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 Apple is expected to announce iOS 18 during its WWDC keynote on June 10, and new features have already been rumored for many apps, including Apple Music, Apple Maps, Calculator, Messages, Notes, Safari, and others.
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 Apple today seeded the fourth betas of upcoming iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the third betas.
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For one, there's the maker's name: The Browser Company of New York. Are we meant to imagine the browser being crafted in a converted blacksmith's forge in Brooklyn, offering farm-to-table HTML? And it was designed for the Mac. Then there was my attempt to try out the beta several weeks ago — the browser hung while I tried to make an account, and wouldn't let me through. A support request went unacknowledged.
That's not really fair, though. So when *sigh* The Browser Company of New York announced that its free Arc browser was finally ready for Windows users to try alongside Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and others, I gave it a try. And you know what? It's actually okay.
The problem I face, however, is that the Arc browser wants you to learn its ways. I don't mind quirks, but I've never liked a "you just don't get it" attitude. And there's definitely a bit of that throughout Arc.
Full disclosure: I've never spoken to The Browser Co., and I was never offered a walkthrough or a press briefing. That's fine, as it puts me in the shoes of an average user. From the get-go, the experience is familiar: You're asked to download a small installer, which downloads a more complete package.
Unfortunately, Arc is one of the new breed of browsers that requires a username and password, full stop. There's no anonymous option, at least where Arc is concerned. To use it you'll need to provide an email address, plus a username and password. For mobile, Arc is limited to iOS support — not even a true mobile browser, but rather an odd sort of sidebar. Android users are out of luck, for now.
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