Vivaldi
Highly customizable Chromium browser with built-in mail, calendar and feed reader
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1 · LIGHTA few partner bookmarks and speed dials on first run; delete them and it stays quiet.
About
Vivaldi was started by Jon von Tetzchner, a co-founder of Opera, after Opera dropped many of its power-user features. It runs on Chromium but replaces the interface with one that can be rearranged almost completely: tabs can sit on any edge of the window, be grouped into stacks or tiled side by side, and keyboard shortcuts, mouse gestures, menus and toolbars can all be edited. The desktop version also includes an email client, a calendar, a feed reader, notes and web panels, along with a built-in tracker and ad blocker, and sync is end-to-end encrypted. Command Chains let you combine several browser actions into one shortcut. Vivaldi suits people who like to tune their tools; newcomers may find the number of settings a lot to take in at first.
- Tab stacks, tab tiling and workspaces
- Built-in mail client, calendar and feed reader
- Notes, web panels and Command Chains
- Built-in tracker and ad blocker
- End-to-end encrypted sync
Before you download
- The browser interface is proprietary even though the Chromium engine underneath is open source.
- Windows 7 and older systems can only run legacy versions.
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