I mean, I’m biased because of where I am in my life at the moment. But the way I like to see it as well is if you compare again to your, you know, your physical life, your home, the more stuff you have at home, the more you let things get into a mess, the more difficult is going to be to clean it up or to keep it, you know, tidy. The less stuff you have, the easier it is to, you know, to keep things tidy. And so I think that’s people can use that, I think, analogy to, you know, do you need 5,000 apps on your phone? Probably not. And the less apps you have, the more realistic it is to be able to like scroll through this, you know, the permissions of said apps and check that that they’re appropriate. But you can’t realistically do that if you have thousands of things installed. Or it takes a lot more time.
[Bruce]
That’s security advice worth its weight anyway. It’s like don’t tp install apps. Use the web. Yeah. You heard it from the goddess of security approach on everybody, so it’s not just me talking nonsense. An actual real expert said it. Patricia, it’s been lovely to talk to you. It’s been here. Thank you for being here. Thank you for understanding maths. So that idiots like me don’t have to do complicated things with Greek numbers. And thank you for having the security mindset so that ordinary mortals don’t have to wander around in an eternal, eternal state of suspicion and paranoia.
[Patricia]
Yeah. Thank you for having me and for asking some really good questions.
[Bruce]
You’re very welcome. Say hello to Andy Yen for me when you speak to him next. He was a very popular guest last time.
[Patricia]
Yep.
[Bruce]
So everybody, the halibut of time catches up with us all. The sun is sinking down over the yard arm. Patricia is doubtless needed to help keep another customer protected and happy. And I have to go and dust all this things. When you’re talking about, you need all this stuff and how difficult it is to keep it. tidy. I was trying to dust all these picture frames and regretting it. So I’m going to do that. Until we meet again, gentle listeners and brave viewer who has to look at me. Thank you for coming. Thank for your attention. Do check out Proton. It’s easily done. It’s in desktop Vivaldi or typing Proton into your search engine of choice. Download it and give it a spin. Bye, Patricia. Bye, viewer. Bye, mum.
[Patricia]
Bye. Bye.
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See [all For A Better Web podcasts](/blog/better-web/ ).

https://vivaldi.com/blog/patricia-egger-proton-for-a-better-web/

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📊 Tuesday Poll! Let's do RPG character classes, but ...

2026-02-24T13:20:36+01:00

📊 Tuesday Poll!

Let's do RPG character classes, but browser-user edition. Who do you identify with?

Fighter - pursuer of better web, knowledgeable in influence of dark forces (Big Tech) on common folk

Monk - lover of independency and isolated web, maximum privacy - maximum happiness

Wizard - customization wielder, capable of manipulating the structures of the browser experience

Druid - pursuer of environmentally friendly browsing, rejects built-in AI

Ranger - combining privacy awareness and a taste for personalization to combat mainstream browsers and the commercial side of the internet

#RPG #DnD #Browser #Tech #BigTech

The anti-Big-Tech movement isn't a trend, it's a ...

2026-02-23T16:07:38+01:00

The anti-Big-Tech movement isn't a trend, it's a correction. Our societies spent 20 years accepting surveillance capitalism as normal. And now, we're slowly remembering we have choices.

Sure, switching browsers is a small thing. But small rebellions are how everything big begins, or so we like to believe. 🤞

If you think about those around you, have you noticed an increased awareness about what's really behind the tech they use?

#ethics #BigTech #browser

Now that AI can take care of online exploration for you, you ...

2026-02-19T15:55:07+01:00

Now that AI can take care of online exploration for you, you don’t need your brain anymore! 🧠

As a preventative measure, make sure you store it properly. Get your brainsoaker today at https://brainsoaker.com (brain not included)

Today's Start Page background is beaaaautiful 😍 🌅 (If ...

2026-02-16T16:29:01+01:00

Today's Start Page background is beaaaautiful 😍 🌅

(If you are constantly changing backgrounds because you get bored easily, remember you can get daily images from Unsplash by clicking on the settings icon on the top right corner, then selecting Background Image > Daily Image)

Valentine's Day cards with just the right amount of nerdiness ...

2026-02-14T16:58:30+01:00

Valentine's Day cards with just the right amount of nerdiness 😜

#ValentinesDay

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2026-02-05T09:09:25+01:00

「スマホでも、いつも見るページのタブ固定したい！」
🧞 ご主人様、了解です 💫📱📌

Vivaldi 7.8 モバイル版、出ました！
▼Android、iOS、どちらも無料で使えます👍
https://vivaldi.com/ja/blog/vivaldi-7-8-for-mobile-pin-what-matters-control-what-doesnt/

Big Tech: "Introducing AI that can hallucinate answers to ...

2026-01-29T09:21:14+01:00

Big Tech: "Introducing AI that can hallucinate answers to questions you didn't ask"
Vivaldi: "We made the most advanced tab multitasking system ever built”
Big Tech: "But AI is the future…."
Vivaldi: "Cool. Our future includes a browser the user controls, and it shipped today"
Big Tech: "You're missing the point…."
Vivaldi: "You're missing the download link"

Vivaldi 7.8. No bullshit. Just love for tabs and our users
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-8/

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**Vivaldi 7.8: No AI Slop. Just Powerful Features.**

Vivaldi is built for people who love exploring the web, and who demand more from their browser.

With Vivaldi 7.8, we raise the bar, yet again. This release puts Tab Tiling front and center, or on the left. Or the right. Or above. Or below. Tab Tiling now has faster interactions, smarter workflows, and new ways to work with multiple pages at once, without breaking your flow.

It’s a powerful start to the year, focused on real productivity and real control.##

Tab Tiling, Built for Real WorkTab Tiling is one of those features that can fundamentally change how a browser feels, once tiling becomes part of your workflow.

https://vimeo.com/1157565000/cc98cd669b?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

Instead of constantly switching back and forth between tabs, you work with them together. Like ebony and ivory, in perfect harmony, but not just side-by-side; they can also be above and below, or in a grid. Tab Tiling lets you compare, reference, monitor, and think in parallel.

With Vivaldi 7.8, we’ve focused on making Tab Tiling feel less like a feature you activate and more like a natural extension of how you browse.###

**Drag to Tile**Creating tiled layouts is now as simple as dragging a tab (or multiple) from the Tab Bar into the main content window of your currently active tab. By hovering the dragged tabs over different areas you can choose how to tile.

Just drop it where it makes sense, and Vivaldi does the rest.

Vertical Tab TilingHorizontal Tab Tiling
Once your layout is in place, you’re not locked into it. You can rearrange tiles on the fly, resize them, or drag in additional tabs at any time. Your workspace stays flexible, adapting instantly as your task evolves.

And because tiled tabs behave like regular tabs, you can combine tiling with other Vivaldi features. For example, set periodic reloading on selected tiles to keep live content up to date, while the rest of your layout stays exactly as it is. It’s perfect for monitoring changing information without constant manual refreshes.

This makes tiling something you can use exactly when you need it. You might start with a single page, then quickly pull in a second tab to compare prices, review documentation, or keep a reference visible while you work. The layout adapts instantly, without interrupting your flow.

It’s especially useful when:
Writing or researching and keeping sources visible alongside your main document.
Comparing offers, designs, product specs, or data across multiple pages.
Following live updates while continuing to work in another tab.

The key difference is speed. A moment after you think “I want to see these side by side”, you already are.###

**Open Link as Tiled Tab**Once you start working with tiled layouts, it quickly becomes a browser super power, and you want a quick way of tiling new tabs.

That’s where “Open as Tiled Tab” comes in.

Instead of opening a link full screen and rearranging your layout afterward, you can open it directly into a tiled view. Your main tab stays put, your context stays visible, and the new content appears beside it.

Combining the power of other Vivaldi features, you can trigger this instantly with a Mouse Gesture, making it effortless to open in a Tiled Tab when needed.###

**More Than Multitasking**Together, these improvements turn Tab Tiling into something you can use casually, frequently, and creatively.

You can start small with two tabs, then grow into more complex layouts as your task demands it. You can rearrange on the fly. You can build a workspace that matches how you think.

This is what best-in-class features look like in a browser: not complicated, just deeply effective once you start using it.##

**Tabs That Work the Way You Expect**Managing many tabs should feel empowering, not fragile. Vivaldi 7.8 strengthens tab handling in ways that support complex, long-running sessions.###

**Pinned Tabs, Now Smarter**Pinned tabs now support domain restriction.

This keeps pinned tabs predictable. A pinned mail tab stays mail. A pinned project tool stays exactly where you expect it.

And yes, this finally makes pinned tabs behave the way they always should have. As Tony, our Chief Tab Tester asked, “Why didn’t they always do this?”. The answer is: we didn’t think of it before. We’ll own that one. Luckily, our community did think of it, and we listen to our users.

https://vimeo.com/1159205943/ef058edfbf###

**Mail, Now Across Your Workspaces and Windows**Speaking of pinned tabs, if you’re using Vivaldi Mail, our built-in mail client, there’s an extra bonus. Pin your mail tab, and it stays pinned across all Workspaces. Your inbox is always there when you need it.

And not only that! Mail now works across all your Vivaldi windows. Previously, your mail view lived in a single window, which meant switching windows if you wanted to check or write mail while working elsewhere. With Vivaldi 7.8, that limitation is gone.

Open a new Window, switch Workspaces, or reorganize your setup. Your mail is still there.

Because mail is built directly into Vivaldi, it behaves like part of the browser, not a separate app bolted on the side. Making it available across all windows turns it into what it should be: a core tool that’s always within reach, exactly when you need it.

Combined with smarter pinned tabs and Workspace support, mail now fits naturally into even the most complex setups.##

**A Fresh Start Page, Every Day**Are you the kind of person who needs a new perspective every day? The kind of person who just needs a bit of extra spice to your day? Do we have something fantastic for you! The Daily Image option for your Start Page.

When enabled, your background updates automatically each day with high-quality photography from [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com ). It’s a small touch that adds variety without distraction.

As always, it’s optional, like any other Vivaldi feature you decide whether to enable it or not. It’s **your **browser.##

**Polished Where It Matters**Beyond the headline features, this update comes with improvements in several areas that shape the overall experience.
Important stability improvements: Significant effort has gone into improving stability. With a new and improved crash logging system we have been able to fix more crashes than ever. QA estimates “two full buckets of crash fixes” and are happy to report all known crashes in our own code are fixed. That said there is still a slim chance you encounter a random crash, “which could literally be caused by your neighbor’s microwave and cosmic radiation screwing up your PC’s RAM. What can be fixed, is fixed” – Vivaldi QA team.
Caret browsing as a dedicated setting, giving you clear control over keyboard-based navigation and text selection. It’s a great accessibility feature that lets you navigate websites using the keyboard as if they were text documents.
A new installer for Windows that makes setup smoother and more reliable.
##

**A Browser That Puts You First**Every Vivaldi release, large or small, builds on the same idea.

We don’t answer to investors pushing features that benefit them instead of you. We don’t track your behavior or treat your data as a business model. We focus on building a browser that adapts to how you work, respects your choices, and gives you real control over your experience.

We believe browsing should push you to explore, chase ideas, and make your own decisions. It should light up your brain. When an artificial assistant sits between you and the web, it filters what you see and decides what you don’t see, it’s outsourcing your judgment.

So [we have taken a stand](https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/ ). We choose humans over hype, and we will not turn the joy of exploring into inactive spectatorship.

That philosophy runs through Vivaldi 7.8. From powerful Tab Tiling to thoughtful refinements across the browser, every change serves one goal: making the web work better for you.

If you enjoy using Vivaldi, please tell someone about us. Recommendations from people who actually use the browser matters more to us than any advertisement ever could.

Vivaldi 7.8 is ready today. Download it and put your tabs to work.

[Download it now](https://vivaldi.com/download )

As always, thank you for being part of the Vivaldi community. Together, we’re fighting for a better web, one release at a time. ##

Changelog Vivaldi browser 7.7 to 7.8###

New[New][Tab][Tiling] Allow tab tiling via drag and drop (VB-36736)

[New][Daily Image][Dashboard] Offer to automatically replace background (VB-39681)

[New][Tabs] Pinned tabs contained to one domain (VB-122107)

[New][Windows][Installer] UI redesign (VB-103241)

[New][Mail] Allow in multiple tabs and windows (VB-120089)

[New][Mail] Pin mail tabs across Workspaces (VB-122067)

[New][Tabs] Add copy and paste of tabs (VB-120633)###

Address Field[Address Field] Don’t fill Address Field when opening item in background tab (VB-121952)

[Address Field][Settings][Search] When “Search in Address field” is disabled, do not search (VB-122207)

[Address Field][Settings] Search engine nicknames can appear in query string (VB-122810)###

Bookmarks[Bookmarks] Keep selected item visible when clearing filter (VB-122117)

[Bookmarks] Nickname disappears when switching folder (VB-123161)

[Bookmarks] Search that matches folder name no longer displays folder contents (VB-122152)

[Bookmarks] Searching does not work in the bookmarks drop down (VB-122554)

[Bookmarks] ‘Add Page to Bookmarks’ always creates two duplicate bookmarks (VB-123285)###

Crash[Crash] Accessing website settings in private window (VB-122093)

[Crash] Check that infobar’s delegate exists before using it (VB-112006)

[Crash] Drag out stack with tiles (VB-121855)

[Crash] In Extension Function Dispatcher (VB-123763)

[Crash] In report NC mouse position (VB-123986)

[Crash] JavaScript callback handling (VB-122297)

[Crash] On chrome:new-tab-page and tabs.create (VB-122472)

[Crash] On various confirmation dialogs (VB-123999)

[Crash] Opening a Speed Dial folder on the Dashboard (VB-122368)

[Crash] Pointer lock event handling (VB-123342)

[Crash] Socket API cleanup during shutdown (VB-121956)

[Crash] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘length’) (VB-118483)

[Crash] When autofill show update address profile bubble is to be shown (VB-123406)

[Crash] When displaying a password bubble (VB-123442)

[Crash] When dragging file after download (VB-118888)

[Crash][Ad Blocker] During Request Handling (VB-122950)

[Crash][Extensions] Tile tab extension (VB-122900)

[Crash][Linux] When importing passwords created from a very old Chromium (VB-121975)

[Crash][Mail] Errors when turning off/on mail (VB-122814)

[Crash][Mail] On deleting label (VB-123962)

[Crash][Mail] When clicking Mail from NTP navbar in secondary window (VB-122265)

[Crash][Menus] Context menu handling (VB-123147)

[Crash][Search] Dialog to suggest alternative providers crashes when list is empty (VB-122356)

[Crash][Spatial Navigation] On a local mHTML page (VB-118013)

[Crash][Sync] Whenever I try and log in (VB-116861)###

Crash reporting[Crash Reporting] Opt-in toolbar after crash (VB-122502)

[Crash Reporting] Crashpad handler not launched on first run (VB-104996)

[Crash Reporting][Settings] Crash Report checkbox not working (VB-123308)###

Keyboard[Keyboard] F2 to rename bookmark/note/session etc also opens Quick Commands (VB-122753)

[Keyboard][A11Y] Support caret browsing (VB-7520)

[Keyboard][Settings] “Prioritize Website Shortcuts” blocks Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V (VB-117929)###

Mail[Mail] Add affiliate links to account setup (VB-120497)

[Mail] Add your first account dialog looks broken (VB-124124)

[Mail] Attempting to delete one e-mail that is in multiple IMAP inboxes displays UI without any option selected (VB-120143)

[Mail] Changing sorting of list not reflected in list header until selecting a message (VB-121577)

[Mail] Clear all Labels not for multiple selections (VB-98242)

[Mail] Columns removed are not persisted (VB-122353)

[Mail] Date Sent column information not consistent (VB-122619)

[Mail] Date column information in Trash is not consistent (VB-122859)

[Mail] Duplicating e-mails in folders (VB-123182)

[Mail] Error in Mail Search Database: prompt to rebuild (VB-123368)

[Mail] Error when adding first account (VB-123465)

[Mail] Incorrect sorting when switching folders (VB-122861)

[Mail] List entry thread not updated correctly when threading data changes (VB-122374)

[Mail] Mark as read button disabled on starting with a mail tab (VB-97544)

[Mail] Messages sent to self are not threaded (VB-123203)

[Mail] Missing gap below thread (VB-124000)

[Mail] Overlapping buttons with address bar hidden and tabs on side (VB-121847)

[Mail] Remove border under collapsed threads (VB-122618)

[Mail] Save as filter from “see messages to and from” does not work (VB-121032)

[Mail] Some messages not found found in search (VB-122267)

[Mail] Sorted data not maintained correctly (VB-122612)

[Mail] Strange delete confirmation dialog behaviour (VB-74708)

[Mail] There are two Date entries for column selection (VB-122293)

[Mail] Update unseen regardless of its current state (VB-121196)

[Mail] Wrong order on incoming mails (VB-123482)

[Mail][Calendar] Delete of mail and calendar accounts fail (VB-122837)

[Mail][Welcome] Add proton certificate step to adding new account steps (VB-121742)

[Mail][Workspaces][Settings][Tabs] Allow to pin tabs across Workspaces (VB-122067)###

Menus[Menus] Hot keys always open menu in the latest window (VB-104760)

[Menus] Second click on the Vivaldi menu does not close it (VB-121902)

[Menus][Bookmarks] Right click menu doesn’t work in the bookmark bar, “Add Active Tab” (VB-123541)###

Settings[Settings] Added calendar view looks identical to add calendar view (VB-121573)

[Settings] Cannot delete a website from the Declined Sites option in Passwords (VB-122290)

[Settings] Disabling “Allow Vertical Text Direction” leaves you stuck in vertical mode (VB-122842)

[Settings] Improvements and fixes to the site permissions (VB-114658)

[Settings] Password list is truncated to single line (VB-124197)

[Settings] Restore Default Keys resets mouse gestures (VB-123084)

[Settings] Restore button cannot be pressed (VB-123084)

[Settings] Set as Default button overlaps its column in Spanish (VB-124332)

[Settings] Sync settings may steal search field focus (VB-119920)

[Settings][Search] Search engine setting requires reopening search to update (VB-123560)

[Settings][Tabs] Restrict pinned tab to domain menu setting does not stick on first attempt (VB-123219)

[Settings][Themes] Check boxes in theme editor do not work (VB-123268)

[Settings][Themes] Dropdown menu in the editor does not work (VB-122979)

[Settings][Themes] Theme editor UI not updated with changes (VB-123080)###

Start Page[Start Page] Folder selection flickers when opening new tab (VB-124184)

[Start Page] Jerky animation with thumbnails (VB-123370)

[Start Page] Show only the Speed Dial folder can cause bookmark popup to close on selection (VB-122211)

[Start Page] Speed Dial transitions are jerky, won’t respect reduce-motion setting (VB-123617)

[Start Page] Speed Dial folders order resets on restart (VB-124190)

[Start Page] When moving Speed Dial in folders everything disappears (VB-122961)

[Start Page] Widgets disappear after adding a bookmark via the Dashboard (VB-121760)

[Start Page] Widgets should not appear when you navigate to a sub folder (VB-122323)

[Start Page][Bookmark] Widget’s folder choice and scrolling broken (VB-123955)

[Start Page][Settings] Quick Settings panel does not close when clicking on the background (VB-120407)###

Tabs[Tabs] Clicking on speaker button activates the tab (VB-123395)

[Tabs] Sharing banner not disappearing if stopped and duplicates when tab switches (VB-123372)

[Tabs] Switch tabs on mouse down again (VB-123713)

[Tabs][Keyboard] Cannot cycle tabs when browser is full screened or chrome-less (VB-122344)

[Tabs][Media] Narrow tabs and audio-icon conflicting (VB-122548)

[Tabs][Media] Too easy to accidentally mute tab (VB-115076)

[Tabs][Menu] Stacking is visible in context menu even when disabled (VB-123887)

[Tabs][Settings] Wrong text in Settings for stacking tabs (VB-123887)

[Tabs][Settings] “Tabs → Tab Features → Minimise Active Tab” is broken (VB-122622)###

Widgets[Widgets] Add Mini calendar in the date widget (VB-124027)

[Widgets] Privacy widget flickers and goes out of view (VB-124098)

[Widgets][Performance] Privacy Statistics widget flashes (VB-122986)###

Other[AdBlocker] Not retrieving and updating the ad and tracker blocker sources (VB-123849)

[Calendar] Alarm description not encoded on export (VB-123359)

[Chromium] Update to 144.0.7559.114

[Commands] Focus panel command fails to focus panel (VB-104364)

[Commands] Missing command “Copy page address” (VB-120369)

[Dashboard] Bookmark widget not showing correct title (VB-123027)

[Downloads] Can’t download files in pop-up windows (VB-118840)

[Downloads] Download chart animates incorrectly (VB-123770)

[Extensions] Installed Screen freezes browser (VB-123583)

[Gestures][Tabs][Commands] Make “Open Link in Tiled Tab (Over a Link)” an option that can be mapped (VB-124153)

[Linux] Rotate keys in packaging and add KEY12

[macOS][Import] Safari not visible on Welcome page (VB-123345)

[macOS][Popout Video] Picture in Picture on Google Meet doesn’t work (VB-99252)

[macOS][Toolbars] Add a “share” button (VB-121758)

[Media][Popout Video] PiP Volume control in the separate video window does not work (VB-123256)

[Notes] Create Note with Selection output option in Capture Tool dialog fails to create a note (VB-124092)

[Profiles] Open popup window on Guest Profile (VB-123041)

[Profiles] Opening Settings in one profile freezes the other profile windows (VB-122127)

[Quick Commands] Order of tabs shown is random (VB-121426)

[Search] Confusing message when trying to delete a search engine (VB-117706)

[Status bar] Prevent menu content calculation on each render (VB-123985)

[Themes][Settings] Reset button for default themes is unresponsive after making a change (VB-123973)

[Thumbnails] Update thumbnail on page refresh (VB-120589)

[Touch] Dialogs and pop-outs not dismissed when clicking outside them but on a web page (VB-119265)

[UI] Redesign the session recovery interface to make it cleaner and easier to understand (VB-122468)

[Windows Panel] Invisible text in panel during mouse drags (VB-123087)

[Workspaces] Avoid layout shift when moving between Workspaces (VB-124192)****

****

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-8/

If there is something Norwegians hate more than small talk, ...

2026-01-27T21:37:06+01:00

If there is something Norwegians hate more than small talk, it’s when there's ice on the streets. 🧊

That's it. That's the post.

It’s our 11th anniversary today, so we went absolutely crazy. ...

2026-01-27T15:48:02+01:00

It’s our 11th anniversary today, so we went absolutely crazy.

Happy Vivaldi Day! 🎉

If you’ve recently found out about us, what made you want to ...

2026-01-25T00:44:44+01:00

If you’ve recently found out about us, what made you want to try Vivaldi?

good investigative skills, stay safe! 🔎

2026-01-14T11:30:26+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…anvk
_________________________

good investigative skills, stay safe! 🔎

yes :tony_wee:

2026-01-04T21:36:17+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…rxn8
_________________________

yes :tony_wee:

🚨 New Pod 🚨 Jón and Bruce look back at 2025 - browser ...

2025-12-30T14:32:41+01:00

🚨 New Pod 🚨

Jón and Bruce look back at 2025 - browser choice battles, Big Tech's stranglehold, AI overload, and why independent browsers still matter.

Plus: their favorite Vivaldi features and why your browser should work for you, not the other way around.

🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pTgjS544q6IwxnTousl3y
📺 https://youtu.be/263booVMTB0

Good news! Vivaldi is not powered by hype or investor meetings. ...

2025-12-26T15:00:53+01:00

Good news! Vivaldi is not powered by hype or investor meetings. We are mostly powered by caffeine, our users, and a very brief visit from the sun each day 🇳🇴🇮🇸

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Blakiat/115706619936842392 Thank ...

2025-12-19T14:09:06+01:00

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Blakiat/115706619936842392

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 Browser Decoration Championship, you are the pieces that make this community great. :tony_wee:

The Vivaldi Team has gathered to vote for their favourites, and the winner is... 🥁 🥁 Blakiat (npub18xk…vl35) 🥳

Send us an email at store@vivaldi.com and we'll sort out a coupon for you!

However you celebrate (or not), Happy Holidays! 🎄

quoting
note1del…3n0k

May this Christmas be filled with good health and prosperity, and may we continue to enjoy the best features, privacy, and security in the coming year.

PSA: Our roadmap for 2026: #Vivaldi #Browser #Announcement ...

2025-12-16T11:22:24+01:00

PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:

#Vivaldi #Browser #Announcement #Roadmap #PSA

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115660942241055353 🚨 ...

2025-12-08T15:56:30+01:00

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115660942241055353

🚨 Be sure to send your submissions before next Sunday, 14th of December 🚨

The winner will get a T-shirt and hat of choice from the Vivaldi Store (https://store.vivaldi.com)

👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇

quoting
note1v3q…89zj

🎄✨ Browser Decoration Championship✨🎄

It's time to deck the browser with boughs of holly! Show us your most SPECTACULAR browser setup for the season.

The most creative setups will compete for the crown (and some sweet Vivaldi merch 👕🧢)

We're talking:
🌟 Maximalist tinsel energy
🎁 Cozy winter wonderland vibes
🧣 "Ugly sweater" but make it browser
❄️ Full-on festive chaos

From cozy lodge cabin minimalism to full-on glitter explosions. Whatever makes YOU smile when you open a new tab, we want to see YOUR decorated browser masterpiece.

📸 Sleigh your screenshot below before December 14th for a chance at the crown! 👇

#browser #customization #christmas #HolidaySeason #Winter

🎄✨ Browser Decoration Championship✨🎄 It's time to ...

2025-12-04T11:58:40+01:00

🎄✨ Browser Decoration Championship✨🎄

It's time to deck the browser with boughs of holly! Show us your most SPECTACULAR browser setup for the season.

The most creative setups will compete for the crown (and some sweet Vivaldi merch 👕🧢)

We're talking:
🌟 Maximalist tinsel energy
🎁 Cozy winter wonderland vibes
🧣 "Ugly sweater" but make it browser
❄️ Full-on festive chaos

From cozy lodge cabin minimalism to full-on glitter explosions. Whatever makes YOU smile when you open a new tab, we want to see YOUR decorated browser masterpiece.

📸 Sleigh your screenshot below before December 14th for a chance at the crown! 👇

#browser #customization #christmas #HolidaySeason #Winter

Other browsers are racing to build AI that controls what you ...

2025-12-04T10:41:34+01:00

Other browsers are racing to build AI that controls what you experience online.

We're building a browser that gives YOU control while exploring the web. Simple as that 🤝

https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/

#artificialIntelligence #AI #LLM #Vivaldi #Browser #Tech #Technology #Software

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115049621717082376 ...

2025-12-02T13:50:15+01:00

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115049621717082376

Looking to escape the whole AI browser trend? Switching is still surprisingly simple 🤷‍♀️

#AI #Tech #Apps #Technology #Vivaldi #Browser

quoting
note1a4w…28cr

Switching from Firefox to Vivaldi is easier than you'd think. 😊 One click imports your tabs and browser data. ✅

#Vivaldi #Tech #VivaldiBrowser #Browser #Apps #Browsers #Technology

Haakon and Akira from the Oslo office went on a road trip across ...

2025-11-30T14:32:34+01:00

Haakon and Akira from the Oslo office went on a road trip across Iceland, stopping strangers and knocking on doors to find out which browser people use and why it is not Vivaldi. 🚗

First episode is out today: https://youtu.be/R130pYjzx2o

#Iceland #Travel #Vivaldi #Browser #Akureyri #Reykjavik

If you missed the new things that arrived with 7.7, you can catch ...

2025-11-25T16:35:05+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…edl6
_________________________

If you missed the new things that arrived with 7.7, you can catch up here 💡

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-7/

The Start Page feels nicely unified now, Speed Dial bookmarks on ...

2025-11-25T16:26:11+01:00

The Start Page feels nicely unified now, Speed Dial bookmarks on top with your widget tools living just beneath them.

What’s your setup like? 🤔

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115231022612195148 A tiny ...

2025-11-24T16:42:51+01:00

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115231022612195148

A tiny reminder that you can, in fact, leave the tech giants behind. ✅

quoting
note1qna…ad6t

Hey Chrome users! Tired of AI being pushed into everything? Tired of using a browser that actively spies on you? Come on over! 😊👋

#Browser #Vivaldi #AI #Google #Chrome #Gemini

Nothing beats that tiny spark of joy when a keyboard shortcut ...

2025-11-24T13:30:17+01:00

Nothing beats that tiny spark of joy when a keyboard shortcut saves you two seconds. 😎

#Keyboard #Shortcuts #Browser

There is a moment, right after stacking your tabs, where the room ...

2025-11-21T13:52:15+01:00

There is a moment, right after stacking your tabs, where the room goes quiet and you could swear your chair lifts a few centimetres. 🧘‍♂️

#Tabs #Web #Vivaldi #Browser #Technology #Meditation

Big Tech? Big NO! This t-shirt? Big YES! Use code ...

2025-11-21T11:33:16+01:00

Big Tech? Big NO! This t-shirt? Big YES!

Use code «Browsebetter» for 10% off in the Vivaldi store. ✨

https://store.vivaldi.com

#BigTech #Merch #Vivaldi #Browser

Vivaldi 7.7 for iPhone and iPad 🍎 ✓ Lots of iOS 26 ...

2025-11-20T15:00:16+01:00

Vivaldi 7.7 for iPhone and iPad 🍎

✓ Lots of iOS 26 optimisations
✓ Quicker response times
✓ More consistent UI across devices
✓ General performance upgrades

Everything new: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-7/

#Vivaldi #Browser #iOS26 #iOS #iPadOS #iPad #iPhone

Android 版 Vivaldi 7.7 出ましたっ 💪 🔍 ...

2025-11-20T09:10:40+01:00

Android 版 Vivaldi 7.7 出ましたっ 💪

🔍 カスタム検索エンジン、長押しでカンタン追加
📚 ブックマークのインポート/エクスポート
😎 より読みやすいダークモード

新規ダウンロードorアップデートしてお楽しみください➡📱

https://vivaldi.com/ja/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-7/

Vivaldi 7.7 on Android is here! 💪 ✓ Add custom search ...

2025-11-20T09:00:06+01:00

Vivaldi 7.7 on Android is here! 💪

✓ Add custom search engines
✓ Import and export bookmarks
✓ Long press to create search engines
✓ Dark mode tuned for comfy reading

Everything new: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-7/

#Vivaldi #Browser #Android #App #Tech #Software #Technology

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115552988428712015 ...

2025-11-19T08:02:43+01:00

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115552988428712015

遅くなりましたが、日本語でもお知らせ。
祝Vivaldi Social 3周年👏
たくさんのご利用、ありがとうございます！！
ーーー
11月15日で、Vivaldi が Fediverse の仲間入りしてから3年になります💙

今では楽しい会話、気の利いたユーモア、そして誠実な交流が生まれる、友好的な空間へと成長しました。皆さんと共にこのコミュニティが成長していく様子を見守ることができて、本当にうれしいです。

Vivaldi Social を自身のオンライン空間の一部として共有し、投稿し、貢献してくださったすべての方々に感謝します。皆さんがこのコミュニティを今日の形に形作るのを手伝ってくれました。

これまで参加してくれたすべての人々と、これから出会う新しい声に乾杯！

Vivaldi Social、3歳の誕生日おめでとう〜🎉

Vivaldi チームより

quoting
note1z7v…shkp

Three years ago today, we opened the doors to our corner of the Fediverse. 💙

What started as an idea has grown into a friendly space for good conversations, smart humor, and authentic interactions. It’s been amazing watching this community grow with all of you.

Thank you to everyone who’s shared, posted, and made Vivaldi Social part of their online space. You’ve helped shape this community into what it is today.

Here’s to everyone who’s been part of it, and to all the new voices we’ll meet along the way.

Happy 3rd birthday, Vivaldi Social! 🎉

- Team Vivaldi

#VivaldiSocial #Fediverse #Mastodon #Community

In 7.7, we've added a dedicated Performance section to ...

2025-11-17T14:00:07+01:00

In 7.7, we've added a dedicated Performance section to Settings where you can configure Energy Saver mode for increased battery life, use the Memory Saver to unload inactive tabs and free up memory, enable lazy loading, and more. 🚤

#Vivaldi #Technology #Browser #Apps #Browsers #Tech

Three years ago today, we opened the doors to our corner of the ...

2025-11-15T10:24:35+01:00

Three years ago today, we opened the doors to our corner of the Fediverse. 💙

What started as an idea has grown into a friendly space for good conversations, smart humor, and authentic interactions. It’s been amazing watching this community grow with all of you.

Thank you to everyone who’s shared, posted, and made Vivaldi Social part of their online space. You’ve helped shape this community into what it is today.

Here’s to everyone who’s been part of it, and to all the new voices we’ll meet along the way.

Happy 3rd birthday, Vivaldi Social! 🎉

- Team Vivaldi

#VivaldiSocial #Fediverse #Mastodon #Community

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115541367103132343 Could ...

2025-11-13T15:15:15+01:00

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115541367103132343

Could not resist giving this morning’s post a little encore.

Anyone tried the update so far? 👀

quoting
note1ga9…j5mg

Vivaldi 7.7 has arrived! 🎨

✅ All your tabs, structured, anywhere you need them
✅ Unified Start Page layout
✅ Brand new performance controls
✅ Privacy Dashboard redesigned
✅ Refined Mail panel

More on the update: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-7/

#Browser #Web #Vivaldi #Browsers #App #Linux #Windows #macOS

お待たせしました！ 🖥デスクトップ版 Vivaldi 7.7 ...

2025-11-13T09:17:56+01:00

お待たせしました！ 🖥デスクトップ版 Vivaldi 7.7 です🙌

✅ 全てのタブを構造ごと他のパソコンに同期
✅ スタートページにスピードダイヤルとダッシュボードが統合
✅ 大量タブ派にも少数精鋭タブ派にも最適なパフォーマンス管理機能
✅ メールパネルの改善

https://vivaldi.com/ja/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-7/

Vivaldi 7.7 has arrived! 🎨 ✅ All your tabs, structured, ...

2025-11-13T09:09:08+01:00

Vivaldi 7.7 has arrived! 🎨

✅ All your tabs, structured, anywhere you need them
✅ Unified Start Page layout
✅ Brand new performance controls
✅ Privacy Dashboard redesigned
✅ Refined Mail panel

More on the update: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-7/

#Browser #Web #Vivaldi #Browsers #App #Linux #Windows #macOS

Where do you usually search from in the browser? 🤔 #Browser ...

2025-11-11T15:23:36+01:00

Where do you usually search from in the browser? 🤔

#Browser #SearchEngine #VivaldiBrowser #Vivaldi #WebBrowser #Search

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115509092824603605 ...we ...

2025-11-07T16:35:44+01:00

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115509092824603605

...we neither confirm nor deny that we are going to be quote posting all the time from now on. :tony_wee:

And to apologize for being annoying, here's a discount code that will get you 10% off on the new Store:

Code: Browsebetter

🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

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We made some merch that says what we’re all thinking.

Vivaldi Store 2.0 is live with new designs and apparel made for you. 👀

https://store.vivaldi.com

#Vivaldi #Merch #Browser #Apparel #BigTech

We made some merch that says what we’re all thinking. Vivaldi ...

2025-11-07T16:21:22+01:00

We made some merch that says what we’re all thinking.

Vivaldi Store 2.0 is live with new designs and apparel made for you. 👀

https://store.vivaldi.com

#Vivaldi #Merch #Browser #Apparel #BigTech

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/114715032769130007 The ...

2025-11-07T10:15:23+01:00

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/114715032769130007

The “you can’t leave” energy? Gone in seconds.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115503016101266241 We’re ...

2025-11-06T16:31:29+01:00

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115503016101266241

We’re happy to announce that the highly anticipated Mastodon version 4.5 is now out and available to all Vivaldi Social users! 🤩 :tony_wee:

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We’re excited to release Mastodon 4.5 into the world! Arriving just a few months after the last release, this version brings the long-awaited Quote Posts feature, along with many other goodies. Here’s a quick look (you should read our blog post for more!)

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5

Are you more “minimal buttons” or “give me every button ...

2025-11-05T18:01:21+01:00

Are you more “minimal buttons” or “give me every button possible”? 🤔

#UI #Browser #Apps #Tech #Software #Technology #Design

Did you know that you can manually hibernate all background tabs ...

2025-11-05T13:30:19+01:00

Did you know that you can manually hibernate all background tabs in Vivaldi?

Right-click your active tab → Hibernate → Hibernate Background Tabs.

Perfect for freeing up memory without closing anything. 😌

#Windows #macOS #Linux #Vivaldi #Browser #Apps

@npub1duh…4el7 is ready to harvest tomatoes and cook up Season ...

2025-11-04T14:29:26+01:00

Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ (npub1duh…4el7) is ready to harvest tomatoes and cook up Season 2 of the For a Better Web podcast.

Tag who you want to hear this season! 🍅🎙️

#Podcast #Tech #Web #Vivaldi #WebDev #Technology

That moment when you realize you can change the position of ...

2025-10-29T13:31:17+01:00

That moment when you realize you can change the position of literally everything in the UI. That's the moment you're home. 🏡🛠️

#Vivaldi #Browser #Tech #UI #Technology #Apps #Software

Still daydreaming about the spectacular display of Northern ...

2025-10-20T13:46:00+02:00

Still daydreaming about the spectacular display of Northern Lights we were lucky to catch this past weekend while we were on a team building trip...✨

#Explore #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Iceland

Ok, let’s play #WhereInTheWorldIsThis 🌍 Here’s a view from ...

2025-10-17T13:09:53+02:00

Ok, let’s play #WhereInTheWorldIsThis 🌍

Here’s a view from one of our favorite spots… chilly, dramatic, and beautiful ❄⛰️

Can you guess where it is? Bonus points if you share your own view. Let’s see where everyone’s browsing from!

#Vivaldi #Photography #NaturePhotography #VivaldiBrowser

Our #Plushtodon is now in charge of hallway morale. So far, doing ...

2025-10-16T13:34:28+02:00

Our #Plushtodon is now in charge of hallway morale. So far, doing great. 🐘

#Mastodon #Photography #Office #Plushies #Oslo

Five years ago today, we launched Vivaldia, our 80s arcade-style ...

2025-10-15T12:23:44+02:00

Five years ago today, we launched Vivaldia, our 80s arcade-style runner game.

Wanna kill some time - and some big evil machines? Type vivaldi:game to play! 🕹️

#Gaming #Arcade #CyberPunk #FutureNoir #RetroGaming

Good morning to everyone who says “searching” and not ...

2025-10-14T09:00:37+02:00

Good morning to everyone who says “searching” and not “googling”. 🤝

#Google #Technology #Search #BigTech #Tech

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2025-10-14T07:46:20+02:00

わーい! Vivaldiのたくさんの機能をがっつり丁寧に解説してくださってるYouTube動画が公開されていました✨

目次から見たい機能だけ見られるのが、便利です。コメント欄で多くの方からの「Vivaldi使ってます!」報告もうれしい😊 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97rrm_J7Si0

We don’t sell your data. We’re from places where that kind of ...

2025-10-12T13:30:10+02:00

We don’t sell your data. We’re from places where that kind of thing gets you kicked out of the sauna. 🧖‍♂️🦵

#Norway #Iceland #Privacy #Browser #Vivaldi

Today is World Mental Health Day. Sometimes caring for your ...

2025-10-10T13:30:27+02:00

Today is World Mental Health Day. Sometimes caring for your mental health looks like: logging off, closing the browser, and going outside.

#WorldMentalHealthDay #Health #MentalHealth #Tech #Browser

続いて、Android 版はこちらです。 📁 ...

2025-10-09T09:52:17+02:00

続いて、Android 版はこちらです。

📁 ブックマークフォルダーをサクッと作成
🔋 バックグラウンドでのバッテリー消費を削減
⚡️ パフォーマンス改善
🌙 タブレット向けとダークモードのUI改善

お手元でアップデートしてご活用ください👍

モバイル版 Vivaldi 7.6、出ました👏 まずは、iOS ...

2025-10-09T09:52:04+02:00

モバイル版 Vivaldi 7.6、出ました👏
まずは、iOS 版のアップデートから。

📖 カスタム可能なリーダービューで読みたい内容に集中
🔍 お好きな検索エンジンを追加
🗂️ タブスタックペイン新登場
👀 リンクを開く前に中身を確認できるプレビュー
https://vivaldi.com/ja/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-6/

Most of our team personally prefer Linux. Which probably explains ...

2025-10-07T13:46:47+02:00

Most of our team personally prefer Linux. Which probably explains why our browser comes with so many ways to tweak it. 🛠️

#Linux #Vivaldi #Browser #Tech #App

In Vivaldi, there is an option in the Themes settings to get the ...

2025-09-30T12:47:55+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…rdwu
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In Vivaldi, there is an option in the Themes settings to get the accent color from the web page. Depending on other settings, the accent color gets applied either to the Tab or Address Bar and changes colors as you switch tabs.

Hey Chrome users! Tired of AI being pushed into everything? Tired ...

2025-09-19T14:44:27+02:00

Hey Chrome users! Tired of AI being pushed into everything? Tired of using a browser that actively spies on you? Come on over! 😊👋

#Browser #Vivaldi #AI #Google #Chrome #Gemini

Your feature request sounds similar to the one we have on our ...

2025-09-18T14:46:00+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…ktw8
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Your feature request sounds similar to the one we have on our Forum:
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/99900/android-widget-for-quick-access-to-saved-passwords.
It could definitely use some more support, though. Please give a 👍 the post to add your vote (requires being logged in to your Vivaldi account).

The Tab Button is here 🎉 All your tabs, all in one place. No ...

2025-09-18T14:28:22+02:00

The Tab Button is here 🎉
All your tabs, all in one place. No more tab chaos.

One button to:
🔍 Find any tab fast: open, synced, or recently closed
🧹 Clean clutter: duplicates gone in a click
🎯 Jump straight where you need with a quick search

#Vivaldi #Tabs #Software #Apps #Technology #Update

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2025-09-16T17:30:22+02:00

What does TTB stand for? Wrong answers only 😌

Someone on our team just said: tabs are temporary, bookmarks are ...

2025-09-12T10:21:42+02:00

Someone on our team just said: tabs are temporary, bookmarks are forever. What’s your take on this?

Did you know that you can schedule themes in Vivaldi? For ...

2025-09-03T15:06:25+02:00

Did you know that you can schedule themes in Vivaldi? For example, dark in the evening and light in the morning. 😎🎨

#Vivaldi #Browser #Themes #Customization #Apps #Technology

Switching from Firefox to Vivaldi is easier than you'd think. ...

2025-08-18T13:51:49+02:00

Switching from Firefox to Vivaldi is easier than you'd think. 😊 One click imports your tabs and browser data. ✅

#Vivaldi #Tech #VivaldiBrowser #Browser #Apps #Browsers #Technology

Real productivity is having your notes, calendar, tasks and mail ...

2025-04-21T18:02:58+02:00

Real productivity is having your notes, calendar, tasks and mail where you’re already working: in the browser. ✅ 👨‍💼

You can follow blogs, news and YouTube creators with a built-in ...

2025-04-20T10:01:15+02:00

You can follow blogs, news and YouTube creators with a built-in feed reader. It’s like RSS never left. (Because it didn’t.) 😎

#RSS #Feeds #Tech #Browser

Looking to get away from Big Tech? Here are some European ...

2025-02-28T11:59:11+01:00

Looking to get away from Big Tech? Here are some European alternatives you should check out! 🙏

🔍 Startpage (npub1kxe…ns4m) – Search engine from the Netherlands
🔍 Qwant (npub1yrc…txj5) – Search engine from France
🔍 #Ecosia – Search engine from Germany
🔒☁️ Proton (npub19kd…t56d) – VPN & Cloud storage from Switzerland
🔒 #OctoVPN – VPN from Norway
☁️ #Cryptee – Cloud storage, based in Estonia
☁️ #Jottacloud – Cloud storage from Norway

… And we got you covered with a browser. ❤️

#Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #BigTech #Search #Cloud #VPN

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2025-01-06T16:35:01+01:00

What feature made you switch to Vivaldi? 👀

Launching today, Vivaldi is a proud participant in the Browser ...

2024-11-26T12:21:13+01:00

Launching today, Vivaldi is a proud participant in the Browser Choice Alliance!

BCA is an informal alliance of browser makers who are all prevented from competing fairly on Windows PCs, because Microsoft self-preferences its own Edge browser.

From Jon S. von Tetzchner (npub1e35…d5me):
“For a long time, Vivaldi has publicly called out Microsoft for its dirty tricks to undermine consumer choice. Independent browsers like us simply cannot compete fairly with Edge when it is so heavily preferenced in Windows. Regulators need to intervene urgently.”

https://vivaldi.com/blog/browser-choice-alliance-launch/

#Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #BrowserChoiceAlliance #Browser #Microsoft #Edge #Windows

Many have tagged us in discussions about a specific Google ...

2024-07-10T11:53:34+02:00

Many have tagged us in discussions about a specific Google extension built into Chromium browsers and asked us what we've done about it.

This is a part of the Google Meets browser extension, which we bundle in order to allow Google Meets to work. This can be disabled in Settings > Privacy and Security > Google Extensions > Meets. Disabling it will break Meets. We expose this as a setting because we want you to be able to control it, and disable it if you want to.

Disabling it by default would be great, but doing so would break Meets for users who are not able to understand why it’s broken, or what they need to change in order to allow it to work. Unfortunately, when websites break, either because of browser detection, or missing features, users invariably assume the browser is at fault rather than the website, and we have to make choices about what needs to be done to make websites work. We do not take these kinds of decisions lightly.

We do find it very interesting that Google, who run the Chromium browser project, choose to give Meets additional information that is not given to other videoconferencing websites, and this could easily be seen to be uncompetitive behaviour. Hopefully, the EU's competition enforcement agencies can add this to their radar, and require a change in Google's Meets functionality.