Vivaldi Blog

Take a spin #behindVivaldibrowser with Ruarí Ødegaard

December 20, 2022

The latest in this series offers a more personal look at Ruarí Ødegaard, one of the best QA Engineers you will find on two legs – or one wheel.

Vivaldi on Android has a customizable Menu Bar

December 15, 2022

The new Vivaldi 5.6 on Android offers a customizable menu bar, more secure logins with Hardware Key Authentication, and new options to improve navigation. Now available on Android, Chromebooks, tablets, and in cars.

Vivaldi integrates Mastodon in its desktop browser.

December 7, 2022

Vivaldi recently became the first browser to have its own Mastodon instance, Vivaldi Social. Now, the new version on the desktop is the first to integrate Mastodon into the browser itself, along with the ability to pin tab groups and other UI improvements.

Vivaldi teams up with You.com for privacy-focused, personalized search

December 7, 2022

You.com joins our line-up of default search engines, offering unique options for a more custom search experience.

What is Mastodon?

December 5, 2022

With so much news about social media these days, covering Twitter’s new owner’s recent changes, or trust issues in companies like Meta/Facebook, many people are looking for something else and have heard the word “Mastodon”. But what is Mastodon and how do you sign up?

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.

With 3000 and more Vivaldi Themes, there’s never a dull moment.

November 21, 2022

Vivaldi Themes just crossed another significant milestone, and we can’t stop shouting about it. Read on to learn more, and share your themes on Vivaldi Social, our Mastodon instance.

Vivaldi and Mastodon

Introducing Vivaldi Social, your new federated social-networking home

November 15, 2022

Vivaldi Social, our Mastodon instance, is your gateway to reliable, big-tech-free social networking. Join at https://social.vivaldi.net/

The trouble with Chromium translations

November 11, 2022

In this post, Vivaldi developer and security expert Yngve explains the challenges he has faced – and overcome – while working with translations in Chromium.

Let’s go #behindVivaldibrowser, with Geir Gunnarsson

November 4, 2022

In the latest of our behind-the-scenes series, we meet Geir Gunnarsson, Software Engineer extraordinaire … and intrepid snowboarder.

Power user Popogami Po chooses Vivaldi for keyboard-only browsing and more.

October 27, 2022

In our latest user story, we meet a heavy Vivaldi user from Japan to find out why they love the browser and how they use it.