Imagine if all your computer did was present a big window that could run apps and nothing else. That’s how web browsers work, or used to work until Arc came along to change things.
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What if a web browser was more like a computer’s operating system? We spend so much time in the browser that it makes sense to have a richer, more immersive environment to do it. Google went the other way with its Chromebooks, which are essentially just computers running a browser. But Arc takes the opposite approach, asking, “What if there was an operating system for the web?”
"I realize that calling Arc 'the most transformative app I've used in decades' is a bold statement that requires a lot of support. I won't be stingy with words in this article to tell you why — it's that important, and it requires new ways of thinking about how you work on the Web," writes Adam Engst, Arc superfan and veteran Mac journalist, on his TidBITs blog.
Arc, like rival experimental browser Vivaldi, is built on the Chrome engine and has received rave reviews. David Pierce of The Verge calls it “the Chrome replacement I’ve been waiting for.” Rather than a radical rethinking of the entire browser, it’s a radical rethinking of the browser’s organization. That might not sound all that exciting, but it gives you control over how you browse the web, while letting all those websites and services, like Google Docs, do what they do best.
