I had a survey where I asked users on Mastodon which Vivaldi products and services they are using. This is the result:
83% Vivaldi on Windows, Mac & Linux.
65% Vivaldi on mobile
56% Vivaldi sync
39% Vivaldi Social (Mastodon)
13% Vivaldi Forums
9% Vivaldi Blogs
1% Vivaldi Automotive
11% used none of the Vivaldi products and services.
724 responded.
It is great to see how many are using Vivaldi across devices and sync. Vivaldi is one of the few browsers that offers browsers on all major OS and the only browser to do that and provide the browser in cars as well.
It is also great to see how many are using the different Vivaldi services. We are happy to provide ways for our community to engage and to support the Fediverse!
If you wonder what Vivaldi is, the best way to figure that out is to download it from vivaldi.com.
Been a while then. You would expect Vivaldi to be a bit like Opera in the past. We are former Opera people and when Opera went in a different direction, we were there to fill the gap.
We have done a lot of work, though, to make Vivaldi unique and if the last version you tried was 1.0, a lot has changed. 😀
@jon@Vivaldi
I have no doubt that it has evolved, but I've also installed numerous Opera versions over the years. They all eventually ended up in the bin, and not for the lack of me trying to like them.
Right now, DDG is my favorite for random browsing, but Chrome is my workhorse.
@jon@Vivaldi
I downloaded the latest Vivaldi on Windows, and ran it through Speedometer, and it was actually slightly faster than DDG. First impressions: I like the UI. Lean and tidy, so I will try it a bit more.
Not too keen on adopting the mail/calendar, unless it works seamlessly with GMail/Google Calendar?
Another worry I have, is that I use a password manager on all platforms - which I would like to keep, and it is unclear if it can integrate with Vivaldi on all platforms.
@jantzen@jon@Vivaldi@bitwarden I am on LastPass (family). Linux... there you have another platform that I've unsuccessfully tried to like for 3 decades...
With regards to the mail and calendar, it works with both GMail and Google Calendar. You can also use it with local calendars, which is what I do, and with most all IMAP and POP3 accounts.
@LarsFosdal@jon@Vivaldi what do you mean, “like Opera”? Is that modern day or pre-Chromium? Because if it’s modern day, I say give it another chance! It improved so much that’s like peak Opera. At the same time if that’s not what you want, well uhh… choice is good.
@AlexTheStampede@jon@Vivaldi
It was Opera, pre-chromium, back when standards was still very much evolving, and each browser did their own thing on top of the evolving standards.
@jon@Vivaldi
great numbers. do you have a breakdown of % by desktop OS? i am guessing that the linux contingent is a bit higher than the 4% linux user base one often sees quoted.
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