Lanseringen av webbläsaren Vivaldi 8.3 med en ny annonsblockerare

Release of proprietary browser Vivaldi 8.3 has occurred, developed based on the Chromium engine by former developers of the Opera Presto engine. Builds of Vivaldi are prepared for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Changes made to the Chromium codebase are distributed under an open license. The browser interface is written in JavaScript using the React library, Node.js platform, Browserify, and various ready-made NPM modules. The implementation of the interface is available in source texts, but under a proprietary license.

Projektet syftar till att skapa en anpassningsbar och funktionell webbläsare som bevarar användarnas dataintegritet. Några av de viktigaste funktionerna inkluderar en spårnings- och annonsblockerare, anteckningshanterare, historik- och bokmärkeshanterare, privat surfning, synkronisering med end-to-end-kryptering, flikgrupperingsläge, sidopanel, en konfigurerare med många inställningar, horisontellt visningsläge för flikar samt en inbyggd e-postklient, RSS-läsare och kalender.

The new version features a completely redesigned ad and tracker blocker, allowing users to customize their own blocking levels. By default, four levels are available: 'Off' (disables the blocker), 'Weak' (blocks most tracking and some ads), 'Medium' (blocks almost all tracking and ads, websites may break), and 'Strong' (blocks nearly all tracking and ads, websites may frequently break). The browser now also remembers individual blocking level settings for each site.

Bland andra förbättringar:

• Auto-hide tab panel on mouse hover (when positioned on the side).
• Pinned tabs in the form of icons (when the tab panel is positioned on the side).
  
• Simultaneous opening of multiple links from the clipboard.
• Copying links cleared of trackers.
• Support for Chromium group API (extensions for managing tabs can now be used).
• Improved performance of reading mode.
• In the Android version, the ability to copy links cleared of trackers, open links in an external application, open a link in the selected group, and support for Proton has been implemented. VPN.
• In the iOS version, a new tab position setting has been added, and copying links cleared of trackers has been ensured.

Källa: opennet.ru