"The AI web browser Dia is drawing inspiration from its predecessor, Arc, an earlier experiment in modernizing the web browsing experience that hailed from the startup known as The Browser Company. On Sunday, The Browser Company founder Josh Miller confirmed that the new AI browser will bring "Arc's greatest hits" to Dia, including things like the sidebar mode, and combine that with AI-native features like memory and agents."
"The latter was initially released in mid-2023 as a reinvention of the browser designed around the way people use the internet today. That included offering separate workspaces for work and personal browsing, support for pinned tabs, a Command Bar that worked like Apple's Spotlight search, and a sidebar that included the search bar, tab list, user bookmarks, audio controls, and more."
""Arc was simply too different, with too many new things to learn, for too little reward... On top of that, Arc lacked cohesion in both its core features and core values. It was experimental, that was part of its charm, but also its complexity," Miller wrote in a blog post earlier this year, detailing the company's decision to wind down Arc and open source it, and refocusing the company's efforts on building Dia."
Dia will incorporate Arc's highest-performing features such as sidebar mode and pair them with AI-native capabilities like memory and agents. Dia was acquired by Atlassian for $610 million and could gain advantage in the AI browser market by building on prior learnings from Arc. Arc launched in mid-2023 with modernized features including separate work and personal workspaces, pinned tabs, a Spotlight-like Command Bar, and a sidebar containing search, tab list, bookmarks, and audio controls. Arc proved too complex for broad adoption, lacked cohesion in core features and values, and was wound down and open-sourced, providing insights on which features resonate with users.
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