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I started using Arc ~1 year ago. I like it's model of tab management a lot, it's made using the browser much easier. Around ~2 months ago I thought maybe it was
by extr 2y ago
I started using Arc ~1 year ago. I like it's model of tab management a lot, it's made using the browser much easier. Around ~2 months ago I thought maybe it was running slow and went back to Edge. Well, never really got a clear sense of if Arc was slow, but I missed it's tab management features so much, I had to switch back.
To summarize the Arc Tab Management Philosophy:
- 3 Groups: Pinned Tabs, Favorites Tabs, "Regular" Tabs
- Pinned tabs never go away
- Favorites are "sticky" to the original URL you saved them under. So you can navigate within that tab, but you can always click to get back to the original favorited URL.
- Regular tabs are auto-archived if not used in 24 hours.
And some other features:
- Vertical tab bar
- Command palette for searching/opening new tabs
- Folder structure for organizing favorite tabs.
- "Spaces" (like virtual desktops) which tbh I don't see much use from.
- Split tabs
- Some AI features they are pushing now. Don't really use these much either.
- Lots of integrations, eg, hover to see your GCal. They just pushed a new "live folder" feature that auto organizes all your open GH PRs. This is super useful.
All in all, I might actually pay for this if they make it subscription only. For me it's the difference between having 150 tabs open in Edge (many of them duplicates or one-offs) or 20-30 tabs open in Arc, and never thinking too much about tab management. All in all I think it points to the fact that the browser space is sorely under-optimized for power users. The #1 tool everyone uses day in and day out and most people just accept having 200 unmanageable chrome tabs open as the cost of doing business?
- pprotas 2y agoSpaces are great in combination with profiles. I have a space/profile for work and personal, since my work requires a few different extensions, Google login, etc