OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas: What I Expect After Using Arc, Dia and Comet

Nathan Binding

27 Dec 2025 — 2 min read

I have spent the last few months hopping between new browsers, trying to find one that fits how I actually work. I tried Arc, Dia, and Comet. Each one taught me something useful. None of them stuck.

Arc looked promising at first. The design felt fresh and opinionated. Spaces and tabs made sense on paper. In daily use, it slowed me down. Too many ideas competed for attention, and the browser started to feel like the focus instead of the work. After the novelty wore off, I stopped reaching for it.

Dia took a different angle. The skills concept caught my interest. The idea of a browser that could learn tasks and repeat them for you felt close to what I want from AI. In practice, there was not much else to hold me. Outside of skills, the rest of the experience felt thin, and I did not build a habit around it.

Comet fell down on speed and search. Page loads felt sluggish, and the built-in reliance on Perplexity did not suit how I research. I move fast, open lots of tabs, and still trust Google for most queries. Being pushed away from that flow added friction I did not want.

Those experiments clarified what matters to me.

I want a browser that is quick and dependable. It should get out of the way. AI should help me find, group, and return to information, not ask me to learn a new way to browse just to exist. Search choice matters. You build muscle memory around how you search. Taking that away breaks momentum.

That is why I am watching ChatGPT Atlas closely.

What I hope Atlas gets right is balance. Speed first. Reliability as a baseline. AI layered on top in ways that feel optional and supportive. Let me choose my search engine. Make any skills or automations simple to set up and simple to reuse. If I need a manual to remember how a feature works, it is already lost.

If Atlas can combine the speed Arc promised, the practical automation Dia hinted at, and a search experience that respects my preferences, it could replace my current setup. That is the bar now.

The question is simple. Will Atlas help you think and organise better without asking you to fight the browser itself?

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