Vivaldi Web Browser

Startup Vivaldi Technologies debuted a new browser,This is company is founded by  ‘Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner’ former co-founder & CEO of Opera.



 A freeware web browser that not only fast but rich in features & functionality. In this browser Opera’s Presto engine is switched to Blink.  This browser is available for Linux, Windows and OS X. Within 10 days of release, more than 5,00,000 download is noted.

Features of Vivaldi

1. Minimalistic interface with basic icons and fonts.
2. Browser color is based on background and elements of web page visited.
3. It is a freeware but not Opensource. To understand it you may assume free as in beer and not in speech.
4. Quick Commands : For those who prefer keyboard as input over other input devices, this feature lets user to search through various settings, tabs, bookmarks and history with a keyboard shortcut. This feature aims at allowing users to create their custom commands and run them as and when required.
5. Notes : This feature allows user to take notes while browsing and add screenshots. The notes will keep track of the website you were browsing while taking notes. Moreover you can add tags to the notes and organize so that it can be find later.
6. Speed Dials : A graphical blocks of favorite sites grouped together so that you can access them from a single window. The most powerful fact of this feature is you can add a folder to speed dial as well.
7. Tab Stacks : Group multiple tabs together using tab stack so that when an end user is working with too many unorganized tabs, things are not messy. This feature makes it possible to group multiple tabs into single thus organizing your work.
8. Built on Web Technologies : The building blocks of Vivaldi is unique in the sense that it is developed using web for web. The building blocks viz., Node.js – to browse, HTML5, JavaScript and ReactJS for user interface is enough to tell that the website is promising.
9. Higher level of customization : User can disable tab stacking, place tab bar at top/bottom left/right and change tab cycling order.
10. Site info : This feature provides you with the details of cookies and site data as well as let you view connection information, a security measure implementation.