Why Vivaldi browser thinks that google's new Web-Environment-Integrity specification is highly dangerous.

Unpacking Google’s new “dangerous” Web-Environment-Integrity specification

July 25, 2023

Why Vivaldi browser thinks Google’s new proposal, the Web-Environment-Integrity spec, is a major threat to the open web and should be pushed back.

Manifest V3, webRequest, and ad blockers

September 23, 2022

Vivaldi comes with its own built-in Ad and Tracker Blocker, tons of customization options, a built-in Mail and Calendar, and more. Will it follow Google’s strict reliance on Manifest V3? Vivaldi Developer, Julien Picalausa takes a deep dive into this matter.

Why isn’t Vivaldi browser open-source?

September 9, 2021

People involved in the open-source community often ask us why Vivaldi browser isn’t fully open-source. In this post, we’ll explore and explain our position.

Vivaldi browser open-source code

Vivaldi browser and open-source

July 30, 2020

People who are involved in the open-source community often ask us why Vivaldi browser isn’t available under a unified open-source license. Here we explain why.

People in front of ad blocker shield of Vivaldi browser

Why we introduced Ad blocker to Vivaldi browser

April 23, 2020

Vivaldi 3.0 landed with a built-in Ad blocker. Here’s why we took this step (along with advice on how to help your favorite websites still generate revenue).

Shield represents tracker blocker, and Vivaldi and DuckDuckGo logos.

Vivaldi browser partners with DuckDuckGo for Tracker blocker

April 22, 2020

Vivaldi incorporates DuckDuckGo’s Tracker Radar-powered blocklist. Here’s what that means for your browsing.

How we count our users

August 14, 2019

Starting with the upcoming Stable release, we will change the way we count our users, gradually dropping the use of the unique ID for user counting.

Vivaldi Sync Encryption

Encryption keys and usability in Vivaldi and other browsers

November 19, 2018

Have you ever wondered how browsers handle the user-facing portion of data-encryption? Julien Picalausa explains this in details, as well as goes into how Vivaldi’s encryption key is handled.

Vivaldi Sync

Sync hits Vivaldi Stable

September 26, 2018

Vivaldi can now seamlessly and securely sync your data between multiple computers. Our Sync lead takes a look at what we’ve accomplished so far and what’s next for Vivaldi’s Sync.

Sync: Status update

March 7, 2018

We have been a bit quiet on the Sync front but that’s only because we’ve been very busy working on the Sync server. Take a look at this important timeline.

Sync settings in the Vivaldi Browser

Sync is here, help us test it – Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.14.1030.3

November 29, 2017

It’s here – the first Snapshot with Sync. Now we need your help to test it.

Vivaldi Sync Live Stream

Vivaldi Sync Livestream revisited

July 11, 2017

Missed our live coding stream of work on Sync? No worries – we’ve pulled together the answers to our users burning questions into one handy blog post.