Development
Covers the why, how, and when of the various stages of development of Vivaldi browser.
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.
Three reasons Vivaldi.net registration is now better
October 24, 2018
The revamped registration and profile pages for Vivaldi.net are now live. Front-end developer Fredrik Andersson takes us through the thinking process and implementation of the new Vivaldi Account.
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.
Vivaldi’s code integration. Our developers speak.
September 12, 2018
Recently, Norway’s leading tech publication Digi.no published a story about how Vivaldi works with the Chromium code. In the interview, three of our devs talk for the first time about this little-known side of building Vivaldi.
Better Scrollbars in Vivaldi
August 27, 2018
In a recent Snapshot, we improved the scrollbars in the browser’s UI. Vivaldi Designer Henrik Helmers explains how the team accomplished the styling of scrollbars.
Page color in Vivaldi
August 23, 2018
Ever wondered how Vivaldi decides what color is selected for a given page? Vivaldi Designer Henrik Helmers explains.
Introducing Vivaldi’s extensions to GN on GitHub
August 20, 2018
Vivaldi has added various extensions to the GN tool developed by Chromium and has made them available in a GitHub repository. Find out if your project can benefit from these extensions.
Perfect textures in Vivaldi
April 26, 2018
In our latest release, we introduced the option to use a Window Background Image. This presents you with new ways to customize Vivaldi to your liking. Here we share a few tips and tricks to achieve texture perfection!