Why did we build Arc Boosts? (an essay by Josh Miller)
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2023
- Why did we make Boosts? Browser Company CEO Josh Miller reflects on perception and our power to change it in a new essay.
Read it here: browsercompany.substack.com/p... 
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As an artist and designer, I am glad you have definitely found some sense of creativity and innovation through the inspiration of art! Although Turrell is also an influence on my artworks, I believe we can all need a scene where less is more in our personal lives, just like Arc’s Boosts. Well done on creating a reflective essay on your progress, Josh! Well done. ❤
I love whoever decided to use Caroline Polacheck's Door instrumental for the end of the video
You guys are awesome. Thank you
Wow. I don't comment much anywhere but am compelled to shout about ARC. I'm old and have seen it all. It has felt for some time now that the innovators were all gone and nothing new to take their place. Edison. DaVinci. Shakespeare.Elvis. The Beatles. Bowie. Steve Jobs. Apple.....I now add the creators of ARC to that list. Seriously. Thank you for changing the way I use and see and feel the internet. It is not only innovative, but it is FUN. I needed this. Bravo all who work and give their time at ARC.
I can only second that by 1000%. I have splitted my life into 8 (!) separate spaces on my phone (user profiles) and Arc gives me the opportunity to do the same on my Laptop, also with different browser profiles. I feel super protected that the big corps cannot track me across profiles, so my shopping habits cannot be linked to my social life, etc. I'm not sure how much the Arc team was aware how beneficial it became privacy-wise, when introducing the opportunity to have different browser spaces with different chromium profiles. I'm super happy with the results so far.
What a well made video!! Love the spirits you guys are in. Arc is truly a piece of art. It makes me excited and shows what a software is capable to deliver artistically. Love you guys ❤
Love the sentiment - and restoring integrity to the "user" in "user agent".
This type of storytelling makes me recommend Arc to all my friends. Especially as The Browser Company is not trying to sell us something but take us along a journey - being completely self-aware - e.g., stating in the video that this feature is useless. Remarkable.
love u, browser company
wow..... back when I first used ARC a month ago just for the sake of meeting and trying a new way of browsing the web I never imagined that I'd fully be committing to it for the rest of the year, but as an artist and a human experiencing the world around me this film really resonated and connected with me. I never really thought that a browser would be this kinda philosophical and poetic. A browser to me always felt just a tool to bridge me to the internet, but ARC's philosophy now kinda made me appreciate how a "Browser" affects your way of experiencing this once in a lifetime existence. It's a real beauty.
A once infatuation to ARC, now i think I'm actually falling inlove.
thanks to the whole ARC team. 💙💙💙
spoken like a true purple-twitter-comic-sans user 🥹
This felt so empowering, I needed that.
Guys, you are on the right track, this is truly inspirational and innovative. The way you can touch our most basic sense of belonging on an internet browser it’s just very appealing. Keep it going!
Thank you for building something lile arc
Whatever I was trying to do with extensions all these years you people have consolidated into one place.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
You have changed my perception of internet. Creativity, simplicity, and fun. I am new to all of the Technology the internet offers. I am 54, and learning. This browser gives me ease of use and hope… Thank You!!!
Amazing essay. Recommending arc to all my close ones every time I get the chance. Thank you, love Arc, it helps me increase productivity, be more focused and also helps me separate me time and work time. You are all amazing, go get a deserved coffee and bagel break! xxx ❤❤❤
deep dark down deep dark... still waiting for windows~
Loving the boosts! Keep it up Arc team, you're crafting a masterpiece :)
The Off-White of software.
Eventhough I have windows. This feature is everything. Working online can be very distracting but being able to create your own beautiful work environment is so awesome.😊
Okay, but can we get actually rgb adjustments and not just wheels, I can’t dial in my websites to match and it’s killing me
Edit: also universal boosts, when?
You should actually dig into Stylish, build your own CSS with filters to color everything you like precisely need it. Boosts are more for the simple masses, not for the experts who need more control.
Can't wait for the window version
This was really wonderful!
Love the statement ❤
This is simply perfect marketing! Well done guys, I love it!
Cool feature! I zapped a lot of distracting things here and there, very useful!
bro what how can a browser company be this unique didnt even knew this was possible
Can't wait to be able to use it
Love this!
the videos yall are putting out is dope
i wish there was a windows version : ( i've been following arc for a year now, i'm tired of waiting and feeling left out
getting real ye vibes from this. love it.
I love this company
Beautyful video!
I like how Josh pronounces "room."
Hope you read this, Mr. CEO
Please build a feature that let us USE the full screen state while watching video in newer macs (M1,M2). That is way upto the notch and way to the bottom.
I am a 16inch M1 MBP user and I (and thousand others) feel cheated while watching videos in the browser being striped by artificial bezels. (Top and bottom)
When You play games you can use the full screen, but that is not the case while watching videos. Why.
Please do something on this.
If you people are able to pull this out...trust me it will make a lot of buzz as there are lot of people who want to use the full screen state but are limited by artificial bezels put on by app.
Thank you for making ARC.
Huge fan
You didn't invent something new, this all was possible already. However, you made it so much more accessible while solving a lot of issues with it, so it looks good on a lot of preferences with it. I still see myself not using it, because it lacks the possibility to play nice with DarkReader, so I could only manipulate the light theme really much and have to accept the filtered result on the dark theme. If you'd build DarkReader into Arc while giving me the opportunity to manipulate the light and dark theme individually, it would be a totally different story to be honest. Good job so far, though.
Also I use the AdBlock to zap something, prevents me from having additional extensions installed, since a boost is really just an extension, but I see myself hopping over to Boosts, if it plays nice with DarkReader.
good stuff 💪
amazing
THATS SO COOL
There are a few bugs in there with boosts. They stopped working after the browser was open for a few hours.
background music sounds like the song “door” by caroline polachek 🤔
ART
Can't wait for Arc to release on windows.
If you customise and pape and when the next time you visited the page is updated then what happens?
I will be ditching all the browser when it comes to windows, really exited to try it out)
Arc! we need you for windows! please cant wait anymore. it is like keeping a diamond in front of tied thief.
I've seen all the naysayers and I think it is BS. Boosts are amazing. I understand that many developers are unenthused because we can "see behind the curtain," and I've seen designers upset about it because they obviously have a lot of knowledge of what is considered intuitive and marketable UI/UX. But that's the thing; who cares? If I get to personalize the look and feel of my favorite sites, or remove distractions or functionality that I don't need, that shouldn't be an issue. To me it's no different than customizing your desktop or 3rd party apps that offer customization. I love this, such a great way of framing the feature for what it is.
This video was a little bit weird but respect.
impressive
Random suggestion you guys should make wallpapers for Windows/Mac to fit the aesthetic of the Browser 👀
can you add a feature where we could pin files to spaces? would be cool, thx!
Not related to the video, but do you guys plan on opensourcing arc?
Did you guys consider Tauri and if you did why did you choose to reinvent the wheel with swift over it?
When will there be arc on ipad?
iI receive my link for downloading the file but it doesn't install. I need help with a tutorial.
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huh. a lot more behind it than i thought
I always believe in arc, their products are always the best
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Lo quiero mucho 🫶
very romantic feature
When you on ark and the zaza hit lol
am I still watching a browser advertisement or switched right to an art house movie?
Pls add arc browser in Windows 😔
The thing I hate about arc browser, that It's still not available for windows, I mean come on it's been months...
DOOR♥
If Arc was a cult, I would join it... just saying...
I haven't got it to work. When I try to install Boosts, it asks me to install Arc while I'm in Arc. So are these other comments fake? Are they on some sort of canary build?
I'm on vanilla Arc, everything works fine
chill bro, you just introduced a css editor
I watching to the end thinking it was satirical hoping for some joke to come..
Ok love the update but this video is reaching too far for a deeper meaning to it 😂
😂
agreed. It's just a change of colors. not that deep
I love Arc and the new boost feature. But this is a bit pretentious
I really love what you do and that you focus on great user experience, but this video actually made me feel really alienated by you.
It feels over pretentious, way too trying and it takes what you do best - understanding what will make browsing better, and puts it aside for vague non concrete (and a little full of itself) preach.
It's AWESOME that you try out new experimental things like boost, it might catch on and it might not be that important to users.
Telling us how ephemeral and majestic the concept of it is to *you* , only makes me feel like this was not made with *me* in mind.
WTF? All this for a style sheet editor? 😂 Not sure if i ever will use boosts. I do love Arc though. 👍
bro it's just a glorified inspect element menu, not that deep
Ikr, it's marketing 10/10 though. You actually have to acknowledge that it's so much more accessible to the masses now. Of course they sell it like it's a game changer, because for most people who don't know HTML or CSS and can't put that effort into it, it is.
@@_modiX yeah you're not wrong, ig that's the modern day silicon valley technique, you overhype everything in the marketing to make it seem like a bigger deal, but yeah I somewhat agree on it being a cool thing for people who aren't experienced with html / css
Mac Users love glorified techs :p
I love Arc but I clocked out around 2 minutes 20 in, too pretentious for me
Stop anthropomorphising the internet, friends. I love the functionality of arc; it truly is a great piece of software. But the narrative and the direction of this video is too silly. Cool edit tho