Just switched to arc on windows. It’s really buggy but I wanted to still give it a chance because it feels really nice when it does what it should. I hoped it will get better over time. Still hope so but I don’t believe anymore…
I want the premium vertical UI and ease of switching spaces in Arc but without the AI slop and venture-backed rhetoric about reinventing the browser.
The browser is fine. We need more companies that can fork the good parts of successful browser engines and remove the tracking and AI hype bloat. Those companies won’t make VC-level money but they could make decent year-over-year profit with a strong community following.
Take a look @ Zen browser! Been using it for a while & it’s pretty good, so far!
Another Chrome-based browser of shit.
The plan this time is to build not just a different interface for a browser, but a different kind of browser entirely — one that is much more proactive, more powerful, more AI-centric, more in line with that original vision.
lol
I still cannot get over the fact that a browser requires an account to use.
yeah I saw ai centric and stopped reading
I’m trying to figure out what that means. Like if I were to imagine a wishlist of things AI might do in a browser:
- generate user-scripts to modify styling and perhaps even layouts through natural language.
- Use AI to automatically detect and remove advertisements, nsfw, etc. as desired
- identify spoofed websites and prevent them from opening
- search through browser history by natural language so that you’ll always be able to find that one page where you read that thing
- scan through a massive website (Wikipedia, corporate confluence or sharepoint) to find pages relevant to a natural language search
- identify fake content (lies, veiled advertisements, seo spam, satire)
Okay that’s all I can think of off the top of my head. Those would in theory be nice features to have, although I’d be worried about the ability to reliable deliver.
I also think all of that could be offered as a plugin for a regular browser. So I’m at a loss as to what would make the whole browser AI-centric.
Also I’m only reading the quote here, but I’d they are referring to the original vision of the web, it has nothing to do with any of this shit. But if that’s not the original vision being referred to then never mind.
Why would anyone use a browser that requires you to login, especially after that: https://kibty.town/blog/arc/
i tried it with bogus accounts just to see what all the hype was, and yea… it’s just bloatware pretending to be something “new” and “innovative” just to get suckers to sign up with their actual info
I really like the vertical tabs, the split profiles, the quick notes and the mini windows for links from other applications. If there is a prior product with all these features I’d love to try it. Please send a link.
If you want an experience similar to Arc without the AI nonsense, there is Zen Browser, a Firefox fork with vertical tabs, profiles and side panel.
Have been using it on the side for a couple of weeks now and it’s pretty nice. Hope they don’t fuck it up, I could see myself using it as my main browser in the future.
ITT: arc shills
The plan this time is to build not just a different interface for a browser, but a different kind of browser entirely — one that is much more proactive, more powerful, more AI-centric, more in line with that original vision.
Who could have thought? These goons are so predictable…
AI is the magic word, if you need loads of VC money.
the arc of browser is long, and bends towards techbro nonsense
