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Jon S. von Tetzchner

You are here. That makes you unique. You have made a good choice to take a step away from Big Tech. Now, get more people to join us. Help them with the initial process of setting things up.

If you have not done so already, download an alternative browser, such as Vivaldi as well. Consider whether you can move away from other Big Tech services. At Vivaldi, for example, we use Whereby for video conferences. Many of us have moved to Linux. Many of us use LibreOffice, instead of Microsoft office. There are options if you look for them. It is easy to go with Big Tech, but if you think the world would be better without them or if they had less power, know that you can make a difference.

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maple

@jon The problem with Vivaldi is it's not a good fit if you really like Firefox (at least the Firefox UI). AFAIK you can't even get rid of that sidebar on the left, or move it to the top. For many people Vivaldi is just too big a change; you take one look at it and instantly dislike it (and that sidebar is at least 50% of the problem).

jm2c

@jon If you want me to start using Vivaldi, you need to ditch WebKit first. AFAIK that is now possible in the EU with the latest iOS?

Already using Vivaldi on all my computers tho

Jon S. von Tetzchner

@jm2c

Our goal is to not use Webkit on iOS, just like on all other platforms. That is still not possible to do.

We are hoping things will improve, but clearly Apple is fighting this.

Jon S. von Tetzchner

@maple

You can toggle the sidebar with one key...

That being said, sometimes it is worth trying out new things. It may take a while to get used to, but there is a lot of functionality there that you just do not find anywhere else. Of course, I am biased, but this has been my experience with people trying us out.

maple

@jon I don't want more functionality. And why should I have to remember some obscure key combination to turn off that sidebar? Why isn't there a setting to turn it off permanently? If it come down to a choice of 1. Having to be annoyed every time I open my browser by a sidebar that I don't want, and needing to look up the key combination to turn it off, or 2. Just not using Vivaldi, 2 will always be my choice. I truly wish developers would understand that not everyone has a good memory, it probably took me five to ten years to remember Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V for copying and pasting text (and I was a lot younger then). EVERYTHING else I have to look up.

I came close to failing so many classes in school because I was so terrible at memorization, if I hadn't figured out kind of a "cheat" for taking multiple choice tests I probably would have never graduated (no, it was not copying the answers from the person next to me).

Jon S. von Tetzchner

@maple

There is a button in the lower left corner. Just click it. There is a menu item as well. Then there is the keyboard shortcut (F4).

I believe everyone has the right to get things their way. Thus this can be changed easily.

Now, there is a reason why most all other browsers have copied our idea with having a panel, but I also respect your right to not like it.

medina87

@jon I use it as a backup browser in case Firefox have some issues with a site (recently Twitch freezes a lot). I was also a fan of the 'old' Opera (used the last 12.** until it became borderline unusable). Still waiting for you to swim across the Atlantic Ocean.