Development
Covers the why, how, and when of the various stages of development of Vivaldi browser.
Why we revamped our navigation menu
November 4, 2019
While some browsers cut down on functionality and options, we expand those in order to give you more control and better productivity. Here’s what inspired us to redesign Vivaldi’s menu.
Keep your data safe across devices
September 17, 2019
Sync support was considered one of the most critical features for our Android release. And keeping the synced data safe was a must. Here we explain how we implemented Sync on Android.
What’s unique in Vivaldi for Android?
September 12, 2019
We thought we’d put this question to the Android team who’ve been working hard to bring you Vivaldi’s first mobile version.
How we built Vivaldi for Android
September 10, 2019
Here’s how we built Vivaldi to run on the latest Chromium code while at the same time creating our own alternatives to what Google has provided in their web browser core on Android.
Flashback
September 3, 2019
From “Flash is dead” to “Flash will never die” our users are split over the virtues of the Flash technology. Even though it’s being phased out, we decided to make it an option – while it’s still here.
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.
Bring more color to computer time
May 9, 2019
Vivaldi developer Petter Nilsen who made possible the Razer Chroma integration, reveals how it came about.
From me to you: A dev’s take on Vivaldi
April 12, 2019
A recent addition to the team, developer Trond Kjetil reflects on switching to Vivaldi and working on older bits of code to improve performance.
Refining the Vivaldi icon library
April 2, 2019
Remember when we introduced the new Application Icon way back in Vivaldi 1.11? It was high time for all the little icons in our interface to get refined.
Building buttons that move
March 28, 2019
For the first time in Vivaldi history, a button can exist in more than one location. Here’s how we’ve been able to achieve this.
Exploit that bug: The untold story of Auto-Stacking
February 7, 2019
Vivaldi is the first browser to introduce auto tab stacking, but did you know that it owes its life to a good karma bug?
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.