The Arc Browser is GENIUS, Here’s Why

// Timestamps:
00:00 - What makes it Better
00:38 - Fundamental Differences
08:35 - The Features That Make it a joy to use
13:49 - Features that I don't use, but you might!
15:39 - How Arc Monetizes

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[Dangerousdaze]

This is a fantastic intro to Arc. Not only does it does it tell you about the features but it gives concrete examples of why you should use them (especially around profiles and spaces.) Nice job, thanks. :)

[SocialIntrovert]

15:00
I want to add, u can use the note app of your choice like it lets u add a new note to apple notes or notion instead if u want.

[pdraskov]

Even though you made this 12 months ago, it is still the most informative video about Arc that I have seen. As always Sergio, keep up the good work. You definitely provide value.

[vipnetworker]

This guy reminds me of myself back in the 2000’s. I was an original beta tester for both Dropbox and Evernote.

I was the guy explaining to EVERYONE what “The Cloud” was before anyone knew that term.

Everyone thought I was insane having my data synced to something outside my personal computer, IF they even could understand what that meant.

[msheaver]

Yay! The invite worked for me! Many thanks for sharing.

[manny_f]

This is very similar to Firefox with add-on Sidebery, which moves the tabs to the left and allows nesting and folders, and renaming of tabs, and very easy yet deep customization. I think Arc is a step in the right direction, but Sidebery does more. Put anotherway, Arc is a dumbed-down version of the Firefox+Sidebery combo. Workspaces is similar to containers in Firefox, a functionality that is easily accessible through Sidebery.

[ThinhSan]

Oh, the invitation still works (as of 2023-05-31), awesome, ty 👍

[flor.]

best productivity browser, I’d never sacrifice the new way of doing tabs for bing

[MaelSantos]

This was the video who make me fell in love with Arc :) Thank you.

[molinajuan]

Thank you man. I´ve been using ARC as a basic user but your insights has helped a lot.

[kimchi]

Ayo! Thanks so much for the invite! can't wait to explore its features...(invite working as of June, 2nd, 2023)

[gamingthunder]

i dont understand the hype around this browser. vivaldi can do all of this for years now. the only thing im not sure is the separate profile and the archiving feature.

vivaldi can do workspaces, split screen, taps anywhere you want, note taking, rss feed, email client and a boat load of other things i dont use or remember. essentially it is the spiritual successor of opera before opera switched to chromium.

oh and its available on all platforms including mac.

[BaronPantoufle]

Used it for a few weeks. It is genius, indeed.

[vidform]

Does this browser allow full-screen/scrolled screenshots like Firefox? In the rare times you need to print a webpage or export it as a pdf, does the printed website or pdf look exactly how it does onscreen or does it look broken? Some websites look bad when printed or exported as a pdf. Are "Boosts" the same as extensions? Are there third-party extensions available? How does it handle YouTube and videos embedded on other sites? Does Arc have a "Reader" view like Firefox and Safari? What happens if you have so many bookmarks that they push the New Tab bar down below the browser window preventing you from seeing your tabs forcing you to scroll? Also, some people may have hundreds of bookmarks and folders so I don't know if keeping them all on the side with tabs will work for them. We'll have to see. I'm definitely intrigued by Arc. Thanks for the excellent review.

[Bicksterton]

I randomly discovered you can use a two-button gesture to drag the picture-in-picture around, pinch and pull to adjust its size, and even just swipe to toss it into screen corners.

[SaHaRaSquad]

12:00 Oh man, please tell me this picture-in-picture mode is optional. I don't want to watch every YT "video" and have it blasted into my face. Firefox makes this good enough for me by letting me have this feature optionally if I click a button

[FlowCreators]

I did not know that they were working on a Windows version of this browser that is great news!

[ChrisLombardi-gj]

I tried arc for a couple of weeks, but I felt like I was forcing myself to use it. the sidebar was frustrating. I also heavily use multiple websites that have sidebar menus - so having to deal with the arc sidebar along with a sidebar for a website was just too much real estate being taken up. And yes, you can toggle off the sidebar and hide it, but I just felt like I was spending too much headspace and just trying to manage the sidebar.

I wasnt a fan of the Split View option, so the alternative is putting 2 arc browsers side by side, just like you would do with any browser when you want 2 tabs next to each other. The problem is, the 2 sidebars from each browser are just too much and in the way.

I really tried forcing myself to use it because I did like it, but the sidebar just is not it for me. If they had a top bar, I do think I would make the complete switch over it, but it seems like that will never be an option as the sidebar is what makes it unique.

[PatrikTheDev]

Great video, just one note: it seems like the audio isn’t perfectly synchronized to the video, your mouth moves differently than the audio (the video is delayed)

[StHabibiJohnsonAhmedFranklin]

Brilliant review thank you matey! Keep up the good work!