New 'Vivaldi' web browser debuts, does it have a chance

It's Wednesday, April 5th, 2016, and if you're struggling to get your old copy of Netscape to do well anything at all then we have good news. There's a new browser out today called Vivaldi, and it sort of goes in the opposite direction of current browser trends. While web browsers have been trying to simplify things, Vivaldi intentionally allows you to make your browser as complicated as possible or not. Opera Software co-founder John von Tetch is behind Vivaldi, and as you might have guessed, he has some experience with this browser thing.

Fechner says that Vivaldi is for power users who want a heavily tweaked and customized their online browser. He also states that they've tried to bake in every feature possible while keeping system demands low. A quick performance comparison here at DT shows that he may be onto something, and we continue to poke about with it. Will Vivaldi ever catch on? It's hard to tell, but anything is possible, and it is nice to see a fresh face out there in the browser market.

Vivaldi 1.0 is available right now for download for Mac, Windows, and Unix, and it's free. We recently tested the new DJI Phantom 4 and found the new avoidance features pretty handy. But after seeing this video, it looks like drones are about to get even smarter and real soon. Researchers at Stanford have upgraded the avoidance tech on this test drone to the point that it can bob and weave away from a fencing foil all on its own. The drone uses a combination of visual laser and ultrasonic sensors to keep from being skewered in a production drone. This kind of tech could make indoor flying a whole lot safer, and maybe someday we could use it for lightsaber practice.

Until then, we think it should immediately be used with this new drone. Instagram user Sue Mosley is happy to have her account back in operation after it was disabled when she posted this photo of a cake. No joke, apparently Instagram's boob spotting AI tagged Seuss classic Simnel cake as a violation of Instagram's TOS protocols, which apparently include no photos of bare breasts or nudity in general. After a huge outcry from the internet and a few sympathetic Twitter posts, an actual human at Instagram got involved and apologized, restored Sue's account, good to know because we were just about to post some pics from our latest round of muffin experiments in the DT kitchen.

We've got the rest of the day's tech news at Digital Trends.com. That's all for DT Daily today, we'll be back tomorrow.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's wednesday april fifth 2016 and if you're struggling to get your old copy of Netscape to do well anything at all then we have good news there's a new browser out today called Vivaldi and it sort of goes in the opposite direction of current browser trends while web browsers have been trying to simplify things Vivaldi intentionally allows you to make your browser as complicated as possible or not opera software co founder john von Tetch nerve that's what we're going with is behind Vivaldi and as you might have guessed he has some experience with this browser thing fechner says Vivaldi is for power users who want a heavily tweaked and customize their online browser and he says they've tried to bake in every feature possible while keeping system demands low a quick performance comparison here at dt shows he may be onto something and we continue to poke about with it will Vivaldi ever catch on well it's hard to tell but anything is possible and it is nice to see a fresh face out there in the browser market Vivaldi 1.0 is available right now for download for mac windows and unix and it's free we recently tested the new DJI phantom 4 and found the new avoidance features pretty handy but after seeing this video it looks like drones are about to get even smarter and real soon researchers at Stanford have up the avoidance tech on this test drone to the point that it can bob and weave away from a fencing foil all on its own the drone uses a combination of visual laser and ultrasonic sensors to keep from being skewered in a production drone this kind of tech could make indoor flying a whole lot safer and maybe someday we could use it for lightsaber practice until then we think it should immediately be used with this new drone Instagram user sue Mosley is happy to have her account back in operation after it was disabled when she posted this photo of a cake no joke apparently instagrams boob spotting a I tagged Seuss classic Simnel cake as a violation of instagrams TOS protocols which apparently include no photos of bare breasts or nudity in general after a huge outcry from the internet and a few sympathetic Twitter posts an actual human at instant have got involved apologized and restored Sue's account good to know because we were just about to post some pics from our latest round of muffin experiments in the dt kitchen we've got the rest of the day's tech news at Digital Trends com that's all for dt daily today we'll be back tomorrowit's wednesday april fifth 2016 and if you're struggling to get your old copy of Netscape to do well anything at all then we have good news there's a new browser out today called Vivaldi and it sort of goes in the opposite direction of current browser trends while web browsers have been trying to simplify things Vivaldi intentionally allows you to make your browser as complicated as possible or not opera software co founder john von Tetch nerve that's what we're going with is behind Vivaldi and as you might have guessed he has some experience with this browser thing fechner says Vivaldi is for power users who want a heavily tweaked and customize their online browser and he says they've tried to bake in every feature possible while keeping system demands low a quick performance comparison here at dt shows he may be onto something and we continue to poke about with it will Vivaldi ever catch on well it's hard to tell but anything is possible and it is nice to see a fresh face out there in the browser market Vivaldi 1.0 is available right now for download for mac windows and unix and it's free we recently tested the new DJI phantom 4 and found the new avoidance features pretty handy but after seeing this video it looks like drones are about to get even smarter and real soon researchers at Stanford have up the avoidance tech on this test drone to the point that it can bob and weave away from a fencing foil all on its own the drone uses a combination of visual laser and ultrasonic sensors to keep from being skewered in a production drone this kind of tech could make indoor flying a whole lot safer and maybe someday we could use it for lightsaber practice until then we think it should immediately be used with this new drone Instagram user sue Mosley is happy to have her account back in operation after it was disabled when she posted this photo of a cake no joke apparently instagrams boob spotting a I tagged Seuss classic Simnel cake as a violation of instagrams TOS protocols which apparently include no photos of bare breasts or nudity in general after a huge outcry from the internet and a few sympathetic Twitter posts an actual human at instant have got involved apologized and restored Sue's account good to know because we were just about to post some pics from our latest round of muffin experiments in the dt kitchen we've got the rest of the day's tech news at Digital Trends com that's all for dt daily today we'll be back tomorrow\n"