Jon S. von Tetzchner

u/jon@social.vivaldi.net
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@djbiker@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net

It is possible to do multiple things at the same time. Particularly when the actual work on the games is done by Porcelain Fortress. I engaged with them a fair bit, because I enjoy their games, but Vivaldi programmers did not, except for playing the games them selves.

We continue to improve the Vivaldi ad blocker and we continue improving all other elements of Vivaldi. We love doing that, but personally I also enjoy those games a lot.

on Mouse Gestures · c/windows · 1 pts · 1y

@TyrionTargaryen@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net , you can, of course, use command chains. That means you can make custom mouse gestures, that perform custom command chains. Pretty powerful stuff this.

on Mouse Gestures · c/windows · 1 pts · 1y

@fluchtkapsel@nerdculture.de @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net

Those kind of gestures tend to be more system related. Please file a bug and we will look into it.

on Mouse Gestures · c/windows · 1 pts · 1y

@preferred @Vivaldi

Indeed. I implemented MDI tabs in Opera 1.0 30 years ago. Mouse gestures were added years later.

Mouse gestures in Vivaldi are a lot more powerful, though. You can easily make your own and have them to just about anything.

@jnk@masto.es , we do not have much of a choice. We aim to support our users wherever they are. Thus we support all major platforms today.

We will have to see how things pan out. I do believe regulators play an important role. They do make a difference.

We can also make a difference. All of us. Public opinion matters.

@louiskhor@vivaldi.net , we are as a small company competing with some of the largest in the world: Microsoft, Google and Apple. I wish I could say one of them was always doing the right thing. I cannot. It has been frustrating.

It is not easy. We make our software available on their platforms and we need them to play fair. They do not.

Our goal is to build great software for our users and supporting services as well. That is really what we can do and we hope to win over a lot of users doing just that.

@ppb1701 @martijn @Vivaldi

The browser ballot is not there on Windows anymore. It was there years ago in Europe.

There was a time where you could install a browser and the browser would ask you if it should be set as default. If you said yes, it would be default. No further steps were needed. It could also be placed in the dock easily, for easy access.

Microsoft has gradually made all of those steps harder... except for them selves. They are set as default when you get the computer and many of us have experienced a Windows update that more or less without asking makes Edge default again.