Among the many chromium derivatives that exist, Vivaldi It is one of the most interesting, especially because it dared to break the trend of application simplification seen in the last decade and a half and tried to restore the essence of the original Opera, which used Presto as a rendering engine. As a result, we have a flexible, very powerful application with many options and clearly aimed at power users or advanced users.

In an effort to restore the essence of the old Opera, Vivaldi provided quite powerful cross-platform support that covered not only classic Windows, macOS and Android, but also Linux through Deb and RPM packages and supporting 64-bit x86 architectures. and ARM. However, it had a backlog with iOS, which recently settled with the launch of an official compilation for Apple’s touch-focused operating system.

Vivaldi for iOS supports iPhone and iPad and tries to preserve at least some of the strengths that characterized this web browser. The user is presented with a main interface with a tab bar in a style similar to that used in desktop compilations, shield icon including ad blockers and trackerstypical address bar, speed dial with support for quick access to web pages and folders, access to bottom left panels, bottom center search button and bottom right tab switcher.

O These panels provide access to manage bookmarks, history, notes, reading lists, and downloads, while the tab switcher makes it easy to access regular, private, and synced tabs. The latter feature shows that Vivaldi for iOS supports synchronization with the rest of the systems officially supported by the web browser.

As we can see, and even though it is a mobile application, it is quite complete in terms of features. Among all that it offers, Vivaldi for iOS (and the rest of the supported systems) can highlight a blocker that supports three levels: don’t block, block trackers, and block trackers and ads. Although setting the maximum protection level improves privacy, it is important to keep in mind that it can lead to broken pages or websites. Another important feature is the ability to choose a search engine from a decent catalog, in which some options are more privacy-friendly.

A special aspect is that Vivaldi for iOS allows you to create a custom button for the app to better reflect the user’s identity or mood, and is able to adapt to larger iPad screens and display a layout more reminiscent of those used by desktop-focused compilations.

Vivaldi for iOS can be obtained from the Apple App Store. We’ll see if the app can deliver more in the future, when the apple-biting giant gives free reign over a web rendering engine usable in its touch-focused operating system.