Vivaldi Web Browser 1.0 Launched

Vivaldi web browser was today launched officially. With Vivaldi 1.0, the company behind it wants to make web browsing fun again for power users. Created by founder and ex-CEO of Opera, Vivaldi comes with the best of Opera and Chrome. It’s based on Chromium, so any Chrome extension will work fully with Vivaldi as well.

Vivaldi has been in testing for over an year now with millions of downloads. The browser comes with the following features:

• Tab Stacks: Feel like you have too many tabs open? Vivaldi solves that with tab stacks. Drop tabs on top of each other to create a stack. It’s the fastest way to reduce clutter and keep organized. And when you’re ready to switch between tabs, Vivaldi has a number of customizations for that too.
• Tab Stack Tiling: Have a big screen? Tile that tab stack and see multiple pages at the same time! With multiple tab stacks, it is like having multiple desktops!
• Sessions: Take browser management to the next level. Save your favorite set of tabs as a session for later retrieval.
• Notes: The perfect tool for researchers. Mark that quote and save it as a note. Vivaldi can remember which site you were browsing at the time, and allow you to take screenshots as well.
• Quick commands: Access open tabs, bookmarks, history, settings and more through a command interface.
• Mouse gestures and keyboard shortcuts: If you really want to operate the browser at lightning speed. Mouse gestures turn a flick of the wrist into almost any action in the browser. Keyboard shortcuts do the same with simple key combinations.
• Speed Dial: Your favorite sites and bookmarks easily accessible from any blank tab. Include Groups and Folders for even more Speed Dials!
• Better bookmarks: Access your bookmarks from the bookmarks panel, bookmarks manager, bookmark bar and of course Speed Dial.
• Web Panels: View websites in your Vivaldi sidebar. The perfect way to browse tweets, Facebook posts, or chat alongside your primary browsing window. We like to say it’s the next best thing to a “Boss button” for the web.

With all these features built in to the browser, Vivaldi hopes that you won’t need a lot of extensions to get your work done. Installing third-party extensions may not always be the best option from a privacy as well as performance point of view, so these built-in features should help you get around those two issues.

Download Vivaldi 1.0

Vivaldi web browser is available for download for Windows, OSX and Linux. Download here.