Open Arc 0.2.7

Install: open OpenArc-0.2.7.dmg and drag Open Arc into Applications (Developer ID signed and notarized; Apple silicon, macOS 14+). Installed 0.2.x builds update through Open Arc ▸ Check for Updates….

Since 0.2.6:

• Downloads, as in Arc: rest the pointer on the Library button at the bottom left to see your four most recent downloads, running and finished, right on the sidebar. Running ones show progress, size and time left with a button to cancel; finished ones show a thumbnail, open on click, and have a right-click menu (Copy File, Send via iMessage, AirDrop, Open in…, Show in Finder, Hide, Move to Trash).
• Starting a download sends an icon flying to the Library button, which then shows the download's progress and, once it is done, the file's icon for a little while.
• Dock: Space icons react to the pointer with a highlight and a tag showing the Space's name and its ⌃ number; the current Space's icon is drawn in its own theme color.

Known gaps:

• Sites' own search engines (OpenSearch) are not picked up automatically.
• No warning yet when a saved password appears in a data breach.
• Client-side phishing detection is off (Safe Browsing is off by default).

Open Arc 0.2.6

Install: open OpenArc-0.2.6.dmg and drag Open Arc into Applications (Developer ID signed and notarized; Apple silicon, macOS 14+). Installed 0.2.x builds update through Open Arc ▸ Check for Updates….

Since 0.2.5:

• Switching Spaces: the window color now moves with the sidebar pages and reaches the new Space's color by the time the page is half way across, for swipes, Dock clicks and shortcuts alike. The two-finger swipe no longer stutters.
• Peek: in a favorite or pinned tab, a link that opens another site in a new tab (target=_blank, window.open) now opens in Peek, like a plain click on such a link. Same-site links and sign-in popups still open tabs.
• Peek's close / expand / split buttons are white with the theme color in light Spaces, as in Arc.
• Site Control Center: pinned extensions come first in the Extensions list.
• Adding an extension asks with a card in the window, as in Arc: the extension's icon, "Add the "" extension to Open Arc?" and what it can do. Sign-in prompts, opening another app, unresponsive pages, client certificates, passkeys and removing an extension use the same card.

Known gaps:

• Sites' own search engines (OpenSearch) are not picked up automatically.
• No warning yet when a saved password appears in a data breach.
• Client-side phishing detection is off (Safe Browsing is off by default).

Open Arc 0.2.5

Install: open OpenArc-0.2.5.dmg and drag Open Arc into Applications (Developer ID signed and notarized; Apple silicon, macOS 14+). Installed 0.2.x builds update through Open Arc ▸ Check for Updates….

Since 0.2.4:

• Settings popups work again: "Archive tabs after", the search engine and the download location showed every choice greyed out, so none could be changed. If Today tabs from yesterday keep disappearing, set Settings ▸ Profiles ▸ Archive tabs after to 24 hours or 7 days.
• Auto Archive measures from when a tab was last on screen, not from when it was last selected, so a tab you used all day is no longer archived soon after you leave it. Tabs on screen or playing sound are kept, and the check runs every 10 minutes.
• Archived Tabs in the Library: right-click a row for Restore Tab, Copy Link or Delete from Archive; an empty archive now says so.
• Two-finger swipe left or right on a web page goes back or forward.
• When a Space swipe ends, the window color finishes its change along with the slide instead of jumping.
• Optional usage data: a few basic events (the app was used today, which of five features were used, Arc import result, archive interval) go to an analytics service in the US so we can see which features matter. Never websites, page contents, searches or anything from incognito windows. On by default, shown to you before anything is sent, and off in Settings ▸ General ▸ Share usage data. The service estimates a country and city from the connection and discards the IP address. Details: https://getopenarc.app/privacy

Known gaps:

• Sites' own search engines (OpenSearch) are not picked up automatically.
• No warning yet when a saved password appears in a data breach.
• Client-side phishing detection is off (Safe Browsing is off by default).

Open Arc 0.2.4

Install: open OpenArc-0.2.4.dmg and drag Open Arc into Applications (Developer ID signed and notarized; Apple silicon, macOS 14+). Installed 0.2.x builds update through Open Arc ▸ Check for Updates….

Since 0.2.3:

• Closing the selected tab returns to the tab you used before it; with no history it picks the neighbour below (then above), and with no Today tabs the nearest pinned tab.
• Selecting a tab that another window already shows moves its page to this window and dims it in the other one, as Arc does. Clicking the dimmed page takes it back.
• The strip above the sidebar now behaves like a title bar: a double-click zooms the window (following the system title-bar setting), and a drag still moves the window.
• The top strip is easier to hit: it spans the page's full width, is 22 pt tall, and the double-click works anywhere along the top edge, over the page too.
• The sidebar scroll knob is lighter and appears only while you scroll.
• While swiping between Spaces the window background now blends toward the target Space's colour instead of jumping at the switch.

Known gaps:

• Sites' own search engines (OpenSearch) are not picked up automatically.
• No warning yet when a saved password appears in a data breach.
• Client-side phishing detection is off (Safe Browsing is off by default).

Open Arc 0.2.3

Install: open OpenArc-0.2.3.dmg and drag Open Arc into Applications (Developer ID signed and notarized; Apple silicon, macOS 14+). Installed 0.2.x builds update through Open Arc ▸ Check for Updates….

Since 0.2.2:

• Space switching by trackpad now follows your fingers: swipe to slide the Spaces, release past half a page or flick to switch, and the pages spring back otherwise. The scroll bar and hover cards hide during the swipe.
• Extensions can be pinned: hover an extension in the Site Control Center to pin it, and it appears left of the copy-link button in the URL bar (or left of Site Controls with the toolbar on). Right-click a pinned icon for Unpin.
• The folder hover preview now looks like Arc's: a neutral glass panel right of the sidebar, two-line rows with a globe, a written-out time and newest first.
• A "New Tab Created" notice appears at the top right when a page opens a tab while the sidebar is hidden.

Known gaps:

• Sites' own search engines (OpenSearch) are not picked up automatically.
• No warning yet when a saved password appears in a data breach.
• Client-side phishing detection is off (Safe Browsing is off by default).

Open Arc 0.2.2

Install: open OpenArc-0.2.2.dmg and drag Open Arc into Applications (Developer ID signed and notarized; Apple silicon, macOS 14+). Installed 0.2.x and 0.1.x builds update through Open Arc ▸ Check for Updates….

Since 0.2.1:

• Developer Tools dock into the web panel like Arc's: on the right by default, or left, bottom or a separate window from DevTools' Dock side menu. ⌥⌘I closes docked DevTools again; each tab keeps its own.
• With the sidebar hidden, the panel slides out from the left edge only while Open Arc is the active app, so working in an app to its left no longer opens it.
• Traffic lights: hovered buttons are gray with any accent color, as in Arc (no red / yellow / green); resting discs are as dark as Arc's.

Open Arc 0.2.1

Install: open OpenArc-0.2.1.dmg and drag Open Arc into Applications (Developer ID signed and notarized; Apple silicon, macOS 14+). Installed 0.2.0 and 0.1.x builds update through Open Arc ▸ Check for Updates….

Since 0.2.0:

• Sidebar folders open and close on the first click (no delay) and slide like Arc's: the folder's sites move as one block under the folder row.
• Click the Space name to collapse or expand the pinned tabs. Hovering it shows a chevron and the "…" button; the selected pinned tab stays visible while collapsed.
• Favorite tiles change color on hover.
• Traffic lights look like Arc's at rest and on hover; the zoom button keeps its window-tiling menu and full-screen click.
• Folder icons redrawn; their colors follow the Space theme.
• Space icon picker: a bubble under the Space icon with Emoji and Icon pages.
• New About window with version, engine version and credits.
• Settings switches show on and off more clearly.
• Favorites and controls stay visible in the hidden-sidebar panel; lighter lines above and below the tab list.
• Large imported Spaces open and close folders more smoothly.
• Refined app icons.

Open Arc 0.2.0

First release. Install: open OpenArc-0.2.0.dmg and drag Open Arc into Applications (Developer ID signed and notarized; Apple silicon, macOS 14+). Installed 0.1.x test builds update through Open Arc ▸ Check for Updates….

Since 0.1.13:

• Engine upgraded to Chromium 157.0.8103.39.
• The save-password prompt works again on the new engine.
• Error pages for unknown hosts show their final error instead of staying on "Diagnosing the problem".
• AppleScript window, Space and tab references resolve again.

Known gaps:

• Sites' own search engines (OpenSearch) are not picked up automatically.
• No warning yet when a saved password appears in a data breach.
• Client-side phishing detection is off (Safe Browsing is off by default).