So I was browsing YouTube while waiting for my Uma Musume energy to refill so I could start another run. Just passing the time, you know? Then I saw a video from Syntax with the Arc Browser logo in it. Naturally, it clickbaited me into watching
And to my surprise, Arc is shutting down...
Ok, not really shutting down but it kind of implies that it is.
How I found Arc.
I wasn't interested in browser wars before. I used Google Chrome for everything and everything is good. I'm satisfied with it and never thought of changing.
Until I saw some video by Jack Herrington. I saw in one of his videos he's using a minimalistic looking browser. I wanted that but since I'm the shy-type of guy, I decided to try and search for it myself rather than asking in the comments.
At that time, It wasn't that famous. I had a difficult time trying to find it. And I never found it. A few weeks later I saw Theo's video about him giving up on chrome.
And it was that! I finally found it! Arc!
But, it wasn't available for Windows... Windows 10 to be specific.
I was so sad. I had no choice but to wait. I saw Mac users use it and it looks so good! I'm in agony. I wanted to try it so bad.
After the wait though, I was finally able to use it. And it was love at first sight!
It looks minimalistic but feature-rich at least the features I want and features I didn't know I want until I tried it was in there! It never lacked anything for me!
What's in there?
There's just so many things I can talk about in this writing so I'll write what I think has the most impact for me.
The sidebar or vertical tabs
I know this has been done by so many browsers already before this, but it's my first ever new browser after Google Chrome.
It takes a short time to get used to it. When I got used to it, nothing's really innovative about it. I neither like nor dislike it. Pretty normal.
What I like about it though, is how they handle bookmarks. They don't have the native bookmarks. But they have two types of pins:
