Vivaldi Browser
Vivaldi, an innovative web browser developed on the Open Source Chromium engine, and launched by the former CEO of Opera.
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4th season for Vivaldi: The Internet browser manages emails, agendas, translation and RSS feeds
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6The Vivaldi Internet browser is largely evolving in a version 4 which incorporates an email client, an RSS feed reader and an Agenda manager.Jon von Tetzchner, founder of Vivaldi Technologies, tells us more.
Curves have been talking about themselves: since 2012, Google Chrome has been the most used Internet browser around the world and its market share is only growing to reach an insolent 65 % today (59 % in France).And yet, Internet users have never had as many choices to surf the net on both computer as on smartphone, but habits are stubborn and it is not easy to shake up your habits and switch to another Internet browser.
Most users want to use a quick and easy -to -use browser, and generally the one delivered as standard.Today, two HTML rendering engines (the display language of web pages) exist: Blink developed by the free browser team Chromium (derived from Apple Webkit himself from KHTML of the KDE project…) andGecko used by Firefox.Today, most alternative browsers are built on one of these two engines and often benefit from the extensions developed for these platforms.With the same display base for HTML pages, publishers must stand out by providing new features or focusing on a specific field: safety, game, keyboard navigation ...
Email, agenda, RSS, translation ... new tools to seduce
Founded on Chromium, the Vivaldi browser has made itself known by its management of the tabs to the small onions, an advanced personalization of the interface and the integration of tools to block too invasive cookies, as well as the advertisements.Respect for privacy is a sector already coveted by other navigators such as Opera or Brave.For this new version, the developers of Vivaldi have decided to expand the field of browser possibilities by offering new tools: an email client, an RSS feed reader, an agenda, but also an Internet pages translator, without google translation, it is obvious.
Meeting with Jon von Tetzchner
Who else is better placed to talk about Vivaldi 4 than Jon von Tetschner at the head of the project since 2015, after his departure from the company responsible for the development of the Opera browser.He looks back on the integration of new tools, but also the iOS version that is slow, which is slow ...
Les Numériques / Lecteur RSS, courrier, calendrier, traduction… Ces nouvelles fonctionnalités ont-elles été demandées par les utilisateurs ou s'agit-il d'une stratégie de Vivaldi pour se démarquer de la concurrence ?
Jon von tetzchner / I would say it's a bit of both.When I was at Opera, we had an integrated email customer and RSS player.After my departure from Opera, they were deleted.It was a blow for those of us who had used that these functions were integrated into the navigator.One of the first questions of Vivaldi users was whether we were going to provide them again and we had the ready answer: Yes.Messaging and calendar are also differential elements.The messaging client is very practical when it comes to organizing your mail.It indexes all your mail, from all your accounts.It has an integrated quick search engine.The calendar is also unique.One of its strengths is the possibility of seeing more events.Most calendars limit the text of an event to one or two lines, depending on the view.It is therefore difficult to read the information, while Vivaldi displays the entire text, if that's what you want.
L'outil de traduction automatique des pages Internet est pour vous un point essentiel pour séduire de nouveaux utilisateurs ?Regarding the translation service, we have received many requests on this subject.People are used to Google Translate and many users around the world are counting on the availability of such a service.On a desktop computer, you can install Google Translate, but it is not possible on Android.We have looked for solutions to this problem and were very happy to find Lingvaxe.Now that we have integrated it and we host it, we have transformed what was perhaps a weakness for us in a force.We have an integrated and private quality translation service, because we are not intended to establish profiles of our users.I expect that we continue to develop the use of this translation service.
De nombreux internautes recherchent un navigateur léger et réactif, ne craignez-vous pas de proposer un logiciel trop gros et trop gourmand en ressources ?No way.Vivaldi can work very well for those who want a light browser.You don't need to use all the features there.But when you need it, they are there.Many users may want to start Vivaldi in essential mode.In this case, we hide the more advanced functions, but you can always access functions like the tracker and the advertising blocker.
Le développement sur smartphones est essentiel, car c'est là que se trouve désormais Internet. Beaucoup de gens attendent la version iOS de Vivaldi. Le projet est-il toujours sur les rails ?It is clear that mobile is essential today.We have chosen to start with Android, because Android represents about 80 % of the market and also because it is easier for us to do Android.Apple complicates our task a little by not allowing us to use the same code on iOS as on macOS, Android and other platforms.It's really unhappy, but we will get there.
Comment se porte l'entreprise sur le plan financier, avez-vous de plus en plus d'utilisateurs ?Vivaldi is owned by its employees and we have no external investors.The number of users is increasing.It increased by 70 % last year.We have to increase a little more to be profitable, but we are on the right track!
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