16 Vivaldi features that make it better than Chrome
Miscellaneous / / April 05, 2023
The ability to place tabs vertically, control the browser with mouse gestures, record command chains and more.
1. Fast tab recovery
In order to open one of the accidentally closed tabs in Chrome, you need to click "Menu" → "History" → "Recently closed"... This is a long time. Well, or you can click Ctrl + Shift + T, but then only the last one will appear in front of you.
In Vivaldi, the process is organized in a simpler way. Click on the trash can icon on the tab bar and you will see all previously closed sites. And even those that you visited in the previous session, for example yesterday. Very comfortably.
2. Sorting subtabs
An extremely handy feature that will allow you to open as much as you like tabs and at the same time do not litter the panel with them. Just grab one of them by the edge and drag it onto the other. And as a result, you will get several tabs located in one. Sort the sites in the panel and inactive resources will be collapsed until you select them.
Creating multi-level tabs by drag and drop is much faster and more intuitive than manually creating groups through the context menu in Chrome.
3. Vertical placement of tabs
A useful feature for those who open many sites at once is a real “killer feature” of Vivaldi. Obviously, a vertical list will be much more readable than a horizontal ribbon, since all the tab titles will be placed on the panel. Just click Settings → Tabs and choose where you want to place your panel - left or right.
4. Visual display of tabs
A handy feature for those who find it easier to recognize open sites by their appearance, rather than reading the headlines. Click Settings → Tabs → Visual Tabs, and the resources in the panel will begin to appear as easy-to-read thumbnails.
5. Advanced tab management
To close the tab, in all self-respect browsers you need to click on the cross icon on it. But Vivaldi has a handy feature that allows you to spend much less time on it.
Click "Settings" → "Tabs" → "Close with double click". At the same time, you can uncheck the box "Show close button". Now, to close a tab, you just need to double-click on it.
6. Running shortcuts
This cool panel, reminiscent of Spothlight in macOS. Instead of looking for the desired button in the Vivaldi interface, it is better to press the F2 key and enter the name of the function. So you can quickly find everything you need without wasting time remembering where this or that button is located.
7. Placement of tools on the sidebar
In Vivaldi bookmarks, history, downloads, translator, calendar, mail, tasks, notes and tabs are placed on the sidebar of the browser window. This arrangement allows you to keep everything at hand in one place. Much better than Chrome's many submenus.
When you don't need the sidebar, just click the toggle on the bottom and it will disappear. Or double-click on any of the icons, which will also hide it.
8. Placement of sites in the sidebar
In addition to the built-in tools of Vivaldi, you can also place mobile versions of the sites you need on the sidebar. This is an extremely useful feature: in this way it will be possible, for example, to add to the browser Google Keep, Simplenote or other note manager, instant messengers, social networks and other necessary services. And work with them in the sidebar, without looking up from the main page.
9. Simultaneous viewing of two pages
This feature is useful if, say, you are simultaneously working on a document in Google Docs and browse the source site. Just open the two resources you need and click on the small icon in the lower right corner of the screen - next to the screenshot tool. And then choose how to place the sites - horizontally, vertically or on a grid.
10. Controlling the browser with mouse gestures
This feature allows you to effectively control Vivaldi by drawing various patterns in the browser window with the mouse while holding the right button. Let's say you moved the cursor from right to left - and returned to the previous page. Moved from top to bottom - and created a new tab.
This method saves a lot of time because you don't have to aim the mouse at the controls in the browser interface. To customize gestures, click Settings → Mouse.
11. Hot key settings
Unlike Chrome, Vivaldi allows you to not only use ready-made shortcutsbut also create your own. To do this, click "Settings" → "Keyboard". Moreover, the browser can assign keyboard shortcuts for those actions that are not available by default.
12. Create notes
Vivaldi's built-in note editor is a great help in saving the information you come across while surfing the Web. Select the desired piece of text on the web page and click Copy to Notes. All saved entries will be waiting for you on the browser sidebar.
13. Ad blocking
The first extension that most people add to Chrome is AdBlock or some analogue. Google from version to version threatens to remove all such addons from its store. Vivaldi has a built-in ad blocker so you don't have to install anything extra.
14. Saving sessions
To bulk save and then restore many tabs in Chrome, you have to resort to the help of extensions like OneTab or TabCopy. In Vivaldi, all the necessary tools are built-in. Click "File" → "Save all tabs as session" and you can "preserve" the current browser session.
Then, if necessary, click "File" → "Open Session" and restore the necessary pages. This is very useful if you want to sort out all your open tabs later.
15. Taking screenshots
Vivaldi's built-in screenshot tool is on par with all Chrome extensions with similar functionality. Click the camera icon at the bottom of the browser and choose the format and portion of the web page you want to capture.
16. Record chains of commands
This is a tool for advanced users that allows you to automate any action that you perform in the browser. Go to Settings → Shortcuts → Command Chains and create your own sequence of actions. Then it can be pinned to the toolbar or to the quick menu launched by the F2 key.
With the help of chains of commands, it will be possible, for example, to open several sites you need at once and arrange them in the browser window on a grid. Or close all pages, saving the session beforehand. Or do it in bulk screenshots open tabs. Experiment - Vivaldi allows you to automate anything.
Have you tried Vivaldi? What features did you like the most?
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