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Take back control of the web with Arc's Boosts and Zaps

Take back control of the web with Arc's Boosts and Zaps

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Have you ever felt like you wanted to read this website in Comic Sans, with its lime-on-fuchsia color scheme? No, me neither, but now, with Arc’s Boosts 2.0, you definitely can.

Boosts by Arc | Meet your new internet

Boosts is a new feature of the already unique Arc web browser. It allows users to easily change the appearance of a web page, tweaking fonts and colors, and even removing parts of the page altogether. It’s definitely a nice feature and gives the user some control, not the developers. But it could also make the web a lot more user-friendly for some people.

"Boosts contributes significantly to the accessibility of the web. Users with certain types of visual impairments can easily make changes to color contrast, font sizes, and styles to make web content even more readable. Additionally, the ability to hide sections allows the user to minimize distractions and improve the overall browsing experience," app developer Johan Alexander told Lifewire via email.

There are already ways to change the look of websites. For example, Noir is a browser extension that forces non-compliant websites into dark mode, so you don’t get a sudden bright flash when you’re reading at night. And we have Greasemonkey, a Firefox extension that allows for extensive editing and enhancement of web pages, since 2004. There’s also a cross-platform alternative, Tampermonkey .