Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac

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Post by mpweiher » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 1:28 PM UTC

Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac
browser.kagi.com

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Post by feep » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 1:50 PM UTC

Sign me up.

The performance charts & graphs look nice. And (from Safari) I am excited to see what WebKit can do with extensions and other power features.

And, iPhone version.

Also:

1. The search engine (https://kagi.com/) is super cute (don’t have a login to try it).

2. Apparently this is what happened to the kagi.com (shareware payment) domain. Nice.

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Post by janandonly » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 2:09 PM UTC

Being able to use both chrome and firefox extensions and having an iOS and macOS app is wonderful :-)

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Post by connor-brooks » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

The one thing that is lacking from Safari is extensions. If this does what I believe then it will be my main browser. Safari adblocking sucks atm.

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Post by wil421 » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 2:13 PM UTC

What benefits does this give me over Safari or Firefox? Not really an Adblock or extension user. The websites I frequent don’t have invasive ads and the one’s that do get put into reader view, even if it means losing part of the content or weird picture placement. If you have invasive ads I’m not coming back.

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Post by qsort » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 2:14 PM UTC

connor-brooks wrote: post #4

The one thing that is lacking from Safari is extensions. If this does what I believe then it will be my main browser. Safari adblocking sucks atm.

I have been happy so far with Adguard. It's not ublock origin but it will do the job.

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Post by drcongo » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 2:14 PM UTC

connor-brooks wrote: post #4

The one thing that is lacking from Safari is extensions. If this does what I believe then it will be my main browser. Safari adblocking sucks atm.

Safari has extensions. Apple has just made them incredibly difficult to find by burying them in the Mac App Store.

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Post by threatofrain » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 2:18 PM UTC

Will this support Apple's new Private Relay, which is akin to TOR-lite for grandma?

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Post by znpy » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 2:18 PM UTC

«Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac» -- FTFY

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Post by herodotus » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 2:28 PM UTC

The sales pitch for this browser is really well done. What is lacking is information about who made this, and why we should trust their claims. Seems important too me if privacy is the main selling feature.