Development
Covers the why, how, and when of the various stages of development of Vivaldi browser.
The Numbers Game: Where does Vivaldi get its version number from?
October 4, 2023
Let’s learn what version numbers are and how they are used in the Vivaldi browser.
Pulling the plug on expired Operating Systems
November 24, 2022
Browsers are ending their support for Windows 7 and 8.1 in 2023. Vivaldi dev and security expert Yngve Pettersen explains the challenges faced by browsers as to why they end support of various operating system versions.
Let’s go under the browser hood with Vivaldi’s Yngve
August 26, 2022
Building your own Chromium-based browser is a lot of work, unless you want to just ship the basic Chromium version without any changes. In this post, Yngve breaks it down for you.
An insight into security research and ethical hacking
May 13, 2021
Are software testing and ethical hacking the same? What exactly is security research and who can help with the testing of software? Vivaldi developer Tarquin Wilton-Jones explains.
How we made Vivaldi faster independent of Chromium
March 29, 2021
We recently made significant performance improvements to Vivaldi browser that are independent of the Chromium code. Here’s how we did it.
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.