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Ex-Opera boss releases a new browser

by on28 January 2015


Fat lady still singing

Ex-Opera boss Jon S. von Tetzchner has revealed a technical preview for his new Chromium-based browser for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Dubbed Vivaldi which suggests a move to classical music themes rather than something as heavy as opera, it is a first release, the big features are mostly "coming soon". There will be extensions support, a built-in mail client and syncing across your devices.

However von Tetzchner says he still has a long way to go before the new browser is ready.

The Technical Preview provides some practical features. There is something called Tab Stacks to group browser tabs, and work much like buttons on the Windows taskbar. If you put your mouse over a tab, thumbnails appear for each site it represents.A Notes panel allows you to take text notes and screen shots for any web page, add tags, organise and search your collection. This bit still needs a lot of work, but it could be good.

Vivaldi's extended Speed Dials page can organize your favourite sites by interest, context, and even include folders.

There is also a Quick Commands menu (Ctrl+Q) makes it easy to access all the browser's core functions from the keyboard.

We played with it for a few minutes before we got bored. It is so much a work in progress – but we guess it is not over until the fat lady sings.

Last modified on 28 January 2015
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