▁as ▁a ▁virtual ▁community ▁website ▁that ▁replaced ▁My ▁Opera , ▁which ▁was ▁shut ▁down ▁by ▁Opera ▁Software ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁Jon ▁Steph enson ▁von ▁T etz ch ner ▁was ▁anger ed ▁by ▁this ▁decision ▁because ▁he ▁believed ▁that ▁this ▁community ▁helped ▁make ▁the ▁Opera ▁web ▁browser ▁what ▁it ▁was . ▁T etz ch ner ▁then ▁launched ▁the ▁V ival di ▁Community — a ▁virtual ▁community ▁focused ▁on ▁providing ▁registered ▁users ▁with ▁a ▁discussion ▁forum , ▁blog ging ▁service , ▁and ▁numerous ▁other ▁practical ▁web ▁services — to ▁make ▁up ▁for ▁My ▁Opera ' s ▁closure . ▁Later , ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁V ival di ▁Techn ologies ▁launched ▁the ▁first ▁technical ▁preview ▁of ▁the ▁V ival di ▁web ▁browser . ▁Its ▁name ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁Italian ▁composer ▁Antonio ▁V ival di , ▁which , ▁according ▁to ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁cre ators , ▁is ▁an ▁easy ▁name ▁to ▁be ▁remembered ▁and ▁understood ▁world wide . ▁ ▁Re leases ▁ ▁Fe atures ▁ ▁User ▁interface ▁V ival di ▁has ▁a ▁minimal istic ▁user ▁interface ▁with ▁basic ▁icons ▁and ▁fonts , ▁and ▁a ▁color ▁scheme ▁that ▁changes ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁background ▁and ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁web ▁page ▁being ▁visited . ▁The ▁browser ▁also ▁allows ▁users ▁to ▁custom ize ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁UI ▁elements ▁such ▁as ▁background ▁color , ▁overall ▁theme , ▁address ▁bar ▁and ▁tab ▁position ing , ▁and ▁start ▁pages . ▁According ▁to ▁CE O ▁Jon ▁von ▁T etz ch ner ,