No loose ends
This weekâs release is a grab bag of speed and stability. We tied up loose ends to make everyday browsing faster and more predictable, with a mix of fixes you asked for and improvements weâve been eager to ship. Thatâs it, thatâs the intro.
Tab improvements incoming
Tab Groups (introduced last week, woo!) now get their color from the siteâs favicon, or from color matching in the URL bar. Itâs not only delightful, the wayfinding helps indicate exactly whatâs in your group. Refined by Dustin Senos
And another calendar update is now liveâsee the time to your next meeting, right in your tab. A favorite from Arc, the status will be live in both the sidebar and the topbar to help you never miss a meeting again. Shipped by Ben Cunningham
Better chat with your tabs
Get even more momentum in chat. That means full-context answers, no lost tabs, and progress even when uploads donât cooperate.
Dia can now read the entire content in a Google Sheet, not just the visible first 100 rows. That means responses to questions about all content, and connections across sheet
Built by
Ali Juma
Attachments donât always play nice. If one won't upload, you don't have to start over or waitâjust retry the query without that file and continue the conversation.
Added by
Farah Juma (in her first week!)
Links you click in chat on Ask on Page won't replace your current view anymore. Instead, they'll open a new foreground tab inside your active tab group (when applicable), so you keep your context and keep moving.
Shipped by
Nathan Chapman
From Miko's Desk
I shipped two fixes Iâve been chasing for a while. First, a speculative fix for the âdouble traffic lightsâ on macOSâthose duplicated window controls that sometimes show up after unlocks or during fullscreen transitions. Please keep an eye out, and let me know if you see it again. Second, Iâve addressed white flashes in dark mode when closing or switching tabs. Notion or Slack received a targeted fix and thereâs a true dark background behind their UI now enforced to remove the flashing.
Three more updates
Keyboard shortcuts now respect your layout. Shortcuts like âZ in Google Docs or Figma now work as expected on nonâUS layouts (e.g., AZERTY, Dvorak).
Middleâclick without losing your place. Back, forward, and reload entries now support middleâclick or ââclick to open in a new tab, so you can explore navigation/history items without replacing your current view. Tabs will open in the background by default, and you can add Shift to open in the foreground.
This oneâs for Chromium Users. If you rely on extensions that use the Chromium side panel (hello, Rovo at Atlassian), Dia now supports them. Since Dia is built on Chromium, compatible extensions can render their sideâpanel UI right inside Dia, so your tools show up where you work.
OneLastThing
Iâve been looking for music that helps me focus while programming, especially during some recent website updates for Dia Browser. I came across this album in a roundabout way, through an Instagram Reel of Gustavo Cerati (frontman of the Argentine â80s band Soda Stereo) during a DJ set. That led me down a rabbit hole finding his later work which went more ambient and electronic.
Put this on when youâre ready to deep dive into something.
Suggested by
Lucas Vocos
Ocio
