One of the unique features in Arc browser is called Spaces. This option automatically hides the side panel, and shows it when you move the mouse cursor to the left edge of the screen. If you don't want the sidebar to be displayed permanently, you may toggle it from the View menu. You may also clear the unpinned tabs with one click. You can tweak this option from the settings. Today tabs are are automatically archived (discarded) after 12 hours. Unpinning a tab involves the same process. You can pin a tab by dragging and dropping it to the pinned tab section, or by clicking on the pin button next to a tab. The last of the 3 sections is called today tabs, these are unpinned tabs and are the default tabs that you open while browsing.
The next section in Arc browser's sidebar are pinned tabs, which as the name suggests are tabs that will be saved permanently. You can add any site to this section, it supports Previews for a few sites.
The favorites section displays icons for your favorite sites, it almost feels like an app. The rest of the sidebar is divided into 3 sections, with vertical tabs. The top section of the sidebar has the navigation butttons (back, forward, refresh), and the address bar. Sidebar and vertical tabsĪrc browser has a sidebar oriented interface, i.e., everything that you do involves the side panel on the left for the most part. You need to mouse over the URL bar and click on the details button, and the app displays a pop-up that tells you whether the site is secure. Well, Arc is doing that already, but not directly on the address bar. The Mountain View company is replacing the padlock icon with a details button in September 2023. A couple of months ago Google said that users were being misled by the icon as they believed it represented a website's trustworthiness.
When you visit a web page, you would normally look for a padlock icon to understand whether the current web page is secure or not. Google is the default search engine in the browser, you can change this from the app's settings. The important thing here is that Arc supports Chrome extensions, so you can install your favorite add-ons right away. This was quite annoying, but I created an account using an email alias to jump over this hurdle.Īrc browser is based on Chromium, so it comes with its pros and cons. You cannot do anything without signing in, it doesn't even let you maximize the app's window or access the settings. You need to sign up for an Arc account to use the browser. Please treat this article as an overview of the features, not as a full review. Arc has been in development for 3 years, and until now the only way to access it was via a waitlist, aka a closed invite system.
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