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Arc

Best browser in the world. Made by The Browser Company

Best parts ​

  • Vertical tabs
  • Spaces ❤️
    • I use each space for different areas of my life (Current Project, Current pet-project)
  • Automated tabs archiving
    • It closes unvisited tabs automatically (for me: after 7 days)
    • helps me to manage my ADHD since I open dozens of tabs daily
  • Has a mobile app!
    • It's rather simple so occasionally I still use Safari
    • Still can't be set as a default one on iOS

Fix Arc Browser for yabai ​

With default yabai settings some issues may occur:

  • Starting Picture In Picture makes yabai work in unpredictable ways
  • Some windows (Little Arc, extensions) are rendered in the background

To make Arc working properly you need to add this command to yabairc:

sh
yabai -m rule --add subrole="^AXSystemDialog$" manage=off mouse_follows_focus=off

Fix Arc Browser for Keyboard Maestro ​

By default Keyboard Maestro does not recognise Arc Browser for browser-related actions. This can be fixed with:

sh
defaults write com.stairways.keyboardmaestro.engine AppleScriptGoogleChromeBundleID -string "company.thebrowser.Browser"
defaults write com.stairways.keyboardmaestro.engine BrowserGoogleChromeName -string "Arc Browser"

Arc Browser and AppleScript ​

The Browser Company released basic AppleScript support for Arc, that can be used in Keyboard Maestro macros:

applescript
set KM_URL to ""

tell application "Arc"
	set currentURL to URL of active tab of window 1
	tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
		setvariable "KM_URL" to currentURL
	end tell
end tell

...or you can use arc-applescript-api I've made 😅.