What’s new in Arc: MKBHD shoutout, More Little Arcs, Mobile Dilemma & more
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- We are coming off a huge week! We had the launch of Arc Max, our first ever live stream, our second-ever mention on MKBHD's Waveform podcast, and our fifth board meeting.
As always, Browser Company CEO Josh Miller is here to take you behind the scenes and tell you what's new your Arc browser this week.
Missed our live event announcing Arc Max? Watch it here 👉 • Arc Browser’s 2023 Eve...
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00:00 - Arc Max has been too successful?
00:59 - MKBHD mentioned us on Waveform!
01:54 - Introducing Dimmed Windows
02:18 - More Little Arcs
02:39 - Performance! Performance! Performance!
03:23 - New Sprint: Layups
04:47 - Our Mobile Dilemma 
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📌🆕 Full list of fixes and improvements in today's 1.12.0 release
- You can now have multiple Little Arc windows open at once! You'll also notice improvements to design and Little Arc opening animations.
- The Sidebar will now dim slightly when the Arc Window is not in focus.
- We've improved the UX of dragging a tab out of the sidebar, preventing accidental new windows.
- We've implemented Chromium's Sad Tab feature, which shows when tabs aren't rendered correctly. If you see this, hit CMD SHIFT R or close the tab.
- Command + Option + Delete now deletes a selected suggestion in CMD T.
- We fixed a bug with Max 5-Second Preview that may have caused the preview to trigger on the wrong window.
- We've made fixes to some common renderer crashes, which should prevent "blank" tabs.
- We fixed a bug where the Mini Audio Player wouldn't show when the audio volume was very low.
I think doing What's new with Vlogg like this is a waste of viewers' time and it's bad. Can you make a quick summary version like a note? Because it takes a lot of effort for a user like me just to watch the whole video and realize there's nothing to update...
Is there a reason that you have chosen to make the stoplight buttons gray? It's a standard design theme in macOS to have the stoplights grayed out for inactive windows.
@@zetzetzacyou’re literally commenting the notes 💀
@JohnTerhorstPhD You're right. That confuses me too. Most macOS windows have the traffic light buttons colourful when the window is active, and silhouetted when the window is inactive. I inadvertently find myself looking at the traffic light buttons up the top left as the most reliable indicator of whether a window is active one or not.
Many times I've clicked on an empty part of the Arc sidebar to make a window active, to find it's already active.
@@zetzetzac i agree. i dont want video updates. if you must do video updates just put a video on the normal whats new pages. so the ones of us who dont want these videos can just skim the usual whats new page for anything relevant to us. and whoever wants the video can watch the video. it shouldn't be that hard
I have never rooted for a tech company this much.
same ❤❤❤
Yeah, they're doing a great marketing work into being transparent, friendly and non-corporative, while also being professional
Me too. Love these guys.
same
Same
Hey lovelies. I'm not one to advocate spending money, but I love Arc so much, if paying a bit of money can ensure the future success of the company and support of the team, I'm all for it.
SAME
would be great if it was a one time purchase, rather than a sub.
Same
same!
I would happily pay too, just not for the AI features. I think the company deserves to be rewarded, but I don't personally use the AI features too much yet. The downloads renaming is nice, but I'd love an "undo" button.
Personally the only desktop-mobile integration I really need is being able to throw tabs I see on mobile into desktop and vice versa!! Otherwise simplifying the mobile experience in a new app would be interesting
Seconded!
+1
I agree. There are very few sites that I actually use on both. So just having a means to pull the site we want and simplifying mobile would be a better plan.
Seconded. I avoid the mobile Arc browser like the plague because I don't want my random google searches and shopping tabs open on my laptop. I'm very firm in the Blue camp
+1
Waiting for the new Arc version every thursday is like waiting for the new iPhone, but at least I can afford the Arc Update
lol
As a product designer this level of transparency and collaboration from the community is unprecedented on such a large scale. Love to see it, love to click that little update button and see what you've been cooking up. Rooting for you guys!
On the subject of mobile, tab sync is definitely a feature I need from my browser, but I can't see why that would get in the way of designing the best mobile app otherwise. All I really need is a list of tabs that are open on my desktop and the ability to open them in mobile. As long as it can do that, I'm good.
my thoughts exactly
Plus one for this. a damn good mobile browser, with the ability to see tabs in both mobile and desktop.
Yes! I do appreciate the ability to save tabs to the arc browser currently, I just wish there was an easier tab/bookmark/space viewing experience. If they put mobile interface on top 👌
also history, bookmarks, passwords, and autofills.
That's a lot of additional work. Passwords being by far the biggest and most challenging to do safely and securely. Even a basic implementation of what I and the other users were talking about would be a solid MVP for a mobile browser.@@RisalFajar
So excited for the mobile app! It's really cool to see you guys publicly build and openly talk about something I use every single day.
Me too
You guys are so innovative. To enter and disrupt a product line with such established players, and to do it successfully….so great. Love the enthusiasm for innovation and experience. You would be a dream company for me to work in
yeahh, the same!
I think "disrupt" is overused. Let's just call this "improve"
Yeah, anybody can take the browser experience and recreate it. Takes time and effort, but anybody (or better, any team) can do it with enough will.
What is innovative about arc? Dimmed windows? Lol
someone is new here - just try it@@megamaser
When is windows/Linux?
+Android
As soon as you buy a Mac
Release a testflight for blue! Track usage and see if it becomes our new default preferred way of browsing the web (comparing to Arc mobile)!
Please respond if this happen
@@Tommyisme no
Yes! this!
This!! I would love to try Blue!
Agree here. Not a fan of the current app and I’m in the “I don’t care if desktop/mobile are tightly synced, I just want a damn good mobile browser” camp. I would jump onto a TestFlight for this app in a heartbeat!
Regarding costs for the 5-second-preview: I've been wondering all week whether you guys need to burn some money or what because I don't need to press any shift key to start the preview, it just happens when I hover. And since I hover over links all the time, I keep getting previews that I never asked for. I assumed it was a way of pushing the feature, but if this is a bug, there's something for you to cut costs right there, cause I think I'd actually prefer the preview to be triggered by Shift (as advertized).
I noticed this as well. It only seems happen when on search results pages (tested with DDG and Google), but on other sites I have to hold shift down to trigger it.
I came here to post this ^
First and foremost, THANK YOU for the transparency around hover, costs, potential charges, etc. You laid out in plain English what was going on, why this was great, but why this was also a problem, and what you might have to do about it. If you exhaust the other options and have to post an update that says "Hey, we tried, but we have to put this behind a $5 a month fee", I won't be surprised or angry because you explained in terms that make sense what's up as soon as you knew. More tech companies should learn from you.
Eager to bring our Arc Browser review soon.
can't wait to see it!
As someone who just finished a web development boot camp I have to say it’s incredible that you shout out your devs by name for brining these features to production. I strongly believe Arc will be amongst the top 3 most used browsers in the near future. Amazing job and keep it up!
Let's see once the Windows version is releaseddd
sync between desktop and mobile is essential!! id probably keep using the current app most of the time just for the sync ability even if you made a much better browser. being able to pin whatever page im looking at for my computer later is peak. would be even better if i could pin and snooze on my phone for it to pop up later and remind me on my laptop.
or better yet, just snooze until i open them on my laptop
I'm of completely different opinion, sync is basically useless for me. When I search on my phone it's quick search and it's a completely different flow then on pc, I just want a good mobile browser.
I agree it's good, but for some reason (security?) I can't turn on iCloud Drive on my work laptop and without that I can't use Arc on mobile at all. With that, I wish it wasn't that essential :)
I totally agree that sync tabs should not be mandatory !
Working on the computer I don’t want all my work tabs to come bother me when I take a break on my cellphone 😂
Introduce a way to sync only particular spaces could be a good idea !
Thanks for the work team !
Arc is just what I've always wanted, clean and structured. Thanks to MKBHD
really excited to explore what an arc-ified mobile browser could be! so curious to see what ideas have been cooking and what makes it different from regular mobile browsing 👍
You know, Josh, you make this feel like we're part of the team. If feels like an internal stakeholders meeting to keep all teams involved up to date. Thank you! Arc has been amazing!
Mobile Arc: I need something quick, snappy, snazzy:
- I'm on a phone, I need something where I can easily open links (default browser), and quickly read/do something.
- No fluff; nothing of clutter. If you look at Safari they do the little things like putting the search bar at the bottom and having the home page be previous/pinned tabs.
- Make Arc stand out, I see too much of Google these days, the soft gradient and noise with the rounded edges on modern day phones makes the UX so much better.
In short, massively upgrading the current version of the mobile Arc could also work. I see value in what you do, and I believe you guys are taking the right steps.
Wahhhh! Snooze tabs would be so awesome, thinking about it and there's definitely sites I need to be reminded of in X time, and right now I have to create a task in Motion for that. Being able to snooze a tab (and it clearly notifying that it has been unsnoozed) would be so helpful!
Okay, and Arc for mobile 👀👀 you've got me SUPER intrigued. I feel like seeing the rethought mobile browser would be required to ultimately make that decision, but the thought around it is very intriguing 🤔 just like you rethought the browser on desktop from scratch, doing the same for mobile, with SUCH a different use-case would be amazing. Genuinely have been so bummed by what browsers currently are on mobile. They aren't fun to use, feel I'm fighting with them in-fact, and end up just having 500 tabs open before clearing them all out.
Mobile browser is more ethereal, checking something in the moment. So curious to see what your team is thinking about to redesign this as it's definitely needed! Blue 🔵 Blue 🔵 Blue!
Oh, wonderful idea :)
Love Arc, waiting impatiently for A Windows version to fully transition over, mobile implementation would be interesting seeing how I utilise the desktop version. I'd love to invest in the business, looking forward to the future.
Amazing job, I completely switched to you half a year ago and never looked back. This is how a company should operate, with passion and pro consumer.
This is fantastic... Since I started using Arc, I don't want to use any other browser!!! The way you are conducting the development process, with transparency, sharing vulnerabilities, asking what we as users want to see in the coming versions is simply wonderful, UX at first!!!!! I can see a successful future for Arc and can't wait for mobile to replace my actual browser!! Congrats guys, sometimes I even wish to work with you all, such an inspiring and great team!!!
I've also thought about how the Arc experience will translate to mobile. Yes, syncing between my desktop and my mobile device is a high priority as it just makes it so much easier to take your links with you (you never need to go back to that one tab until it's already been archived 😅), but I am definitely interested in a browser that is mobile first. I like the philosophy and team that created Arc, I hope those carry into the mobile browser and not just feature parity!
Firefox syncs tabs between desktop and mobile. You can get the features of arc with add-ons like sidebery.
@@megamaser I still use firefox for most of my mobile browsing right now and when I switch to my Linux machine. I had been churning through multiple sidebar extensions when I found a video explaining what Arc was and signed up for the waitlist that night
Less than an hour before I ran the update I tried to open a new Little Arc window and couldn't. First time I'd tried it. And then Arc updates and you've implemented multiple Little Arc windows. No one told me that y'all also have ESP. Brilliant, and thank you!
i love the open-ness this company has with us. All of these behind-the-scenes and shouting out the specific people in charge of a feature or fix makes us relate to the company itself, not just the browser. I'm team Arc from day 1 and I can't stop recommending it to everyone I know.
Android? 🥺🙏
Isn't AI Hover just being used so widely accidentally? 🤔 I know for me it only triggers on the pages where it's on by default like Google.
I love the AI experiments, but I've basically turned all of them off:
* The Command+F too often breaks my regular 'find on page'. Breaks search in PDF completely, no idea when it decides to Ask instead of search.
* Rename of tabs and files too often makes it something generic, making it harder to keep track of what I downloaded/pinned.
The intentioned behavior is that Ctrl + F works like normal unless there are no matches. When there are no matches for your query, that's when Ask kicks in.
I switched to Arc a few days ago.. you CANNOT believe how good my life is now. just.. amazing..
I'm always looking forward to your videos! Makes me very excited to hear updates from Arc!
I've shared it to friends and now they're starting using Arc as well. We'll continue to spread Arc here in the Philppines!
can you make the layups list public / votable? that would be amazing
yes we need this
Oh god please not. I think arc is the way it is because it’s designed by a tight knit group that shares the same vision. Thousands of anonymous voices are worthless if you don’t know their reasoning.
😂I keep recommending Arc to everyone. Didn't think I would appreciate the AI integration but it's so much more useful than I expected and I can't imagine not having it.
Where can I read more about the AI integration? I haven't noticed that there is an AI in Arc Browser
I’m not enough of a browser power user to use all the features that arc has, but I must say I love the transparency from the browser company team. As a developer myself I can feel like I am part of the process of making this product, even though I am very much not. Keep up the great work guys!
This is amazing! Thank you for being so transparent with all the plans and potential problems that might arise. Personally, I've been anticipating a full-featured mobile Arc just to have everything in sync with the desktop version. However, I am a huge advocate for innovation, and considering the incredible success Arc has gotten in a product line with well established players for exactly that, I would LOVE to see what a new browser experience for mobile looks and feels like. But it feels hard to choose one over the other (I don't know why it would be hard to have both). So, I wouldn't mind to wait longer if time is the problem. Just do what you've been doing-deliver the best product as possible and I'm sure the community will gratefully receive it with open arms🙌🏼
EDIT: why not keep Arc Companion and release Blue separately?🤔
I absolutely adore Arc on Mac. For me, I'm in the camp of being able to easily transition from reading something on desktop to reading it on mobile instead. Parity between devices is what keeps me in the Apple ecosystem to begin with.
That being said, I also LOVE the concept of a totally new mobile browser that doesn't work like anything else on the market. I'm torn 50/50 on which to vote for.
Either one will be amazing though. I know that for certain.
Well 5 senconds preview ist a good feature, but I more often than not just hover over a link without wanting to even click it and it triggers the feature. Which for me isn't a big deal I just move my mouse, but for you if every person does that it really is very resource intensive.
Maybe give us the option to only activate when holding shift so it doesn't get triggered all the time on Google.
good point
I genuinly appreciate these very insightful and clearly very real updates via video each week, it's cool to see you all discussing and developing in real-time!
i just gotta say, i seriously love your vibe as CEO, it's like how it's meant to be.
a leader who boosts up others and loves the respect that comes from others.
you're an inspiration to the future generation of leaders, and i'm not fkn about coz i seriously hope that more companies are led by people like you
As a web developer, could you explain a little bit how you spot CPU hogging and advice on how to prevent that on my end?
GIVE ME BLUE.
Mobile browsers are a crapshoot right now. I don't even bother syncing because I never spend time on them if I can avoid it.
I've never had such an easy and enjoyable experience with an application as I have with Arc. I can see that you actually care about the end users' experience. Thank you for everything you do!
I never thought I'd be excited about a new "episode" of a web browser updates!
You guys ROCK!
We are almost 2 weeks away from you saying during your live event that the Windows release is "just days away". Still can't believe you guys were too afraid to commit to a release date.
The two layups mentioned make so much sense and should definitely be in the next release! 😍
I switched to Arc from Vivaldi some months ago and it's been as much of a revelation to me as my switch from Windows to Mac. Arc is a wonderful browser, and it's great to see how swift the updates are and how useful the AI is. Thanks to the Browser Company team, keep those updates coming!
never have i ever been so excited for a browser update let alone a browser youtube upload until arc dropped
Thanks so much for all the work done in Arc. It's totally revolutionised my teaching and personal use and I know I've only scratched the surface of the features. In relation to the mobile app, my biggest bug bear with Chrome is that if it is set as the default browser on my iPhone, any app specific links will always launch in Chrome rather than the app. Eg, if I get an email notification from a student that they've added a comment on Google Classroom, if I tap on the link it'll open in Chrome instead of Classroom. If I've got Safari set as the default browser then the apps launch properly. I'm not sure if this is a Chrome problem or an iOS design. I'd say if it's a Chrome problem then they need to sort that out. If it's iOS, then RIP my iPhone browsing experience.
Thanks again, I'm sold, sold, sold 😍
I've never seen a company been so customer-obsessed like this and to see it in the tech-world, specifically building an innovative browser that actually helps all of our daily lives, it's truly wondrous to behold. I hope Josh and the team can keep this up for as long as they can!
The final thing keeping Arc from being my default browser, is that when I got excited after using the browser on one computer, I became upset that I just couldn't seemingly continue on the other computer and have them be in-sync. Shift+Click is SO useful. Amazing work y'all!
Definitely bang out the best mobile app you can. I’m using the current Arc app and would 100% appreciate multiple tabs and being able to set it as my default, but that’s all I need from it atm. So excited for what blue can be with your guys’ vision
Thanks for fixing the back button history so we can press the back button and go back several pages at once. I was missing it a lot, so happy to have the function back!
I have never once in my life, carried my mobile tabs over to my PC but every single day in my life I use my phone as a browser. Please make the best thing that you possibly can!
Y’all really are a special company, I love this link that your creating… love you arc guys
fully fledged extension support for mobile is crucial for me. and i deal with a lot of tabs, group tabs are okay but it could be better, maybe multi window support, etc
i'm an android+windows user who loves arc, cant wait for you guys to drop the windows browser. and definitely need a word on android
As a PM, it is absolutely amazing how they communicate to the users all the new features and product changes. Many companies should realize how important it is to listen to the users and work for them. Finally, very anxious to see the new version of the mobile app!
So happy to hear that you're looking into skinny sidebar. One of the situations I switch to a conventional browser is when the sidebar is taking up too much space, but it's more annoying not to have it.
Absolutely been loving Arc since it helped me get through the end of my degree! It's really cool to see how resistant you guys are in charging for features that cost an incredible amount to run. I of course can only speak for myself, but I wouldn't hesitate for a second paying some sort of monthly/yearly fee for these features, especially knowing it's helping this company and browser grow!
Also personally rooting for Blue! The reason I came over to Arc was because it was very cool, new and instantly solved many issues plaguing other browsers for me. I think that same principle should be applied to the mobile browser!
Got a satisfied grin from using Max's "Ask on Page" when I was looking for some new metal album to listen.
In a looooooong page with the full list of released and upcoming albums, In two queries I got a list of what was released under 'symphonic metal' and what was upcoming in 'Doom metal'.
So much time loss (and hand strained) preserved. Thank you!
I used to think 'I NEED my tabs to sync between phone and desktop!' but actually I mostly use my phone browser for quick things. Things like Googling a quick thing, doing a quick web-based work thing, and... and uh... I guess that's it lol. I rarely actually do any serious browsing on my phone. What I do think is nice, is the ability to grab a tab I might have open on desktop, but it's pretty rare tbh. What I would like is:
- an intuitive and fun way to look over all my tabs (this is usually easy on desktop but typically cumbersome on mobile)
- would love to see some of ARCs super-useful AI features on mobile (especially summarization and hover)
- Easels! Really fun to use on desktop, and just a fun way overall to track things like gifts, trip ideas, shows/movies, anything I 'collect' on mobile
You guys are awesome, and you're actually making the browser fun, like wtf? lol
Ideas for Layups:
1. Sidebar on the right side
2. Nested Split windows (think of creating a vertical split window, and then on the right one, create a horizontal split window; on the left side, you have one window, and on the right side, 2 windows are stacked over each other).
I am truly loving Arc. I have tried switching back to Safari Sonoma. But there is just one big thing I miss there (besides the damn slick UI of Arc) and that's the flight routes. I can't thank the team enough of having flight routes. They make my life so damn intuitive. I just notice I got back to social, and move back to work. Seeing my reddish browser instead of the lovely little shady greeny, gives me so much more focus.
Thanks for building this amazing product, with a great team of people!
Than you guys! On the subject of mobile, I am definitely in the camp that they should sync up. I see Arc as my organizing system, I put things I am thinking about in different workspaces, so I don't want two different organizing systems when I am in my computer and when I am away on my minicomputer I take with me. Now I don't necessarily want the synchronization to be instant if it's going to affect performance, so maybe it has a button I can press to sync, and once it's synced they are free to diverge until the next sync. But the very first thing I want is mobile for Android since I'm an Android user😆
Dude we absolutely love all of these features keep them coming! I've been referring everyone but the only single complaint I've heard from friends (I'm a software engineer and I use a MacBook but some of my other engineer friends use Windows) is the fact that Arc isn't built and stable yet on Windows OS yet. Personally, I've been happy as hell since getting Arc back in April, but I can see the anticipation from all of the WIndows users just patiently waiting in the wings. Lol love the product, Arc Team, keep it coming please! 🙏🏼💯
I love that i have the feeling being part of the company, rather then a user. Your Updates are real , valuable and inspirational. thanks for that. 💜
First of all I want to spread much kove for the arc team and your amazing work Im loving all arc features. The only suggestion that I have is for mobile the tabs not filing the top of my phone and making it feel like is cutting my phone. thank you so much for all the passion put in this project, im rooting for ypur SUCCESS:)
That's great! I love the updates, especially having multiple little Arcs.
One another thing I'd like to have is to open extensions from an empty view/tab.
Love MAX. Love Arc. On the mobile topic. I love the idea of desktop mobile sync, and for account logins it's suepr helpful, but I honestly feel it's secondary (or more acurately, a one way priority). e.g. I search & pin stuff on mobile and then later I'll deep dive on desktop (if I feel like it), but I rarely pull up a pin from desktop on mobile. I mean it's soo rare I'd go as far as saying "never".
So I think prioritizing the mobile experience specifically for mobile is the move, and then add sync from there, even if it's just as simple as having a "pin" tag you can quickly tap onto any sites you wanna save that sync's to a persistant folder in pinned tabs on desktop, (maybe called "mobile" or "synced"), that folder stays updated and ready to be organized on desktop later (or maybe MAX could organize them). This could later be evolved to allow other tags on mobile pins to direct them to specific workspaces/folders on desktop, and allow for them to also be searched easily on a minimalistic mobile browser.
Taking it a step further, on desktop it's be cool to tag articles/blogs/longform text content as "read later" and those would sync to a mobile folder in a stripped down "reader view" style for consumption on the go. That'e the only core function sync from desktop to mobile that I think I'd be excited about. Everything else is more useful to sync the other way in most of my use cases.
Thats it, love what you're doing. Love the skinny sidebar concept. Would also love some kind of a speeddial shotcut for plugins/extention if it doesn't already exist.
It looks like you guys really monitor who uses what features, which is great. So using your insights, release the mobile app and learn from it. Keep working on Blue and incorporate your learnings. Users are happy to have a better phone browser and hype for a revolution is imminent. Fantastic work and transparency
Now that you guys have videos, I'll always want to click on Whats New. Thanks for that!
Soooo. Potential Pandora's Box question: Can we get a public facing list of the 'layups' that are on the board? You might be overwhelmed but it would be interesting to see what our options are.
Salesforce does this thing where once a year, we get to 'upvote' our favorite ideas. We get a set amount of points and we can spread them across x number of them. Maybe something like that, but on a monthly basis?
5:45 Love the videos as always ❤ Suggestion/viewpoint for the mobile: Best browser is always best, but sync feature is a must. The current mobile helper is nice because I can view on my phone and if i want to read more later, save it to arc! Keep/improve that workflow and integrate a mobile first interface, there will be no reason for the normal person NOT to daily arc!
Thanks folks! Keep up the awesome!
i almost never comment on YT videos, but i would LOVE to see what's new with Blue! TBH i love Arc but i haven't used the mobile browser much at all because being productive on the desktop browser is just not something that works at all on mobile... the ecosystem is just different.
the mobile ecosystem is designed with separate apps in mind, so the way Arc works on desktop just doesn't carry to mobile. for example, loading a Gmail page on mobile Arc simply loads it as a web page, whereas i'm already logged in to the gmail app. same for everything else. so i imagine it's mostly only useful for "reading" pages and content, which is functional but really more of a base line feature of a browser and not really disruptive or forward looking.
making an Arc browser for mobile, for the sake of being in sync... it may work now but i'm not sure if there's a future in that, but that's just me!
voting for Blue!!!
besides i'm sure there's some way to build / design syncing in the future even if you're going for a disruptive, new browser. it seems like a basic feature.
I believe there is a strong need for a company, especially one that is able to make a browser like arc, to reimagine the possibilities for a mobile browser. I really wanted to love the arc mobile app, but for now it feels like a smaller version of the desktop app. my heart jumped when you mentioned blue
You guys are absolutely killing it! That being said, I'm throwing my vote in for blue! Give me the mobile replacement WITH (optional) tab sync, but also just a flat out "I don't need to use safari on my phone anymore" kind of replacement too!
Okay this was the first video update I actually watched. Low key thought it was kind of annoying when I heard about it at first thinking “just give me the deets!” But i actually really enjoyed the energy and the people behind this. I’ll definitely watch these on the weekend or something. Work weeks are just too hectic. Also. I use the shift open command on clicks for pop out arc (which happens to be the same sequence for AI) so I wonder if there’s a confounding affect happening there. Okay. That’s all. Thank you for your hard work.
I almost never comment on youtube videos, but here I am. Thank you for giving these updates via a video - it's much more engaging than reading the updates tab, and putting a face to Arc :D.
Y’all got 2 shoutouts from MKBHD, tight pressure to not fail guys😂
For mobile: I always thought sync could be secondary, maybe have a space dedicated in mobile where you can access your last accessed space on desktop version. The rest should honestly have those nice trinkets/ features that make the browser so amazing to use. The little things is how you win!
Also can we pleaseee do something about the battery drain on mac😭 I hope the cpu update thing helps but it’s just been killing my battery
Using Arc has got me getting excited to actually hop on my computer to complete work, and work on new development projects simply because of how my experience is essentially mine and belongs to me. Just a very personalized and speedy experience overall.
oh. that render fix was much needed. thank you. also redirecting user to youtube for release updates is refreshing. but i would still like an option to view text page for release updates. love what u said about mobile. seems very tricky. i know you guys will make the right choices. 🚀💯
love the way you folks do these updates! so much to learn from. keep up the good work! buzzin'
I would definitely be interested to see what a new mobile app would look like. You are right in that the key for me to use a browser is the ability to keep both in sync, and tbh the current Arc mobile app is struggling 😬 (put in a bug report of course). I really love arc, I really want to keep it, but mobile is a big one even though I spend more time on my computer. I’m thinking about writing a blog post about what features in Arc I can’t live without and if another browser could meet those requirements.
I want to comment on the computer and mobile sync. I do a lot of my work on my tablet, almost as much as I use my computer and being able to sync them would be great because as a student I usually take notes and do stuff in class with my tablet and switch to my desktop at home. When the work I'm doing is left unfinished, being able to access them through my computer would be such a good feature. It could be like a separate workspace which is either never or after a long time archived. I understand most of the mobile users will access Arc through their phones but for us people that are productive on their tablets, it would be a great feature. Maybe it could be a switch in the settings if it turns out to be a resource intensive. I'm also a windows/android exclusive user so if you can update us about that side of the development it would be phenomenal!
I learned about the ARC browser from MKBHD two months ago. One of the best adoptions I've ever made.
I've been an Arc evangelist at my agency! So many people LOVE IT.
As for mobile: syncing data between desktop/mobile is super nice, but it is secondary to having a top-notch mobile-first experience. PLEASE RELEASE BLUE FOR ANDROID!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
ahemmm I'm maybe leaning toward more on the latter type of ppl: not bother about my browsers in desktop and mobile unsynced, but THAT is because!!! i use Arc on desktop and u guys haven't invented one for mobile!!!
if the Blue thing came into reality I would LOVE to switch and have that seamless experience of having my search history synced.
great work for the team! we love what you make guyss!!! keep it goinggg
As an iPad first but also Mac user I need both to have synched bookmarks and password access and ad blocking. Lack of mobile (iPad) has kept me from switching to Arc as my default on my Mac. I know that the word productivity is the buzz word of the 2020s, I'll leave it to you to satisfy that need for others. What I want is an enjoyable browsing experience when I'm using the web for research and learning. I need a technique for grouping bookmarks by topic as my research hops around from topic to topic. I really like the ethos of your company and look forward to the launch of an iPad Arc browser.
Love you guys, feeling part of the team.. Cant wait for the iPad version!!
I love this journey you guys are on, just like everyone says here.
Anytime there's a snooze option on something, I use it!
Also, my vote would be to see what potential you guys can hit with a mobile browser from scratch! It seems to me the main feature people here in the comments need is tab sync/snoozing. Maybe if you could just add that one thing to the new browser, you could go wild on the rest.
Regardless, I'm excited to see where you all go no matter what.
P.S.... windowswindowswindowswindowswindowsandroidwindowsandroidwindows 🤣
Absolutely love the idea of skinny tabs. It’s been the main reason I keep switching between safari and arc (apart from mobile support).
Don’t get me wrong it can be great, but sometimes you just want the real estate as well as having quick access to your tabs without having to fiddle around for it to pop up.
I really love arc and wish I could use it daily, but the battery consumption is too high for me, hope you guys can fix that soon, so I can switch back to Arc as my main browser again. keep up the great work!
Excellent browser and excellent work from the team! Continue !
I am impatiently waiting for the new mobile version to be able to use Arc on iPhone and iPad (the actual version is unfortunately not really usable). Arc is already my default browser on my Mac and will be on my iPhone & Ipad as soon as the mobile version provides at least the same features as the other ones 😉
Anyway, Arc is the best! Continue your excellent work: we are all with you!
You are amazing! There are only 2 companies' events that I'm looking forward too (you and apple). I really want to support your work as much as possible. I've already convinced some of my friends to use arc, but the problem is the rest of them uses windows, so... If that is not enough, I am definitely paying $2-3 for all this mind-blowing features (but I'm in Russia, so can you make this payment through App Store somehow)
As for the Mobile app, I want it to be connected with my Mac as closely as possible to support the ecosystem! Best wishes ❤
Re. Mobile, the most important thing is Android support.
Then having tight integration and sync between desktop.
I only use a mobile browser for light browsing, as soon as I find something I'm going to spend time with I'll open it on my desktop.
Hey Josh, loving the Max link previews feature, but I do end up triggering it by mistake sometimes since for me the info appears on hover rather than requiring me to press shift. Triggering it by mistake is no problem for me of course, but I imagine it costs Arc money each time it happens and counts as usage, so if you remove this auto mode and require shift to be pressed I imagine it could help cut down on costs? Of course that would mean fewer people probably remember to use it and build a habit too, so it depends whether usage or costs are more important. I really like hovering to see it personally.
keep it up yall. thank you!
I have never used a better browser than Arc. Congratulations on the excellent work! So far, the only thing I've been waiting for is the skinny sidebar. I hope this can be implemented! 🙂🙏 I believe that on laptops with 13 and 14-inch screens, the sidebar reduces the available horizontal space. Personally, the option to fully hide it seems useful but for me switching tabs using only keyboard shortcuts takes a bit of learning curve. Auto-hide adds a delay during high-productivity moments. So, being able to always see the sidebar but in a skinny mode would be perfect! 👌
Having the option to put the tabs on the top will probably make it much easier for many of us to permanently switch to Arc.
For once, just because everyone is used to it. But this would also be great for smaller laptop screens, because the tab bar either takes up a lot of space, or I hide it and the window becomes fiddly to move around on the screen (the border is too thin).
Often you only use one or two tabs either way - safari manages this excellently with its compact tabs layout.