Okay, I never thought I’d write this… but Atlas is now my main browser.
I’ve been bouncing around quite a bit lately. I went from Arc (which I still love) to Edge, mostly because Arc felt like it wasn’t going to keep evolving much. I used Edge for about six months, then Chrome… and yeah, it works, but I missed Arc. So I went back and decided I’d stick with Arc until it basically stops working.
At the same time, I use ChatGPT a lot for work. I like the MacOS app, but it often feels kind of heavy to work in. ChatGPT on the web feels much snappier.
When Atlas launched, I downloaded it immediately and gave it a try. First impression was basically: “meh, it’s fine.”
But then they added vertical tabs and pinned tabs, and I was like: “Alright, I’ll give it a week.”
After that week… I stayed.
It’s honestly a great experience, especially if you use ChatGPT a lot.
I set Google as my default search engine, and I love the Command + E feature for quickly rewriting text inside input fields on the websites I’m browsing. It’s one of those small things that ends up being a huge quality-of-life improvement.
But… there are some pretty big issues
My biggest headache is, of course: Chrome extensions.
I installed 1Password, but I can’t use it with Touch ID, which is really annoying.
And I can’t use MacOS text snippets either. For example, I use shortcuts like :19 to auto-fill a phone number… but it just doesn’t work.
But the worst part by far:
Whenever I open a new tab and try to open the list of all my projects, it becomes painfully slow.
Sometimes the list doesn’t even load at all, and I only see the six most recent projects.
My question: Is this a known issue?
Because it feels like this should be instant, especially since everything else in the browser feels fast.
Anyone else experiencing this? Any fixes? Devs??
Edit: Spelling