Today, I began exploring Dia after a colleague recommended it following their experience with Arc. So far, I’m quite impressed.
The interface is sleek, and the AI features appear to hold promise, though I need to use them more extensively to determine if they can genuinely replace Perplexity AI for my needs. In terms of performance, Dia is remarkably fast, and I really like the overall design.
Nevertheless, I’ve encountered several limitations that are worth mentioning. For instance, the autofill feature for Things 3 isn’t operational at the moment.
When I try to use the keyboard shortcut, the autofill popup appears, but it fails to automatically populate the title and URL of the current page, as most Chromium-based browsers typically do. To manage this, I’ve been using a bookmarklet from Claude Opus 4 as a temporary solution.
Additionally, I’m struggling to find a way to change the location of a bookmark or edit it—perhaps I’m overlooking something straightforward. Lastly, the absence of syncing is a drawback that I hope will be addressed in future updates.
Despite these limitations, I find them manageable for now, but I still haven’t spent enough time using the browser to consider making it my default. I’m curious about your experiences.
Have you tried Dia, or are you currently using it? What are your thoughts?
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