#Tag · bonfire.cafe

Under this analysis, browsers like @Vivaldi are in a very precarious situation: on the one hand, #VivaldiBrowser is being developed under what is arguably a “web of documents” mindset, and in fact more in general as a “Swiss knife of the Internet”, similarly to classic #OperaBrowser (I've already written about this at length). On the other hand, its reliance on the #Google-controlled #Blink engine that is designed for the “web of apps” cripples it in its efforts:

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Oblomov

@oblomov@sociale.network · 4 months ago

Especially if you're an #indieWeb supporter, you should consider this feature essential, as it's what gives you the ability e.g. to make your #RSS feeds nicely formatted even on browsers that have removed built-in support for them (i.e. basically anything except for #VivaldiBrowser).

Of course, it can be used for more than that. I wrote about this (in Italian) on my website a couple of years ago

https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/uberprufungslisten/

All Europeans 🇪🇺

@ueeu@social.vivaldi.net · 5 months ago

@Vivaldi

For some seconds we had the slightly hope that Vivaldi would create a photo sharing social media connected to the Fediverse (using Pixelfed or a new open source similar platform) with great interface design and nice features, like the browser has!

ThePfromtheO

@ThePfromtheO@social.vivaldi.net replied · 5 months ago

@ueeu @Vivaldi
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IMO, it would be too much for a small team that already has a complicated #browser, #sync system, #webmail system, #blogging system and #MastodonInstance to maintain :)

#VivaldiTechnologies #VivaldiBrowser #VivaldiWebmail #VivaldiSync #VivaldiBlogs #OnlyFjords #Vivaldi #Norway #European

Raven

@raven@mastodon.bsd.cafe · 6 months ago

Here are my personal recommendations for apps on GrapheneOS:

* App Stores: Sandboxed Google Play, F-Droid (with IzzyOnDroid repository), Accrescent (installable via GOS App Store), Obtainium (for APKs)

* Phone: Default AOSP/GOS phone app
* SMS: Default AOSP/GOS messenger app, Fossify Messenger (Play/F-Droid)
* Contacts: Default AOSP/GOS contacts app
* Camera: Default GrapheneOS Camera app

* Browser: Vanadium (default), Vivaldi browser (Play/Obtainium), Firefox/Fennec (Play/F-Droid)

* File manager: Fossify File Manager (Play/F-Droid)
* Gallery: Fossify Gallery (Play/F-Droid), Aves Gallery (Play/F-Droid/Accrescent)
* Notes: EasyNotes (Accrescent/F-Droid)
* Calculator: OpenCalc (Obtainium/F-Droid)
* Weather: BreezyWeather (Obtainium/Play/F-Droid)
* Mastodon: Moshidon (Obtainium/Play/F-Droid), Tusky (Play/F-Droid/Obtainium)
* Matrix: Schildichat (F-Droid, own F-Droid repo)

* Sunup: For apps that support UnifiedPush as notification service (Obtainium/Play/F-Droid)

#grapheneos #android #opensource #fdroid #accrescent #obtainium #fossify #izzyondroid #vanadiumbrowser #vivaldibrowser