--- title: My first thoughts and experiences with the Arc browser description: Arc is a new browser client developed by The Browser Company. The onboarding process is visually pleasing and allows you to import bookmarks. The browser has a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-thoughts-and-experiences-with-the-arc-browser-icyeg920s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My first thoughts and experiences with the Arc browser | daily.dev og:description: Arc is a new browser client developed by The Browser Company. The onboarding process is visually pleasing and allows you to import bookmarks. The browser has a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-thoughts-and-experiences-with-the-arc-browser-icyeg920s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iCYEG920S.png og:image:alt: My first thoughts and experiences with the Arc browser og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My first thoughts and experiences with the Arc browser **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 23 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary Arc is a new browser client developed by The Browser Company. The onboarding process is visually pleasing and allows you to import bookmarks. The browser has a unique sidebar and a built-in search overlay. It has a learning curve but offers new ideas on web interaction. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@randy** · 6 upvotes > One thing this gets wrong is Spaces. They are _not_ replacements for your bookmark folders. Think of them as more like Profiles; you can be signed into your work accounts in one, personal accounts in another, etc. Also, there are actual folders available in a given Space… > > And yes, learning to navigate takes time. I also highly recommend letting the sidebar auto-hide as this gives you literally a full screen of browser real estate. No top bar, no side bars, just a thin bezel the whole way around. > > Last, Arc is my daily driver, but as a web-app dev, IntelliJ runs Chrome for my work stuff. I... **@rank** · 1 upvotes > I really like the browser and decided to make it my default browser. Very nice concepts and it feels new and different to all other browsers. The only downside is the device emulation in the dev tools is not working yet on windows. I am sure this will be fixed in near future. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-thoughts-and-experiences-with-the-arc-browser-icyeg920s) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"My first thoughts and experiences with the Arc browser","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-thoughts-and-experiences-with-the-arc-browser-icyeg920s","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-thoughts-and-experiences-with-the-arc-browser-icyeg920s"},"datePublished":"2024-05-18T11:55:54.679Z","dateModified":"2024-05-18T11:55:53.120Z","description":"Arc is a new browser client developed by The Browser Company. 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They are not replacements for your bookmark folders. Think of them as more like Profiles; you can be signed into your work accounts in one, personal accounts in another, etc. Also, there are actual folders available in a given Space…\nAnd yes, learning to navigate takes time. I also highly recommend letting the sidebar auto-hide as this gives you literally a full screen of browser real estate. No top bar, no side bars, just a thin bezel the whole way around.\nLast, Arc is my daily driver, but as a web-app dev, IntelliJ runs Chrome for my work stuff. I actually kind of like this because it means I can keep my Chrome install very bare-bones while installing all of my normal extensions in Arc.","datePublished":"2024-05-18T15:51:10.452Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/iCYEG920S#c-U6zCIrnzf","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Randy","url":"https://daily.dev/randy","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--UjV4-KkB--/f_auto/v1708097210/avatars/avatar_HXYbbGcBO38Rfv7RrCBdA"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I really like the browser and decided to make it my default browser. Very nice concepts and it feels new and different to all other browsers. The only downside is the device emulation in the dev tools is not working yet on windows. 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