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Re: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company

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Post by milkshakes »

neutronicus wrote: post #272
Pfhortune wrote: post #236

It has been so tragic to see the unforced downfall of this company. Arc is such an amazing browser that really did some new and interesting things. They clearly have some phenomenal talent on the team, having managed to get their swift-centric development working on _Windows_. That's a huge and difficult undertaking! And they threw it away to work on (probably) the CEO's new fixation and threw Arc away like an old to…

> Nobody wants to use an Atlassian browser. False. On my work machine, I would grasp at any straw that promised to make JIRA less annoying.

Or they could take that money and actually improve the UX instead of needing an AI to navigate it?

Re: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company

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Post by deinonychus »

swores wrote: post #294
sphars wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was their blog post back in May https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-...

Ironic that I wasn't familiar with this company or their products before today, and having read about both Arc and Dia, including reading this blog post you've linked, the product that makes me want to try it is the one they've stopped developing...

It's still worth trying and using. The developers consider it a "finished product" and I don't disagree. It does lots of small things well* that many browsers (even the self-confessed clones like Zen) don't do out of the box, if at all. Maybe in two years the browser will no longer be distributed or receive Chromium updates, but it exists and works fine now.

* For example, I get a lot of value from renaming my tabs and even replacing their favicons with emojis of my choice. Zen appears to have limited support for this.

Re: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company

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Post by BikiniPrince »

smallerize wrote: post #296
darth_avocado wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use Arc for two reasons: Tabs on the side nav and the ability to have 3 different AWS accounts open at the same time

Firefox does both of those things out of the box with no extensions.

Vimperator plugin used to do the rest, but maybe that is no longer needed or working.

Re: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company

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Post by nofriend »

swores wrote: post #294
sphars wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was their blog post back in May https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-...

Ironic that I wasn't familiar with this company or their products before today, and having read about both Arc and Dia, including reading this blog post you've linked, the product that makes me want to try it is the one they've stopped developing...

It was popular but had no real route to profitability. Hence the acquisition.

Re: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company

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Post by swores »

deinonychus wrote: post #322
swores wrote: post #294

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ironic that I wasn't familiar with this company or their products before today, and having read about both Arc and Dia, including reading this blog post you've linked, the product that makes me want to try it is the one they've stopped developing...

It's still worth trying and using. The developers consider it a "finished product" and I don't disagree. It does lots of small things well* that many browsers (even the self-confessed clones like Zen) don't do out of the box, if at all. Maybe in two years the browser will no longer be distributed or receive Chromium updates, but it exists and works fine now. * For example, I get a lot of value from renaming my tabs a…

Thanks, I will do

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Post by dutchCourage »

ghm2199 wrote: post #43

I've switched to Zen browser recently (I like it's spaces and folder structure to organize work on a daily basis, same as Arc). fFox nightly is not there yet but it's getting close with tabs on the left..

I've also made the move to Zen. I think Arc users will feel right at home there. It hasn't quite reached he same level of polish just yet but being in active development is a big plus.

On top of that, Zen can be personalized with CSS. As someone who spends a lot of time in the browser, it's been awesome to be able to tailor it to my needs. https://docs.zen-browser.app/guides/live-editing

Re: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company

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Post by fwip »

jhaile wrote: post #299

I still use Arc as my primary browser. I prefer tabs on the side - I like how you can just drag tabs up and they will be saved (like Bookmarks, but I actually use it) I like pinned tabs which I use for calendar and my other top used "web apps" It also has good support for profiles and spaces. For example, I have a "Work" space, a "Demo" space (with tabs open for sales demos), a "Personal" space, and even a "Travel" s…

Zen is a Firefox-based browser that has copied a lot of Arc's good ideas, if you are looking for an alternative.
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