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Interesting times when to have chromium-based browser that WORKS as intended I’m actually thinking about using Chrome again.

Also – dear Arc. Before you change the way the web works, please make your *browser* work. Like, make it NOT freeze every couple of minutes with all of the buttons unusable. Make it not hide tabs (and I know they are hidden because camera shows there’s an active tab using it)… Please, get basics right first.

Jack Baty | But you ARE building a web browser:

I love Arc. It’s great. The team building Arc is enthusiastic, talented, and obviously love what they’re doing. But I have to admit that their year-end video “We’re not building a web browser” has me a little concerned. I mean, you are building a web browser. Be excited, sure, but calm down a little on the change-the-world rhetoric. It’s still a web browser. And the “I remember when I used Apple. My kids use Arc.” was dreamy nonsense.

At this point my takes are Jack’s takes. I could just copy his posts to show what I’m thinking. This is exactly my take on Arc’s newest video.

Katurah and her million dollar mistake. Damn, this season is pretty good!

Jack Baty | Safari and Arc:

Lately, however, I’ve noticed that I spend a lot of time “managing” things in Arc. I organize the sidebar. I pin and unpin tabs. I make spaces for no good reason. I “traffic control” sites so they open in specific ways. There are many things one can tweak Arc, and I’ve been tweaking all of them.

I find myself doing the same stuff all the time. What works for me is using Arc during workday and then moving to Safari, and to streamline this proces I’m using this little app called Velja so changing default browser is just as easy as clicking in the menu bar and picking what’s the main browser today!

Just made my third Huel order. At this point I’m addicted to Mexican chilli and pasta bolognese. This time I’ve added Vanilla powder instead of Chocolate. I’m gonna mix them two! 😎

OMG, Safari is just SO FREAKING FAST after emptying its history. Who knew? Apparently keeping 100k history entries isn’t recommended.

Maybe, just maybe, Safari being slow could be related to Safari having 100k items in history. Maybe. Who knows, I guess we will never know?

Because of the usual problems with Arc, I’ve installed Firefox just to check it out. The last time I had Firefox installed was a really long time ago, and I have to admit that it works pretty well. It’s also surprisingly fast.

The day when they’re gonna be dead is coming sooner than later I’m afraid…

Actually I might try to have less widget and more apps area. Let’s see how this one works out.

Didn’t add a photo for that December post lol.

December (but a couple weeks in 🫣), 2023.

Got in touch with my finance advisor regarding insurance for me & wifey and he created some sort of urgency regarding agreeing to the terms. And because I’ve worked closely with sales team last couple of months I had this feeling that whatever he’s hurrying up is into probably isn’t that great. Ugh.

This one tastes likely a dessert from when I was like 7. Also next time I’m getting this powdered and I’m gonna combine this with chocolate powder. Highly recommended.