Hello. This is my #Introduction.

I have been working with Web technologies since 1992. I have co-founded two browser companies, Opera Software and Vivaldi Technologies. I was CEO at Opera and I am CEO at Vivaldi.

I am a strong proponent of open standards. I believe in building feature rich products that can be adapted to the needs of users without collecting information about usage. I believe no company has the right to profile their users.

#Vivaldi #browser #Web #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Windows #macos #Linux

  • 🇩🇪 𝕳𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖊𝕬𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖙@social.vivaldi.net
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    4 months ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net

    You are a pioneer in the development of innovative web browsers.

    You are a superhero without a cape, protect the privacy of us users and stand up for an open and free web.

    You are an inspiration to many people. Not least because of you, I am a professional developer myself.

    Thank you for your passion and commitment. :tony_happy:

  • SajalGhosh@social.vivaldi.net
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    4 months ago

    Hi @jon@vivaldi.net ,
    I have been using #Vivaldi for around 2 years. I love some of the amazing features like Page Tiling and Notes. I use MS Edge OLNY FOR its natural TTS.

    Would you please introduce this #feature here?

    Also, please improve the Mailbox.

    Cheers

      • SajalGhosh@social.vivaldi.net
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        4 months ago

        Hi @jon@vivaldi.net

        Sorry for not clarifying. I love the “Read Aloud” feature of MS Edge. The voice sounds more natural than any other free “Text to Speech” engines. I particularly love this feature because as a non-native English speaker, it helps me read faster and make me feel more comfortable. Reading newspapers, long articles / blogs is much more comfortable with this feature. In addition, combined with and ePub add on, I also read ebooks with MS Edge.

  • Krzysztof Drawa@pol.social
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    4 months ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net Hi Jon, nice to meet you. I am an English-Polish translator, have been working in the field for 30 years, 2/3 of it using CAT (Computer Aided Translation) software. I respect your approach to open standards, Vivaldi has been my browser of choice for quite a long time, it quickly replaced Firefox which I long considered untouchable and indispensable. Hope you’ll be able to bear the open standards flag for many years to come.
    #Introduction