Zen Browser

anyone used this web browser already knows how good it is. so i will just write the cons.

somewhat unstable, expect interface bugs and disk I/O performance issues. if not using linux based operating systems, then expect websites that use DRM to not work such as spotify (many uses spotify web version for ublock origin and violentmonkey extensions). lacks a quick way to bulk delete cookies, requested this many times on github and got ignored everytime. there is ctrl+shift+del to quickly delete all cookies, i don't want all to be purged. adding exceptions is much more work, for example xbox website takes me to 5 different domains for login.

I'm glad this browser exists. It picked up the creative UI ideas from the abandoned Arc browser, and kept it maintained on all platforms, with the added benefit of now being open source and Firefox-based.

The vertical tab system, and how they combine the concept of tabs and bookmarks in one is just great and intuitive. You can also denote different spaces and basically 'swipe' between them (e.g. Main, Work, Music), and they don't feel quite as awkward to go between as what other browsers have done. It all just clicks really well.

Meanwhile I saw other browsers responded to the popularity of Arc/Zen by just slapping a half-baked vertical tab mode without thinking about any of the rest of the design properly. They couldn't possibly do what Arc did because they're still thinking in the old way browser UIs work.

I also consider being Firefox-based rather than Chromium a big plus, because it helps keep the browser ecosystem more varied and inherently avoids any anti-consumer behavior such as recent extension changes by Google.

The only caveat I can put here is that all the innovation was done by Arc, and this browser simply copies it well. I'm not sure there will be new exciting ideas led by the Zen maintainer and contributors after they get full parity with Arc.

My #1 browser. Easily switching between user identities is a game changer.

Gorgeous, fast, customizable, private. What's not to like?

This app deserves more attention than it gets. It's basically like the Arc browser, if it wasn't made by a shady developer. Beautiful, minimalist UI to replace Firefox's clunky, outdated one

This browser deserves a 5 star rate but not allowing to place tabs horizontally on top is really annoying. Maybe in the future they will recover from insanity.