Arc browser is now available for Windows 11

I downloaded it, set up my account and signed in.

I can't theme the browser. Why? Looks like they didn't add it or they stripped it out. Themes from the Chrome Web Store don't work.

And, just as before, it runs once after installation and never again. Don't spend long on it until you check if it runs more than once!

Another Chromium based browser. Now I've four of them and two Mozilla Blink based browsers!

NormanF said:

Another Chromium based browser. Now I've four of them and two Mozilla Blink based browsers!

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IIRC, Blink is Chromium! Firefox is not Chromium!

You can run this batch file every time you want to open Arc

No problem for me, now on this site in it. Installed, opened, closed, 4 times, no issue. Rebooted and opened, still no operation issue. Not thrilled with having Google links automatically included on the Favorites bar. Four-month-old inexpensive HP Notebook not listed in My Computer.

My Arc sank. Bye Bye arc. I'm sticking with Brave.

I should have mentioned I do everything on this Notebook as Administrator with Microsoft Account, haven't tried it on one with only a Local Account.

If we could do what is at the end of The Video-I would use it!

The one thing I wish is that it came in a portable version instead of an installer version.

But I can say that about most of the major browsers, too, so....

I wonder how long it will take to get enough users to even be considered as a niche user browser.

I fail to see how a new player in the browser market could realistically ever generate enough revenue to support its development.

The easy swapping of Spaces and Profiles (assuming it actually works like it shows in the GIF) may be appealing to road warriors and WFH folks.

Though, I WFH, and I absolutely prefer full isolation by putting work stuff in a single Chrome profile, and sometimes using Edge for Azure / Entrada stuff, while using Firefox for personal / private stuff.

I'll give it a whirl and see if what they show really is true or not.

They say some nice things on their privacy page, but right now we can only take their word for those things. Same with their security page, especially with both GAIA and UMA being disabled, pus a lot more. The Max page shows some nifty (seemingly AI-generated) features like auto-renaming of tabs and downloads to relevant, human-readable names. The Boosts page shows some nifty customizations for some of the more popular sites like YT (blocking Shorts), as well as (general) theming, and more.

One feature that I see a truly unique is their Split-view function.

Split View: View Multiple Tabs at Once

This article applies to Arc on macOS and Windows.

Split View in Arc Browser revolutionizes your multitasking by allowing you to view and interact with multiple tabs simultaneously in one window. When you create a split view, it becomes its own new tab in the sidebar that you can come back to later.

This feature is perfect for users who need to compare information across different sites or want to keep essential content readily visible while browsing.

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I would absolutely love to see this in Firefox or Chrome.

Other features like Little Arc and Mini Player will be of interest to some people as well.

I need to test their execution of it, but I can see this becoming a niche product relatively quickly - as long as they can surmount their current usability issues (I've seen lots of reports on Windows particularly where the app thinks it is not installed after it has already been used lol).