I used the hot new web browser Arc for 8 months, and am never going back to Chrome. These are the best and worst things about it.

• Arc is a buzzy web browser that sheds the traditional browser interface as we know it.
• Made by The Browser Company, Arc includes a sidebar, whiteboards, keyboard shortuts, and more.
• After trying it for eight months, I’m never going back to Chrome.

Eight months ago, my browser tab hoarding was out of control. I was juggling websites for work, a heap of Twitter links, travel blogs for an upcoming vacation, and “92 One-Pot Meals You’ll Keep Coming Back To.” Finding an open tab was like playing hide and seek in the cluttered abyss of Chrome, each link harder to find than the last.

Then came Arc, a new web browser recommended by Jason Spinell, manager of Slack’s early-stage investment fund. Its developer The Browser Company, Spinell told me, “is building a browser, but they are truly rethinking the foundation of computing.” I was skeptical, expecting it would join the forgotten graveyard of apps that failed to live up to their initial hype. After eight months of using Arc as my default browser, I’m praying it survives the hype.