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I tested Arc Browser

Thomas Bnt on February 06, 2025

Introduction Yes, it's worth a full post on its use and what I think of it. Because for years now, between Chrome and its privacy, Firef...
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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

My tip is to split your web usage between browsing websites vs using web apps
To browse websites, you use your browser of choice like usual
To use web apps (email, calendar, whatsapp, telegram, chatgpt, discord, github, ...), you use Ferdium

ferdium.org/

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Thomas Bnt

I don't like to use multiple navigators, I think we already have a lot of software to do all this, which is not a very practical idea. I really like the fact that web apps are much more accepted and integrated on our browsers, we should continue like that, and Ferdium is good for that aspect!

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Andrew Bone

I find the ladybird browser fascinating, obviously it's not ready to be used in the real world yet but a new engine is exciting.

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Thomas Bnt • Edited

Okay thank you for sharing that!
Edit: On the website, miss screenshots and more information about the browser, too bad

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Andrew Bone

It's such early days at the minute that you still have to compile it yourself, so really not ready for anything other than contributing and enthusiasts.

Each month they upload a video, on youtube, showcasing what's changed that month.

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Thomas Bnt

I see that, thanks you!

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Anmol Baranwal

I still use Chrome (yeah old me) and really like Brave (as an alternative). Abandoning Arc for Dia is insane, lots of people shared positive things about Arc.

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Thomas Bnt

yeah, sad news :c

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

Have you tried telnet on port 80 ?

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Thomas Bnt

aha nice joke!

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Ava Nichols

No Linux version: This is a big negative for me.

Ah that's annoying

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Thomas Bnt

yeep :c