That’s kind of how web browsers workor worked until Arc came along to change things.
What if a web surfing app could be more like a computer’s operating system?
What Is Arc surfing app?
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For example, RSS is a technology that lets websites and blogs deliver new articles to you.
Usually, you need a special app to do this, but now these browsers bake it in.
Vivaldi, for instance, alerts you when a site offers an RSS feed and lets you follow it.
Email in Vivaldi browser.
You will then get notifications of new articles.
This lets you annotate the web and save those highlights as notes you could search.
These browsers also let you add email accounts, calendars, add contact lists.
Which brings us to the privacy concerns.
Can You Trust Your Web web client?
One significant barrier to switching browsers is privacy and security.
Pretty much all your most sensitive data goes through your web client, which requires a lot of trust.
After all, you already trust Apple, Microsoft, or Google with your entire computing life.
But as soon as you choose another option, you must decide how far that trust will go.
If nothing else, it’s worth grabbing them and taking them for a spin.
