Everyone has their favorite browser, and some people can be very loyal to their choice. Trying to get them to look at another option can be hazardous to your health! So why entertain the idea of trying something other than your favorite? Well, here’s our case for using the Vivaldi browser, even just for a test drive.
Vivaldi is an Opera browser and their mission is to make sure your browser adapts around you… not the other way around. So right up front, when you install it, it asks how you want to set your browser up. Go through some options like color choices, where you want the tabs positioned on the window. Top, bottom or side? Choose a background. Then you’re ready to play!
The first thing I fell in love with was this. Side by side websites inside of the same browser window! What?! They call it a Panel. I call it multi-tasking! You can adjust the size. That made me happy! You can toggle that off and on with this button in the lower left corner. Inside this Panel, you can even create notes. So if you’re looking at a website and taking notes, you can easily do it all on one screen.
Now… it doesn’t export those notes to a Google doc or Evernote. It’s going to be housed within the browser. But it could come in handy and you can always copy and paste to where you need your notes to ultimately go. You can create sessions, so if you always open the same group of tabs at the same time, then you’ll want to create a session, then easily open them all at the same time by opening a session.
These are all your open tabs. They’re called Visual Tabs. You can see what you have open at a glance. Now, if you open too many, like I tend to do, it’ll look more like regular tabs on any other browser. When you open a tab, the color of the browser changes to the main color of that particular website. I dig that. Kinda gives it a more immersive feel.
There’s a ton to this browser. That’s really just scratching the surface! It’s a clean design, but once you go deep, it may overload some people’s senses. But if you love customizing your experience to what you want, as opposed to what a developer wants you to do, then Vivaldi is definitely worth a look.
I’d love to hear what you like about this… or hey! If there’s another browser you prefer! Leave a comment below, and be sure to share this video on your favorite social media site.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.
Two new highly requested iCloud plugins just got added to ChatGPT, giving people who rely on Apple’s Mail and Calendar services a way to search emails, check appointments, and manage their schedules directly through the chatbot.
The integration is rolling out to all ChatGPT plans, including the free tier. You can access it on the web, desktop, and iOS.