Zen Browser Reviews and Details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in performance and AI compute

  If the browser being Chromium-based isn’t a hard requirement, it may be worth checking out the Firefox-based Zen Browser[0]. Its UI is very similar to that of Arc, to the point that I’d call it Arc’s spiritual successor. [0]: https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 days ago

• Zen-desktop: Desktop ad-blocker for Windows, macOS and Linux

  Not to be confused with Zen Browser[1], or Citrix Xen Desktop[2], or Zen Desktop the desktop blur tool[3], or a desktop with Ryzen CPU... Perhaps I should try running this Zen ad blocker with Zen Browser inside a Xen Desktop on a Zen core and see what happens. Hopefully I can find some bug, so that I can file an interesting and confusing bug report. :) [1] https://zen-browser.app/ [2]... - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

• Mozilla: The state of open source AI

  Yes, Firefox itself is a “general purpose” browser, and that’s probably for the best in terms of wide market appeal. Other developers have taken the engine and made power-user-focused browsers with it. Lately I’ve fallen in love with Zen (though after 2 months of use its pinned tabs features still confuse me a bit). https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers

  I'm going to advocate for Zen here. https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• Mozilla is working on a big Firefox redesign, here is what it looks like

  The question is rather if Mozilla can win this catch-up game and win new users. If they do this they should rather IMHO simply upstream the stuff done by Zen [0], which IMHO has a much more modern look and feel. Btw: there is still quite some users that are lost if UI changes. Particularly older people might simply use pre-installed Edge if they have to get used to a new design anyway. My parent in law were still... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Tabs Later: A Tab Hoarder's Journey to Sanity

  I've recently migrated to Zen [0] and its a breath of fresh air. I agree with comments arguing bad bookmark UX is part of the problem. Zen's approach is a vertical tab sidebar with workspaces and folders. Crucially, it distinguishes pinned and ephemeral tabs. The approach is much more natural to me than either bookmarks and tradition tabs. [0] https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features

  The solution for the (as of yet) small group of people who cares about these things is very simple: community driven forks. With the bonus that you also get a set of great (and per fork different yet handy) features. These include: Waterfox (Firefox) - https://www.waterfox.com/ Zen Browser (Firefox) - https://zen-browser.app/ Librewolf (Firefox) - https://librewolf.net/ Helium (Chrome/Chromium) -... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features

  My preference is Zen (https://zen-browser.app/), but there's also LibreWolf (https://librewolf.net/) if you want a less customized fork. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Mozilla's new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox

  So that's it then. Zen is going to eat their market share for lunch. https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Nook Browser

  Both the browser and the website look remarkably similar to https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• So Long, Firefox, Part One

  A lot of people are switching to Zen Browser, which essentially is a heavily modified, extremely moddable/themable and UX driven Firefox: https://zen-browser.app/ Zen really becomes particularly awesome if you run a alternative Wayland compositor like Sway, Hyprland, Mango, Wayfire and friends due to the window management in those environments. As a example:... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Firefox profiles: Private, focused spaces for all the ways you browse

  Zen [0] can bridge that gap. I have it set up so that each workspace in practice maps to a specific container. [0] https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• I tried 6 next-gen browsers - here's what I found

  I was in the market for a new browser that would persuade me to switch from Comet’s underlying UX sacrifices. This is when I stumbled upon Zen. Zen is much like Arc, designed to be a minimal, modern, user-friendly browser. - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

• Tor browser removing various Firefox AI features

  If you want to stick with Firefox, then I'd recommend Zen[0]. It has the tiling feature much like Vivaldi, among many other enhancements on Firefox. [0]: https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• The Browser Company (Arc, Dia) Has Been Acquired by Atlassian

  I use Arc as my primary browser but, well, I guess I won’t be using an Atlassian browser (only thinking about it sounds insane) because we all know what will happen with telemetry and tracking. I’ve been using Zen [1] on and off for some time but it’s time to go full time on Firefox again! It’s such a shame tho, Arc is a great browser and I’ve felt more productive using it, not to mention the UI, which is cleaner... - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Browser Company Acquired By – Atlassian

  I agree. I think Arc was the biggest innovation in browser UI since Chrome. I think you will eventually have to switch because it will lack behind given that it's not their priority anymore. Zen browser seems like viable alternative but I haven't used it enough yet to know how well polished it is. https://zen-browser.app. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Browser Company Acquired By – Atlassian

  Why not Zen https://zen-browser.app/ ? I've found it just as good AND it's open source. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Atlassian is acquiring the Browser Company

  What it means, I suspect, is that you should look into the Zen browser for Mac (and Windows and Linux, to boot), which is very clearly heavily Arc-inspired but not aiming for VC Unicorn status. https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up

  Firefox is living on for me as Zen: https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Third Party Cookies Must Be Removed

  Firefox with uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger at a minimum, other extensions to taste[0] I’ve also been experimenting with Zen[1], which is Firefox based, recently and it seems quite promising in terms of a nicer default UI. [0] I like Tab Stash, Vimium C, SponsorBlock, Decentraleyes, DeArrow, Archive Page, among others [1] https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Firefox tab groups are here

  If you like Arc but would prefer if it was open source and/or non-Blink/Chromium, Zen is based on Firefox but with an Arc-like interface. https://zen-browser.app/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago