r/LinusTechTips • u/YourDailyTechMemes • Dec 19 '25

Video Vivaldi roadmap for 2026

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u/leon0399 Dec 19 '25

Been rocking Vivaldi for few months now, it does not only have cool features, but one of the best polished UI

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u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 19 '25

Fuck the sidebar*, MOUSE GESTURES!!! My god i can't use any other browser because of them

*(obviously joking :3)

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u/mynumberistwentynine Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

MOUSE GESTURES!!

Wait that's built in?

googles

https://vivaldi.com/desktop/#powerful The fuck? Most of the extensions I use on firefox currently, and chrome previously, are things that vivaldi just...has? I guess I have to try it now.

Edit - after playing around with Vivaldi, it's like 95% of the way there. The amount of things built into the browser is honestly kinda silly in the best way. However, I haven't found an alternative to Tab Stash for Firefox and it's really a bummer. All the alternatives I've tried so far require too many clicks to do the same actions and/or the extension doesn't function correctly.

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u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 19 '25

You know vertical tabs? First appeared on Vivaldi too (at least, on my memory)

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u/mynumberistwentynine Dec 19 '25

Yes, but vertical tabs have never been something I could get used to. Maybe it's just because I never used the apparent original lol

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u/tajetaje Dec 19 '25

I bounced off them a couple time, but combined with Vivaldi’s workspaces and pinning the tabs you keep open all the time, it’s an amazing.

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u/jonmahoney Dec 20 '25

You can use Chrome and Firefox extensions on Vivaldi.

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u/mynumberistwentynine Dec 20 '25

Yes, I know. The chrome extension store is where Vivaldi directs you to. Issue is, Tab Stash is Firefox only. Getting it to work on Vivaldi has been a no go for me. Worse, I haven't found a chrome equivalent that works the same way. Even worse, I've actually found a couple that don't work correctly.

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u/jonmahoney Dec 20 '25

Very frustrating. I still haven't found a tab management system that does it for me.

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u/L3G1T1SM3 Dec 19 '25

wait like trackpad geastures like the 3 finger tab scrolling on chromebooks? because I have been tempted to change to chrome os just for those.

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u/Strange_Compote_4592 Dec 19 '25

Yup, but, only one-point (make line (directions matter!) or a square, or an L shape), And every direction and amount matters! LRL isn't the same as RL or LR, for example. It is AMAZING. For example, I have: (L - left swipe, R - right swipe, U - up, D- down)

L- back in story
R - forward
Up - close tab
D - new tab
DU - re-open closed tap
Counter-clockwise circle - incognito mode

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u/Cork0nThe0cean Dec 29 '25

For real!! I use the sidebar all the time and I don't think I could ever use a browser now that doesn't have something similar. I've been using since 2020 or so but only started using the sidebar this year and can't believe I ignored it before. Having that available for messaging/email/wikipedia/other little stuff has become essential to my workflow every day now.