Former Opera CEO Launches Vivaldi, A New Browser For Power Users

Vivaldi 3.0 RC 3 – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 1874.22
April 20, 2020
https://vivaldi.com/blog/snapshots/desktop/vivaldi-3-0-rc-3-desktop/

 

https://vivaldi.com/blog/1-day-2-big-vivaldi-browser-releases/

Changelog – Vivaldi 2.11 to 3.0
https://vivaldi.com/changelog-vivaldi-3/

 

I disabled UBO to give the new adblocker a try. 1st page ad showed up that UBO blocks. UBO enabled ad disappears. Now I have Vivaldi's enabled as well as UBO & Privacy Badger. Might disable Vivaldi's built in but want to see how it plays with my 2 stalwarts.

 

Yeah, it's about as good as Opera's adblocker. I'm sticking with UBO.

 

Thank you for info, anon.

Can you import filters into it? I have the same tiny setup: uBlock Origin with an extra five imported lists and Privacy Badger. Have not seen an ad or a spurious tracker in a long, long time. Vivaldi runs very nicely so not risking things by enabling the built-in blocker.

 

You can enable the built-in blocker on a specific or particular site.

 

Read the following post =
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/44880/why-a-built-in-ad-blocker/15?lang=en

 

First I heard of Nano Adblocker & Nano Defender.
Are people using them in addition to UBO & Privacy Badger or using to replace of one or both?

 

Perfect, anon. OK why beg for any problems? uBlock Origin is very competent on here by itself. Seems redundant to run both concurrently.

Thanks, Daveski! This actually reminded to go to the ad blocker page and make a few adjustments. Liking this browser so far. Might even make it my primary instead of Edge but it's early yet.

 

I've liked Vivaldi since I first ran it five years ago, I wish they'd be more thorough with Linux updates though. The adblocker might come in useful, who knows? lol

 

Vivaldi browser partners with DuckDuckGo for Tracker blocker
Vivaldi incorporates DuckDuckGo’s Tracker Radar-powered blocklist. Here’s what that means for your browsing
April 22, 2020
https://vivaldi.com/blog/built-in-tracker-blocker-vivaldi/

Why we introduced Ad blocker to Vivaldi browser
April 23, 2020
https://vivaldi.com/blog/ad-blocker-vivaldi-browser/

 

Crash fixes and a Chromium update – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 1874.27
April 23, 2020
https://vivaldi.com/blog/snapshots/...mium-update-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-1874-27/

 

Vivaldi 3.0 Review
April 22, 2020
https://news.softpedia.com/news/vivaldi-3-0-review-529783.shtml

Vivaldi Browser for Android Review
The first version of Vivaldi for Android is now available
April 22, 2020
https://news.softpedia.com/news/vivaldi-browser-for-android-review-529784.shtml

 

"Beginning with this release, Vivaldi also features an integrated ad blocker that’s supposed to make intrusive ads a thing of the past without the need for other extensions.

What you need to know, however, is that the ad blocker is disabled by default, so you need to manually enable it from the aforementioned path. Furthermore, it only blocks intrusive ads, so if you want a completely clean ad-free experience, ad-blocking extensions are the way to go."

 

nvm........

 

Further blocker improvements and a Chromium update – Vivaldi Android Browser snapshot 1893.3
April 24, 2020
https://vivaldi.com/blog/snapshots/mobile/android-3-1-1893-3/

 

Vivaldi 3.0 Update 1
Minor update for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 3.0
April 24, 2020
https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/minor-update-for-vivaldi-desktop-3-0/

 

Minor update for Vivaldi Android Browser 3.0
April 24, 2020
https://vivaldi.com/blog/minor-update-android-3-0/

 

Now it's about 10 days into my dumping FF for Vivaldi full time. Should have done this much sooner.

 

This browser seems to run ok on linux.I am still on the fence about it being closed source but the company seems trustworthy.My main browser is firefox and gave the red priest a spin and it seems good with many customisations.Gets better with time maybe.

 

Vivaldi is now my default browser on Ubuntu.

 

@daveski.
Are you running the pepperflash in vivaldi and if so did you just install from the repositries.?

 

Vivaldi 3.0 Update 2
Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 3.0
April 29, 2020
https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/minor-update-2-for-vivaldi-desktop-3-0/

 

Minor update (2) for Vivaldi Android Browser 3.0
April 30, 2020
https://vivaldi.com/blog/minor-update2-android-3-0/