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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by rplnt on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @11:00AM (#43343996)
Vivaldi is roughly 1000 times slower. You need a pretty good computer to run that UI. It also lacks extremely basic features Opera had; like working LRU tab switching. I liked the idea, but it's impossible to recommend.
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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by AlienRobot on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @02:55PM (#43346507)
Is that true? I remember having to change a setting to switch the behavior of tab switching because it was LRU by default and I prefer it in visible order.
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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by rplnt on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @03:57PM (#43347052)
It used to work and broke maybe 2 years ago. This tells me that no one is actually using the browser and that no one is really working on it either. It receives chromium updates and then some money-making features here and there.
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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by dicknuckle on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @09:44PM (#43349605)
have you tried Otter Browser?
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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by rplnt on Thursday March 13, 2025 @02:20AM (#43350788)
It's been a while, 8-10 years ago maybe? But quick look now tells me it's still one person effort. That's both awesome and unfortunate. I wish it got more traction back then to attract more active user/dev base.
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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by rplnt on Thursday March 13, 2025 @08:19AM (#43352529)
What a blast from the past. 0 comments, 0 points. Opera wasn't very popular in US. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7937436
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