<![CDATA[In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder.]]>In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder. I worked at Opera for 17 years, leaving it after disagreeing with investors about the way forward. Two years later I co-founded @Vivaldi with Tatsuki Tomita and Anne Stavnes. This was in 2013.

For more than 30 years we have provided alternatives to Big Tech. First with Opera and now with Vivaldi. The focus has always been quite different from our competitors. More features, more privacy, more flexibility. Lately it has also meant the choice to avoid things like Crypto and Blockchain, avoid integrating AI and avoid integrating surveillance. This is not given. Most of our competitors are building in one or more of the above.

If you like what we are doing and our stand, feel free to download Vivaldi. If you are already with us, please tell your friends.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9bca8724-1331-4295-a769-748bd3f3c33e/in-april-1994-i-started-working-on-the-opera-browser-with-geir-iversøy-my-co-founder.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 03:43:02 GMTThu, 14 May 2026 15:00:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder. on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:09:06 GMT]]>@jon @Ketakater @Vivaldi Thank you for the reply, appreciated.
While Mozilla's funding is rather non-diverse, wouldn't Gecko still be a notably smaller reliance (more like dependence) on Google?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/richlv/statuses/116574030814970943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/richlv/statuses/116574030814970943Thu, 14 May 2026 17:09:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder. on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:20:27 GMT]]>@jon @Vivaldi appreciate you taking the time to explain 🙏

I personally like Vivaldi. It's my main browser for a few years and I love your engagement for a free and accessible Internet

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Ketakater/statuses/116573839542945171https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Ketakater/statuses/116573839542945171Thu, 14 May 2026 16:20:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder. on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:07:01 GMT]]>@TritTriton @jon @Vivaldi but that relies on Google's permission to do that, right?

What if they pull the plug?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Ketakater/statuses/116573786726813683https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Ketakater/statuses/116573786726813683Thu, 14 May 2026 16:07:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder. on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:03:08 GMT]]>@Ketakater @jon @Vivaldi Not exactly: they take the Chromium codebase and pull out all the tracking and other nasty code parts from it (as far as it is possible without making it break), before they add their own code.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/TritTriton/statuses/116573771424661240https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/TritTriton/statuses/116573771424661240Thu, 14 May 2026 16:03:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder. on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:38:35 GMT]]>@tanepiper @jon @Vivaldi The Arc team created another browser, Dia. Not sure if they will add features to Arc.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/klausblog/statuses/116573674899638495https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/klausblog/statuses/116573674899638495Thu, 14 May 2026 15:38:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder. on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:10:05 GMT]]>@jon @Vivaldi I've stuck with Arc for a while - but noticing it's lack of continuous development. Might be time to switch

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tane.codes/users/tanepiper/statuses/116573562839751229https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tane.codes/users/tanepiper/statuses/116573562839751229Thu, 14 May 2026 15:10:05 GMT