Orion Browser

#1

Post by napolux » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:13 PM UTC

Orion Browser
browser.kagi.com

Re: Orion Browser

#2

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:50 PM UTC

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Re: Orion Browser

#3

Post by sneak » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:50 PM UTC

It's really amazing to think that "zero telemetry" is how one differentiates from Firefox these days.

Re: Orion Browser

#4

Post by smoldesu » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:52 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #3

It's really amazing to think that "zero telemetry" is how one differentiates from Firefox these days.

Until MacOS lets you disable OCSP, I don't think a Mac-native browser can be zero-telemetry.

Re: Orion Browser

#5

Post by Yizahi » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:54 PM UTC

If would be nice to see a third browser alternative on Windows, even if just for the better competition. Because Chrome with 90+% of market share and the rest is Firefox on life support and not very competent management is not good.

Re: Orion Browser

#6

Post by skrtskrt » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:54 PM UTC

Kagi Search is amazing but I’m almost completely on Linux now so I’ll have to wait on this browser

Re: Orion Browser

#7

Post by woodruffw » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:55 PM UTC

Small thing, but the footnote references render incorrectly for me: they're rendered as normal-sized text, rather than small superscript.

Separately: what does an "X" on "zero telemetry by default" mean for Firefox? My understanding/distant memory is that Firefox asks users to enable developer metrics, but that it's (1) opt in, and (2) distinct in kind from the telemetry the other browsers might collect by default.

Re: Orion Browser

#8

Post by mrkramer » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:57 PM UTC

For people who want to compare privacy(tracking) features of browsers, you can look it up here: https://privacytests.org/

That is not my website I found about it here on HN. I wonder how Orion compares to other browsers.

Re: Orion Browser

#9

Post by verzeichnis » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 11:00 PM UTC

It’s okay. I like the vertical tabs. Sadly, extensions are buggy and I can’t get Vue Dev Tools to run, which is needed for work.

Kagi search is really nice though. Switched to usit exclusively.

Re: Orion Browser

#10

Post by darkteflon » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 11:02 PM UTC

skrtskrt wrote: post #6

Kagi Search is amazing but I’m almost completely on Linux now so I’ll have to wait on this browser

I tried it for a bit but it didn’t seem materially better than DDG for my purposes. What do you like about it?