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Arc is pretty unique in that is does away with bookmarks and instead sorts your tabs into three "tiers" - Favorites, pretty much like pinned tabs in every othe

by _cenw 4y ago

Arc is pretty unique in that is does away with bookmarks and instead sorts your tabs into three "tiers" - Favorites, pretty much like pinned tabs in every other browser, but these feel more durable, accidentally navigating away is not a thing and Arc doesn't really open multiple windows. - Pinned, which are bookmarks and tabs at the same time. - Today, which are ephemeral tabs that are automatically purged after 12 hours, but easy to bring back. It almost feels like they managed to make a hybrid of a browser and something like Rambox, and I do like it for that. It is great for muscle memory (favorite/pinned tabs always in the same place) and easy context switching. I wouldn't call it revolutionary, but it certainly is a lot more polished than other niche browsers. For now they also don't add too many "why is this here" features, which are hard to avoid in any browser these days. It's great for a particular type of person: Someone who uses a lot of web apps but never cleans out any of their tabs, except all at once to start from scratch.

solarkraft 4y ago
Hey, nice, that's something I've waited for for a while! I hope they'll eventually publish the code (when the company dies or something), so that I can use it.
Terretta 4y ago
Safari has: (0) Favorites, which can have icons turned off and be text menus with nesting across your browser bar horizontally, (1) Tab Groups, which persist and live in the side bar vertically with lists under each, and (2) ephemeral tabs (transient, today, etc.) that live above the tab groups, and can disappear when you quit/rerun browser or be restored (I use that mode). And, just for fun, it also has (3) "Pinned Tabs" that stay pinned at the left of your tab row. Both (1) Tab Groups and (2) ephemeral tabs have their own unique (3) Pinned tabs. Certainly favorites are bookmarks while tab groups are tabs, but there's little difference in practical use as you can right click a favorites hierarchy and "open in tab group". The ephemeral class are unique per Apple device, while the Tab Groups are shared across devices. Both are synced across devices, you can browse to the ephemeral class on other Apple devices using the "iCloud Tabs" button at bottom of sidebar.

by _cenw 4y ago

solarkraft 4y ago

Hey, nice, that's something I've waited for for a while! I hope they'll eventually publish the code (when the company dies or something), so that I can use it.

Terretta 4y ago

Safari has: (0) Favorites, which can have icons turned off and be text menus with nesting across your browser bar horizontally, (1) Tab Groups, which persist and live in the side bar vertically with lists under each, and (2) ephemeral tabs (transient, today, etc.) that live above the tab groups, and can disappear when you quit/rerun browser or be restored (I use that mode). And, just for fun, it also has (3) "Pinned Tabs" that stay pinned at the left of your tab row. Both (1) Tab Groups and (2) ephemeral tabs have their own unique (3) Pinned tabs. Certainly favorites are bookmarks while tab groups are tabs, but there's little difference in practical use as you can right click a favorites hierarchy and "open in tab group". The ephemeral class are unique per Apple device, while the Tab Groups are shared across devices. Both are synced across devices, you can browse to the ephemeral class on other Apple devices using the "iCloud Tabs" button at bottom of sidebar.