Quark Player

If you find yourself streaming stuff in the background while doing something else, then perhaps you're all too familiar with having to work with two or more instances of your browser. While that is fine for most users, some do find it a tad awkward.

An Electron-based app can help provide for your media streaming needs. Quark Player is a web video services player that supports popular platforms like Netflix, YouTube, Twitch, Hulu, and many others, so that users can more easily access their entertainment  sources in this dedicated app.

Electron-based apps are common nowadays, and what they lack in performance they make up for in compatibility and versatility. The program in question provides an interface which should be able to meet your content streaming needs in an accessible manner.

Accessing any of the supported streaming platforms through the interface is as easy as clicking it. Optionally, you may have to authenticate for some paid services, such as Netflix, HBO Max, and so on. Some services are not toggled by default, so it's best to head into the Settings menu and look through the Enabled Services dropdown for a comprehensive list.

We tried streaming content from YouTube and Twitch and had an overall positive experience. Navigating through the websites themselves was business as usual, as we were able to do just as we could on our browser.

Curiously, the program features an ad-blocker that is not enabled by default. Even so, once enabled, its performance was subpar as it failed to block YouTube ads.

Users have the ability to navigate through custom domains. Press the Ctrl+O hotkey and input your domain of choice.

Quark Player is a simple Electron app that was designed to provide users with a purpose-built environment for streaming their favorite web content. Though we found the built-in adblocker to be rather hit-or-miss, it's still an early release, so things should improve as we go on.