On this person profile, we meet Japanese engineer, Popogami Po who loves effectivity and discovering new methods to streamline his life. He began utilizing Vivaldi in 2020 and has discovered quite a few methods to get probably the most out of looking, with as few clicks as doable.

What made you begin making Vivaldi your major browser?

I would like a browser that may hibernate tabs and save classes. Vivaldi has this built-in, so I made a decision to make use of it as my principal browser. Whereas comparable issues could be achieved in Chrome, it requires an extension that eats reminiscence. Having the performance built-in is the higher choice for me.

We hear you hate mice. What’s that about?

I nearly by no means contact the mouse! After I began working as an engineer, I used a mouse like most individuals. However over time my shoulders started to ache increasingly more. In addition to, working with a mouse simply wasn’t environment friendly sufficient for me. For instance, I didn’t like that closing the browser took three actions: reaching for my mouse, transferring the mouse pointer to the “x” button, and clicking. I wish to shut it as quickly as I consider doing it, in a single transfer. And, since my fingers are usually poised over the keyboard anyway, utilizing keyboard shortcuts was the reply.  I now use lots of them to browse with out having to depart the keyboard. 

By the way in which, I additionally use a distinct kind of keyboard, the Final Hacking Keyboard (Final Gadget Laboratories). That is additionally an enormous assist, as a result of the keyboard has a “mouse key”, so I can function the mouse from the keyboard when a mouse is unavoidable.. So I very hardly ever need to even contact a standard mouse.

What’s a function you employ lots?

Tab tiling. I write and evaluation lots of code for work. The power to tile tabs facet by facet permits me to view and work on the code whereas trying on the necessities. Or if I’m at an internet convention and wish to do some additional analysis on the subject, I can do it with out dropping focus.

How have you ever personalized the browser?

One of many first issues you’ll discover while you open a webpage in my Vivaldi, is how my Deal with Bar and Tab Bar are organized. 

I saved the tab bar on the high, however I’ve shifted the handle bar to the left of my tabs and hidden the search bar, since I search with keyboard shortcuts, after all. This structure retains my Vivaldi interface good and clear, with just one row on the high. However I additionally used a mod from the Vivaldi Discussion board, so I might have a couple of row of tabs. (I do know scrollable tabs are additionally an choice, however this works higher for me.)

How about themes?

I tweak the colour scheme to swimsuit my desire – it typically adjustments in accordance with my temper. I take shared Themes from the Vivaldi Group after which attempt to make my very own Mercari-style coloration.

What’s a Vivaldi function you’ll be able to’t dwell with out?

Command Chains get heavy-use, given my keyboard-only operation. One which I exploit ceaselessly was one of many Japanese winners of the Command Chain contest again in September 2021. It’s a simple chain that strikes a tab three locations over. 

I had already specified Alt+J and Alt+Okay for the shortcut keys that transfer the tabs left and proper, however I discovered a daily must shift them three locations forward. Certain I might simply hit the Alt+J/Okay key thrice, nevertheless it’s a trouble and fewer environment friendly. By utilizing the Command Chain function, it was straightforward to arrange a customized motion, so I can hit a shortcut as soon as as an alternative of thrice.

I’m so explicit about transferring tabs as a result of I typically use “Hibernate background tabs” and “Save chosen tabs as classes” with the tabs chosen.  So I wish to group tabs collectively earlier than choosing them. 

The power to hibernate tabs – and scale back reminiscence utilization –  is among the greatest causes I grew to become a Vivaldi fan.

Inform us extra about how you employ classes.

I’ve used one other mod from the Discussion board so as to add a Panel that shows a session listing from the facet panel.

With regards to saving classes, I exploit Command Chains. If I’ve chosen tabs, it saves these as a session. If no tabs are chosen, it saves all tabs.  It’s also personalized so the session title could be overwritten with the identical session title. 

This turns out to be useful, for instance, once I open a session I saved in yesterday’s work, add to it, and wish to save the online pages that I opened with the identical title. Usually in case you enter the identical session title, you add a string like “(2)” on the finish of the title.  However this customization permits me to overwrite the title with the identical session title and maintain my session panel tidy.

Every other time-saving suggestions?

Nicely, I’ve added a prefix to my bookmark names to reinforce using Fast Instructions. For instance, I added the prefix “lab” to all my GitLab bookmarks. If I open Fast Instructions and sort “lab”, I get a listing of all my “GitLab” associated webpages.

And also you’ve discovered a technique to keep away from an excessive amount of distraction on Twitter?

I like posting on Twitter,  however I discovered myself getting too side-tracked by my timeline. I made a Command Chain with some JavaScript to open a window that goes straight to the Twitter publish subject. I can then share well timed tweets with out the countless circulation of tweets getting in the way in which of my work. Some would possibly discover this area of interest, however by addressing particulars like this, I’ve boosted my total effectivity. You’ll find the JavaScript on this Discussion board publish.

Any recommendation for brand new Vivaldi customers?

I’ve actually personalized my Vivaldi browser, nevertheless it didn’t occur in a single day – and I’m all the time on the lookout for new methods to tweak it much more. It’s been value my time, for a extra environment friendly workflow. 

Keyboard shortcuts are a great place to start out. Vivaldi has already assigned primary instructions to shortcuts. It has sufficient performance by default, so you should use it comfortably. And, in case you want extra, you’ll be able to set them up and your self simply by going to Settings > Keyboard. When you see how a lot time they’ll save, they’ll turn into habit-forming.

Vivaldi is up to date ceaselessly, with new options added increasingly more, so there may be all the time one thing new to find. I’m wondering if it even is sensible for me to make use of one other browser anymore.

Many because of IT Author & Vivaldi Person Tomonori Yanagiya for his glorious authentic Japanese weblog publish about Popogami Po. 

We all know lots of you may have personalized your Vivaldi browsers, so be happy to point out and inform  – or hyperlink to Discussion board posts – within the feedback. Or, give suggestions for newbies who’re getting began with adapting Vivaldi.