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Editor's Pick: Vivaldi Browser Is a Breath of Fresh Air

Vivaldi Browser Is a Breath of Fresh Air

Jack M. Germain
May 9, 2016 3:33 PM PT

The Vivaldi browser provides a refreshing approach to traveling along the Internet. It offers something beyond the same old thing in a different skin. Vivaldi is the brainchild of former Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner. The developers built the Vivaldi browser on top of Chromium, which is open source, but added their own proprietary skins. Therefore, Vivaldi's code is not available for review. [More...]

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