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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 don

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.

orbital-decay 3y ago
Sidebery for Firefox is integrated with profiles pretty well. In general, the article seems to be an overly excited marketing pitch for yet another closed source Chromium-based browser, the main feature of which seems to be a... vertical tab bar? Which seems to be mimicking Sidebery to a close degree? Underwhelming.
- seaal 3y ago
  As someone that has actually used the browser for the past few months, it’s really about the flow and UX. Arc fits in the MacOS environment and has many small flourishes that just feel good. There has been a steady stream of new features, my favorite one being Peek which opens up a temporary page on top of the one your current tab.
- aestetix 3y ago
  I had not heard of Sidebery, I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
- cassianoleal 3y ago
  > Sidebery for Firefox is integrated with profiles pretty well. Sorry, but no. This is from someone whose main browser is Firefox with Sidebery. Sidebery can be configured to have a relatively low integration with containers - not profiles. You could argue that containers are very similar to profiles, and in a sense they are - but there's no deeply integrated UI/UX between Sidebery and containers. The spacial isolation Arc does by tying a space to a profile is much stronger and IMO much easier to grok than anything with Firefox and containers.

orbital-decay 3y ago

Sidebery for Firefox is integrated with profiles pretty well. In general, the article seems to be an overly excited marketing pitch for yet another closed source Chromium-based browser, the main feature of which seems to be a... vertical tab bar? Which seems to be mimicking Sidebery to a close degree? Underwhelming.

seaal 3y ago
As someone that has actually used the browser for the past few months, it’s really about the flow and UX. Arc fits in the MacOS environment and has many small flourishes that just feel good. There has been a steady stream of new features, my favorite one being Peek which opens up a temporary page on top of the one your current tab.
aestetix 3y ago
I had not heard of Sidebery, I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
cassianoleal 3y ago
> Sidebery for Firefox is integrated with profiles pretty well. Sorry, but no. This is from someone whose main browser is Firefox with Sidebery. Sidebery can be configured to have a relatively low integration with containers - not profiles. You could argue that containers are very similar to profiles, and in a sense they are - but there's no deeply integrated UI/UX between Sidebery and containers. The spacial isolation Arc does by tying a space to a profile is much stronger and IMO much easier to grok than anything with Firefox and containers.