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For the lazy, clicking [Try it for yourself] asks for your email to notify you when "your spot is ready and waiting!". https://arc.net/ https://arc.net/ Must

For the lazy, clicking [Try it for yourself] asks for your email to notify you when "your spot is ready and waiting!". https://arc.net/ https://arc.net/ Must be a responsibly release, don't want too many powerusers flooding the web at once.

ciwolsey 4y ago
All I learned from that mess of a site is that Arc is a browser of some kind.
jklinger410 4y ago
IIRC this is Mac only. Although it is developed on top of Chromium. I guess Power Users only use Mac.
- 1123581321 4y ago
  They’re developing a Windows version right now.
  - jklinger410 4y ago
    Very cool. When they finally develop a Linux version of their Chromium based browser (already cross-platform) I will consider giving it a shot.
    - 1123581321 4y ago
      Sarcasm acknowledged. :) It's okay if you don't like the browser I like.
- LoganDark 4y ago
  > I guess Power Users only use Mac. Little Snitch and Audio Hijack/Loopback and Sketchapp and iA Writer and Inklet certainly think so. There are no Windows/cross-platform analogues for any of these. No firewall that suspends connections for an interactive prompt, no way to create virtual audio devices or route audio in Windows, no equivalent to Sketch (Figma comes close I guess) and the Windows version of iA Writer is pretty pathetic. And Inklet simply doesn't have a Windows equivalent even when I have an official Apple Magic Trackpad connected to my computer. There's just a lot of cool stuff that isn't available for other OSes.
  - black_puppydog 4y ago
    not sure about sketchapp and inklet, but the first examples are extremely platform specific to the point of requiring a rewrite for different platforms
    - LoganDark 4y ago
      > the first examples are extremely platform specific to the point of requiring a rewrite for different platforms Oh, I know. Just cause nobody's done it yet doesn't mean it's not fair to say that macOS is the only operating system that has tools like these already made, though.
  - jraph 4y ago
    > No firewall that suspends connections for an interactive prompt Didn't ZoneAlarm do that on Windows in the 2000s?
    - mh- 4y ago
      there's one I used in the 90s too, like in the XP era, whose name escapes me now.
    - LoganDark 4y ago
      > Didn't ZoneAlarm do that on Windows in the 2000s? AFAIK those connections were blocked, not suspended, until you answered the prompt. Does ZoneAlarm still advertise this / is it documented anywhere? I can't find any info on it.
      - jraph 4y ago
        > AFAIK those connections were blocked, not suspended, until you answered the prompt Ah right, very possible.
  - jklinger410 4y ago
    There is absolutely a form of hipster-ism about publishing Mac only software. The truth is, it started because Mac users are more likely to pay for apps and app subscriptions. So the ironic part is that it's not as much about aesthetic or infrastructure or even ease of development as it is about economics.
- smsm42 4y ago
  Finally, the revenge of Windows users for all those years of "sure we support every platform. I mean every Windows platform of course!" (jk of course)
- soundnote 4y ago
  It's not power users per se, but these sorts of apps are essentially fashion and all the people making them are long time Mac heads. The fancy software startup space is really faddish and incestuous.
throwaway742 4y ago
>the Browser Company of New York lol

ciwolsey 4y ago

All I learned from that mess of a site is that Arc is a browser of some kind.

jklinger410 4y ago

IIRC this is Mac only. Although it is developed on top of Chromium. I guess Power Users only use Mac.

1123581321 4y ago
They’re developing a Windows version right now.
- jklinger410 4y ago
  Very cool. When they finally develop a Linux version of their Chromium based browser (already cross-platform) I will consider giving it a shot.
  - 1123581321 4y ago
    Sarcasm acknowledged. :) It's okay if you don't like the browser I like.
LoganDark 4y ago
> I guess Power Users only use Mac. Little Snitch and Audio Hijack/Loopback and Sketchapp and iA Writer and Inklet certainly think so. There are no Windows/cross-platform analogues for any of these. No firewall that suspends connections for an interactive prompt, no way to create virtual audio devices or route audio in Windows, no equivalent to Sketch (Figma comes close I guess) and the Windows version of iA Writer is pretty pathetic. And Inklet simply doesn't have a Windows equivalent even when I have an official Apple Magic Trackpad connected to my computer. There's just a lot of cool stuff that isn't available for other OSes.
- black_puppydog 4y ago
  not sure about sketchapp and inklet, but the first examples are extremely platform specific to the point of requiring a rewrite for different platforms
  - LoganDark 4y ago
    > the first examples are extremely platform specific to the point of requiring a rewrite for different platforms Oh, I know. Just cause nobody's done it yet doesn't mean it's not fair to say that macOS is the only operating system that has tools like these already made, though.
- jraph 4y ago
  > No firewall that suspends connections for an interactive prompt Didn't ZoneAlarm do that on Windows in the 2000s?
  - mh- 4y ago
    there's one I used in the 90s too, like in the XP era, whose name escapes me now.
  - LoganDark 4y ago
    > Didn't ZoneAlarm do that on Windows in the 2000s? AFAIK those connections were blocked, not suspended, until you answered the prompt. Does ZoneAlarm still advertise this / is it documented anywhere? I can't find any info on it.
    - jraph 4y ago
      > AFAIK those connections were blocked, not suspended, until you answered the prompt Ah right, very possible.
- jklinger410 4y ago
  There is absolutely a form of hipster-ism about publishing Mac only software. The truth is, it started because Mac users are more likely to pay for apps and app subscriptions. So the ironic part is that it's not as much about aesthetic or infrastructure or even ease of development as it is about economics.
smsm42 4y ago
Finally, the revenge of Windows users for all those years of "sure we support every platform. I mean every Windows platform of course!" (jk of course)
soundnote 4y ago
It's not power users per se, but these sorts of apps are essentially fashion and all the people making them are long time Mac heads. The fancy software startup space is really faddish and incestuous.

throwaway742 4y ago

>the Browser Company of New York lol