Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by eallam » Wed, May 03, 2023, 9:35 AM UTC

Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web
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Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by trelane » Wed, May 03, 2023, 12:00 PM UTC

Where's the source code?

Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by tyingq » Wed, May 03, 2023, 12:08 PM UTC

trelane wrote: post #2

Where's the source code?

They don't explicitly say it, but if you browse the parent company site[1] the overall impression you get is "closed source / commercial". Based on job postings their browser is chromium based[2].

[1] https://thebrowser.company/

[2] https://jobs.lever.co/thebrowser-company/dffb486a-c581-43ca-...

Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by wwarren » Wed, May 03, 2023, 12:09 PM UTC

Been using it for months for work and play and haven't looked back. It prevents accumulating tabs infinitely, and has a number of quality of life improvements that I now can't live without

Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by theshrike79 » Wed, May 03, 2023, 12:11 PM UTC

Arc is still just a fancy Chrome front-end.

I refuse to use Chrome-based browsers just to keep things non-monocultural on the web. Even though I do know it's a losing battle.

Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by robobro » Wed, May 03, 2023, 12:17 PM UTC

I prefer the Arc that hacker news is written in...

Did anything ever become of Bel?

Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by gtirloni » Wed, May 03, 2023, 12:19 PM UTC

Sadly I've been on the waitlist ever since this was mentioned.

Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by aestetix » Wed, May 03, 2023, 12:19 PM UTC

I had dismissed this as yet another tab management browser widget thingy, but I took a closer look at it.

To me, what is really standout, is what they have done with "spaces." They are basically profiles, which is something no browser currently does well.

Ultimately it comes down to being a cookie manager to an extent. I love the idea that I can have different accounts for various projects, and when I switch between the different projects (spaces), the accounts are automatically logged in. Because it apparently keeps tabs (har har) on not only what tabs you have open, but also what session cookies are being used in them.

This is based entirely on watching some videos, I haven't tried it out yet. But this may actually be a really useful and innovative browser.

Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by anhner » Wed, May 03, 2023, 12:21 PM UTC

NOTHING mentioned on this page can't be done natively or with extensions in other browsers. What is so revolutionary about it?

And I won't even mention the landing page for the browser itself which is just 2 page scrolls of "Arc is a browser and more..." with signup links for the wainting list, no description of what it is, what it does, nothing.

Re: Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web

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Post by bestest » Wed, May 03, 2023, 12:22 PM UTC

gtirloni wrote: post #7

Sadly I've been on the waitlist ever since this was mentioned.

I can send you an invite!

edit: sent.