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Re:Arc Browser for Windows 1.0, Now generally available by asveikau on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @12:34PM (#40212923)
I seriously thought they had ported some novel browser engine to Win16, but even that, Windows 1.0, which IIRC didn't even have overlapping windows, would be ridiculous.

And apparently it's based on Chromium. Porting a brand-new browser engine to long-obsolete Windows is probably plausible. Porting Chromium, a very large beast with a lot of baggage, is much less likely.

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Re:Arc Browser for Windows 1.0, Now generally available by perrohunter on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @12:38PM (#40212985)
> which IIRC didn't even have overlapping windows

that's why arc supports split browser tabs hahaha

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Re:Arc Browser for Windows 1.0, Now generally available by Narishma on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @12:48PM (#40213102)
You don't need overlapping windows for a browser.
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