I had been very impressed with the ethos of those behind @Vivaldi for a while, and have gone back and forth between that and Firefox, but Mozilla have finally done too much to push many of us away - for good this time, it seems, for me: I now have Vivaldi on all my main devices and I love it. When it comes to web browsers, I am what you'd probably call a "power user" and Vivaldi is certainly geared up for that!
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Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 20:33:22 JST Jay Baker - Tim Chambers repeated this.
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Chad McCullough (cmccullough@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 22:00:30 JST Chad McCullough @MediaActivist @Vivaldi Honestly, I'm struggling to understand what the Mozilla leadership are thinking. They keep working on and then adding functionality to Firefox that no one wants. The fact that Vivaldi are staying clear of AI makes it winner and all the excellent built-in functionality is just a HUGE bonus.
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Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 22:02:10 JST Jay Baker @BeamMeOut @Vivaldi I agree. In fact, the excellent Zen fork was my last connection to Firefox these last several months, and in the coming months I'm sure they'll be at an even higher standard.
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Beam me out! (beammeout@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 22:02:11 JST Beam me out! @MediaActivist @Vivaldi I second this. Mozilla abandoned power users in favor of wider audience. They've been loosing users ever since. It's the power users who do evangelism, write articles and guides etc. And they can't beat Chrome with resources they have. Zen browser is what Firefox should've been. But for now I'm sticking with Vivaldi.
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Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 01:55:29 JST Jay Baker @ruari @Vivaldi Ah yes I am familiar with your great Mastodon posts! Such good vibes - and good work - from you, and your co-workers. So I am the one thanking you!
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Velocipede Rider (ruari@velocipederider.com)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 01:55:30 JST Velocipede Rider @MediaActivist Nice to hear and thank you. 🙇
P.S. If it was not clear, I work for @Vivaldi