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Can we start to gather information on the technologies used in this? I know that Blink is used as the rendering engine and have heard that there is some NodeJS and modules going on. What about the JS engine, can we find more details? Wrxahedron ( talk) 21:09, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Obviously, they called it Vivaldi, because Vivaldi wrote Operas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.230.52 ( talk) 18:15, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Most of the article, especially the "Features" section looks like it was just copied and pasted from the Vivaldi website. This should be cleaned up to be more than just a mirror of their page. Fench ( talk) 20:46, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I've never heard of Vivaldi. If I had heard it mentioned somewhere, I'd certainly look it up on Wikipedia. Therefore I think the article ought not to be deleted. Some people will hear of it and look for it here. It should be here.
Its optimistic tone could well be toned down. It could perhaps mention 'intentions' to develop the product instead of making it look like a sure thing.
BTW I clicked on the image and nothing happened except that it opened something I could not get rid of; had to close down the tab and start over. -- Hordaland ( talk) 20:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
The August 14, 2016 version of the article reads "The browser is updated weekly," but I cannot confirm that.
I want to know how often the software is updated. If someone can find a history, calendar, or quote; cite it; and update the article, I would appreciate it.
Kxykzz ( talk) 16:52, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
There does not seem to be a clear policy. Though Tatsuki Tomita uses the title "Weekly snapshot 1.0.123.10 is available for download". Other posts in the category Vivaldi updates show updates every few days around the beginning of August 2016. Kxykzz ( talk) 17:20, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
I think it is notable that this is an employee owned company. Binaryhazard ( talk) 08:04, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
Why was this page removed from Category:Vivaldi Technologies? Emmette Hernandez Coleman ( talk) 08:17, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi all!
The question for @ CapitalSasha:. Why you did it? The reason?
-- Shpankov ( talk) 14:30, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
I tried adding a screenshot of Vivaldi in actual use, to highlight some features. I hit some filter when I try to upload the screenshot. No idea why. Can anyone please help? -- Villarebut ( talk) 02:43, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
I am glad that was helpful. I have a few concerns: 1. At 1,366 × 766 pixels it will probably get tagged as too big for fair use and then someone will reduce it in size, probably to about 400 px wide, 2. the websites shown in the speed dial look like they are copyright sites, so it may get deleted for that, 3. Your statement under "Author or copyright owner" is not correct, the copyright holder is "Vivaldi Technologies" and 4. your statement under "Respect for commercial opportunities" needs fixing. You don't own Vivaldi, you are just a licensed user of it. There is no "approval process". You can just go ahead and insert it into the article and then other editors may make adjustments to the use of it or the file itself. I'll keep a watch on it and see what happens, too. - Ahunt ( talk) 14:47, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
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Vivaldi currently supports 53 languages. There is no article about this. What to do?
Also, the list in the article has 53 languages and the number currently says 47 because Codename Lisa cannot count.--
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22:22, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia requires published sources, preferably secondary sources. All we have here is a primary source, but it unequivocally says: "Today we support 40 languages, including 10 languages not supported in Google Chrome!" I am aware the list actually has 41 entries; I commented on the difference above. I don't know the reason for the difference; possibly they consider simplified and traditional Chinese or the two varieties of Portuguese or, most likely, the two varieties of Norwegian ( Nynorsk and Bokmål) a single language. I'll also add that we indeed use sources for verifiability only, not for spelling errors; that goes for the Belarusian language, too. Huon ( talk) 11:17, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
"you must be really stupid to think I changed the number of languages without also updating the actual list of languages"
The first paragraph says that Vivaldi "is aimed at ... previous Opera web browser users disgruntled by Opera's transition from the Presto layout engine to the Blink layout engine". The "technology" section says that "Vivaldi uses the Blink rendering engine". This is confusing and should be explained. -- Fkv ( talk) 22:34, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Better? :) ~~ Gravecoins ( talk) 01:59, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Freeware is not a type of license, it just means that it can be installed without having to pay. Free software on the other hand means released under a license that gives the user complete control over his installation, or something like cc0 that does not require a license at all, but does not fit this whatsoever. It is proprietary software, as reading the license linked in the references shows TheFIST ( talk) 17:43, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
I installed Vivaldi 2.0 this morning. The user welcome says that sync is up and running. Also it offers the user the option of opening an email account. I have not had time to test either but their blog has details here: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-2-0-your-browser-matters/
David Crayford ☎ 14:33, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
The version history table is really long and it takes a long time to scroll over it on a desktop browser. Can it be collapsed by default or something? Does anyone know how to do that? Gravecoins ( talk) 13:44, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion:
You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 16:24, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello 👋. I'm removing the Releases section per WP:NOTCHANGELOG. If you believe this is a mistake, please feel free to discuss it here. —motevets ( talk) 00:57, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
At the time of writing this, ⅔ of the references are to the company's own website, giving the impression that the article is better sourced than it actually is. Granted, this is partly because of the (too long, IMO) release history section, but still, would be good to see more neutral, tertiary RS mentions. -- DoubleGrazing ( talk) 13:30, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Is Manjaro's recent decision to switch default browser from Firefox to Vivaldi noteworthy for the article? - Vipz ( talk) 17:09, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
it should not say windows 10, as that is incorrect. i downloaded it recently and installed in windows 7. i just checked its download site and it is available for xp/vista(32 bit only), windows 7(32 bit and 64 bit) and then there is a general windows installation available for 32 bit and 64 bit. 84.208.108.74 ( talk) 00:00, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
I don't know who thinks that Firefox extensions work on Vivaldi. The WebExtension system on Firefox is completely different from the Chromium based CRX extensions, so I don't think extensions for Firefox will work in Vivaldi. Can I fix it in the article and remove the part about supporting Firefox extensions? Jirkacapek13 ( talk) 21:53, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
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Can we start to gather information on the technologies used in this? I know that Blink is used as the rendering engine and have heard that there is some NodeJS and modules going on. What about the JS engine, can we find more details? Wrxahedron ( talk) 21:09, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Obviously, they called it Vivaldi, because Vivaldi wrote Operas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.230.52 ( talk) 18:15, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
Most of the article, especially the "Features" section looks like it was just copied and pasted from the Vivaldi website. This should be cleaned up to be more than just a mirror of their page. Fench ( talk) 20:46, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I've never heard of Vivaldi. If I had heard it mentioned somewhere, I'd certainly look it up on Wikipedia. Therefore I think the article ought not to be deleted. Some people will hear of it and look for it here. It should be here.
Its optimistic tone could well be toned down. It could perhaps mention 'intentions' to develop the product instead of making it look like a sure thing.
BTW I clicked on the image and nothing happened except that it opened something I could not get rid of; had to close down the tab and start over. -- Hordaland ( talk) 20:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
The August 14, 2016 version of the article reads "The browser is updated weekly," but I cannot confirm that.
I want to know how often the software is updated. If someone can find a history, calendar, or quote; cite it; and update the article, I would appreciate it.
Kxykzz ( talk) 16:52, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
There does not seem to be a clear policy. Though Tatsuki Tomita uses the title "Weekly snapshot 1.0.123.10 is available for download". Other posts in the category Vivaldi updates show updates every few days around the beginning of August 2016. Kxykzz ( talk) 17:20, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
I think it is notable that this is an employee owned company. Binaryhazard ( talk) 08:04, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
Why was this page removed from Category:Vivaldi Technologies? Emmette Hernandez Coleman ( talk) 08:17, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi all!
The question for @ CapitalSasha:. Why you did it? The reason?
-- Shpankov ( talk) 14:30, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
I tried adding a screenshot of Vivaldi in actual use, to highlight some features. I hit some filter when I try to upload the screenshot. No idea why. Can anyone please help? -- Villarebut ( talk) 02:43, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
I am glad that was helpful. I have a few concerns: 1. At 1,366 × 766 pixels it will probably get tagged as too big for fair use and then someone will reduce it in size, probably to about 400 px wide, 2. the websites shown in the speed dial look like they are copyright sites, so it may get deleted for that, 3. Your statement under "Author or copyright owner" is not correct, the copyright holder is "Vivaldi Technologies" and 4. your statement under "Respect for commercial opportunities" needs fixing. You don't own Vivaldi, you are just a licensed user of it. There is no "approval process". You can just go ahead and insert it into the article and then other editors may make adjustments to the use of it or the file itself. I'll keep a watch on it and see what happens, too. - Ahunt ( talk) 14:47, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
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Vivaldi currently supports 53 languages. There is no article about this. What to do?
Also, the list in the article has 53 languages and the number currently says 47 because Codename Lisa cannot count.--
Gravecoins (
talk)
22:22, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia requires published sources, preferably secondary sources. All we have here is a primary source, but it unequivocally says: "Today we support 40 languages, including 10 languages not supported in Google Chrome!" I am aware the list actually has 41 entries; I commented on the difference above. I don't know the reason for the difference; possibly they consider simplified and traditional Chinese or the two varieties of Portuguese or, most likely, the two varieties of Norwegian ( Nynorsk and Bokmål) a single language. I'll also add that we indeed use sources for verifiability only, not for spelling errors; that goes for the Belarusian language, too. Huon ( talk) 11:17, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
"you must be really stupid to think I changed the number of languages without also updating the actual list of languages"
The first paragraph says that Vivaldi "is aimed at ... previous Opera web browser users disgruntled by Opera's transition from the Presto layout engine to the Blink layout engine". The "technology" section says that "Vivaldi uses the Blink rendering engine". This is confusing and should be explained. -- Fkv ( talk) 22:34, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Better? :) ~~ Gravecoins ( talk) 01:59, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Freeware is not a type of license, it just means that it can be installed without having to pay. Free software on the other hand means released under a license that gives the user complete control over his installation, or something like cc0 that does not require a license at all, but does not fit this whatsoever. It is proprietary software, as reading the license linked in the references shows TheFIST ( talk) 17:43, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
I installed Vivaldi 2.0 this morning. The user welcome says that sync is up and running. Also it offers the user the option of opening an email account. I have not had time to test either but their blog has details here: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-2-0-your-browser-matters/
David Crayford ☎ 14:33, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
The version history table is really long and it takes a long time to scroll over it on a desktop browser. Can it be collapsed by default or something? Does anyone know how to do that? Gravecoins ( talk) 13:44, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion:
You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 16:24, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello 👋. I'm removing the Releases section per WP:NOTCHANGELOG. If you believe this is a mistake, please feel free to discuss it here. —motevets ( talk) 00:57, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
At the time of writing this, ⅔ of the references are to the company's own website, giving the impression that the article is better sourced than it actually is. Granted, this is partly because of the (too long, IMO) release history section, but still, would be good to see more neutral, tertiary RS mentions. -- DoubleGrazing ( talk) 13:30, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Is Manjaro's recent decision to switch default browser from Firefox to Vivaldi noteworthy for the article? - Vipz ( talk) 17:09, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
it should not say windows 10, as that is incorrect. i downloaded it recently and installed in windows 7. i just checked its download site and it is available for xp/vista(32 bit only), windows 7(32 bit and 64 bit) and then there is a general windows installation available for 32 bit and 64 bit. 84.208.108.74 ( talk) 00:00, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
I don't know who thinks that Firefox extensions work on Vivaldi. The WebExtension system on Firefox is completely different from the Chromium based CRX extensions, so I don't think extensions for Firefox will work in Vivaldi. Can I fix it in the article and remove the part about supporting Firefox extensions? Jirkacapek13 ( talk) 21:53, 19 May 2024 (UTC)