Apple Loses Safari Lead Designer to The Browser Company

No big loss if you've even remotely paid attention to the dreadful and confused direction Safari on macOS and iOS has headed in the past few years.

Apple has lost another senior figure from its Safari team as a lead designer departs for The Browser Company, extending a pattern of high-profile exits from Apple's browser team amid intensifying competition around AI-driven browsing.



Marco Triverio was a lead designer for Safari and has now joined The Browser Company, the developer of the Arc and Dia browsers. The move was confirmed by The Browser Company chief executive Josh Miller in a post on X ('https://x.com/joshm/status/2008884567113859127?s=20'), marking the latest in a series of hires from Apple's Safari design leadership.

Miller emphasized that Triverio's arrival means The Browser Company has now recruited lead designers from every Safari design era that overlapped with the development timelines of Arc and Dia, roughly spanning 2020 through 2025.


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The Browser Company has positioned itself as an alternative to traditional browsers by emphasizing significant new interaction models rather than incremental updates. The apps are often compared to Apple software due to their focus on visual clarity, animation, and user experience design.

Its Arc browser introduced a nontraditional tab system, extensive customization options, and collaborative tools such as shared workspaces and a built-in whiteboard. In 2025, the company introduced Dia ('https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/09/ai-browser-dia-launches-publicly-on-mac/'), a browser designed around AI-assisted workflows that integrate generative tools, collaborative features, and creative utilities directly into the browsing experience.

For Apple, Triverio's exit adds to a broader pattern of senior staff departures that became more visible throughout 2025.

Article Link: Apple Loses Safari Lead Designer to The Browser Company ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/08/apple-loses-safari-designer-to-the-browser-company/')

Im not following all the hate. Safari is probably my favorite browser. I do get annoyed when it’s not compatible with a site but that’s not common. I also think more than just WebKit should be allowed in App Store. But Safari itself is phenomenal.

* Best reading mode in the industry
* not to mention the listen feature so you can just hear an Article (wish the UX for that was a tiny bit better).
* The feature to remove distracting items is fantastic.
* I like the different profiles.
* I like the shared/collaborative Tabs.
* The fact that built in player has PiP and speed modes.
* The ability to see trackers on a webpage
* We’ve even got extensions support


Also this person is leaving not fired. Maybe they proposed things to fix the aspects of Safari you don’t like and they were blocked. Maybe they’re leaving bc they need more time for family or want to live closer to something else. We can’t draw too many conclusions from this. I for one love Safari. One of the best iOS apps.

If this was the guy ultimately responsible for many of the terrible recent changes to Safari, then Apple just got a major boost via subtraction

My general reaction to this news is:

I can't decide if this is a good thing, or a bad thing.

Safari has been going downhill for a while now. I'm often forced to use Firefox instead to handle Safari's shortcomings.

the macOS safari sidebar is a mess for bookmarks/reading list etc, it needs a redesign