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My Browser Odyssey: From Arc to Dia to Zen Browser

2025-08-19

I was a devoted Arc browser user, loving its powerful keyboard shortcuts and multi-profile functionality. However, its developer, The Browser Company, pivoted to the AI-powered Dia browser, abandoning many of Arc's strengths. Dia, while incorporating AI features, sacrificed usability and privacy, forcing me to search for an alternative. Firefox, while functional, lacks a polished user experience. Ultimately, I found Zen Browser, a Firefox-based browser with Arc's clean, fluid interface and powerful customization, solving Firefox's multi-profile management issues. It's become my new favorite. I even believe Mozilla should acquire the Zen Browser team to improve the user experience of Firefox.

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Open Source Software: Utopia's Ideal and Reality's Struggle

2025-06-14

This article reviews the history of open-source software, from early academic sharing to the rise of commercial software, and the free software movement championed by Richard Stallman and the subsequent open-source movement. The author points out that while open-source software has fueled the growth of the tech industry, its development faces many challenges, such as insufficient funding, lack of diversity among contributors, and failure to fully realize its original social ideals. Open-source software is not a panacea; its success stories rely more on corporate support than purely community contributions. The author uses their own experience founding the open-source social networking platform Elgg to illustrate the limitations and opportunities of open-source software in practical applications.

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