The market for web browsers might be heating up yet again following a dry spell over the last five years.

It could lead to more Google Chrome adoption, lackluster Internet Explorer performance and Firefox admirably sitting in the middle of the pack.

Microsoft's announcement of Project Spartan ignited a new fire in the web browser debate and ex-Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner intends to follow-up with his own announcement.

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The current head of Vivaldi Technologies announced its own browser on Tuesday focused on the core PC audience still utilizing older versions of Opera and wanting more from a web browser than a mobile experience.

Vivaldi will offer a panel to the left to reorder tabs, bookmarks and access emails. After the shutdown of 'My Opera', Vivaldi revived the place for blogs, emails, online chat and forums, hopefully winning over the 30 million still on Opera 12.

The fresh UI looks more like Safari (in Mac OS X) than any other web browser, but it will need to go through a list of stress tests before it's deemed a valid program to remove Google Chrome or Firefox.

Vivaldi Technical Preview 1 features a host of the functionality that will be available in the end version, but the company is looking for feedback and bug reports to make the web browser even better.

The web browser not only has to compete on PC, but also needs to win over the mobile market, currently invested in Safari and Chrome. Mozilla hasn't been able to establish a threshold on Android or iOS with Firefox, and Microsoft showning little interest.

Performance will be a key part of the web browser experience. Currently, Google Chrome hogs too much RAM; Firefox likes to crash; Safari has numerous issues; Internet Explorer lacks the extensions and Opera isn't a very well optimized or updated web browser.

If Vivaldi can sort out all these problems, it might win over more users, but we suspect most web users are happy with the web browser they're using, and some may not even know there are alternatives.

TagsVivaldi, Opera, Web browser, Jon S. von Tetzchner, Vivaldi Technologies