1089
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2026
1089 points (99.5% liked)
Technology
89678 readers
3934 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
just as "most users" don't want ai baked into their browser, "most users" probably don't use any addons, or use only one--an adblocker. ad blocking (with configurable filter lists) is built into vivaldi already, no separate addon needed. works well-enough.
that said, the chromium base and its dependency on google to provide the 'addon store' is vivaldi's main detractor, because google has been putting the screws to anything that threatens their business as a data harvesting advertising company.
vivaldi does have some features not found in other browsers or other chromium browsers (excepting some in common with opera). the one i appreciate the most is the configurable toolbars, both items and their positions.. similar to how you can configure firefox's main toolbar.
i do occasionally need a chromium browser for specific tasks. vivaldi is the one i use. usually as a 'portable' installation that is easiest to trash when i'm done. it's also the one i use for a couple streaming sites because it does use chrome addons (but also is not chrome, either).
Does it still have built in mouse gestures? Opera was the first one to have them decades ago and I got so used to it I need addons for that now...
i always have them disabled, but yes. it does.
Ok, thank you. I'll probably give it a try as a backup browser.