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Re: Orion Browser

#31

Post by nice_terrible » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 11:57 PM UTC

This has been my daily driver for a few months. Love the vertical nested tabs and being able to add things like paywall bypass/google translate into a browser as battery efficient as Safari.

Re: Orion Browser

#32

Post by dev_tty01 » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 12:00 AM UTC

webmobdev wrote: post #20

Some feedback: 1. The download button doesn't work on Pale Moon / WhiteStar browser (v32.0.0) - clicking it does nothing. Perhaps it is a bug or some settings I enabled. But it should be a no-brainer that a Browser company design a site that works fine in all browsers so that others can download and switch to it easily! 2. Orion is still very buggy and keeps freezing occasionally. Cannot use it as a daily driver. 3.…

> I still recommend it to others but you guys need to produce a stable version soon.

This must drive developers nuts. It is in Beta. That means it has bugs and is not yet in wide release. A user should have no expectation of it being their daily driver for anything critical. Providing constructive feedback is great, but the closing complaint is just not appropriate at this stage of the product.

Re: Orion Browser

#33

Post by _chu1 » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 12:05 AM UTC

Make a Linux/Windows/Android version then come back to me. Walled gardens aren't my thing

Re: Orion Browser

#34

Post by api » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 12:06 AM UTC

I’ve paid for Kagi for months. Works well and I wanted to support this.

Re: Orion Browser

#35

Post by COGlory » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 12:10 AM UTC

I pay for Kagi. I'd also pay for Orion if it were on Linux. It doesn't even need to be good, I'd still pay for it.

Re: Orion Browser

#36

Post by nine_k » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 12:15 AM UTC

verzeichnis wrote: post #9

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.

I wish more browsers adopted the approach of Tree Style Tab, the Firefox extension.

(Heck, I wish Firefox natively implemented it.)

Re: Orion Browser

#37

Post by kitsunesoba » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 12:17 AM UTC

nine_k wrote: post #36

verzeichnis wrote: post #9

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.

I wish more browsers adopted the approach of Tree Style Tab, the Firefox extension. (Heck, I wish Firefox natively implemented it.)

Firefox also needs a toggle to hide that unnecessarily large sidebar header. It’s possible to do that with custom userChrome, but there’s no reason it couldn’t be a checkbox somewhere.

Re: Orion Browser

#38

Post by selfawareMammal » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 12:20 AM UTC

COGlory wrote: post #35

I pay for Kagi. I'd also pay for Orion if it were on Linux. It doesn't even need to be good, I'd still pay for it.

I'm not good, would you like to pay me? I won't stop you

Re: Orion Browser

#39

Post by saucesaft » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 12:20 AM UTC

ukd1 wrote: post #23

I used Onion for a while, but moved back to Safari. Too many weird issues with playing video, and autofill with tons of contacts (4-5k?). Miss the build in ad blocking, and that it's chrome is thinner, and picture-in-picture without some random extension.

I've been using picture-in-picture without extensions on Orion by pressing cmd+ctrl+m

Re: Orion Browser

#40

Post by userbinator » Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 12:22 AM UTC

smoldesu wrote: post #4

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.

I believe this might work in your HOSTS file:

    0.0.0.0 ocsp.apple.com

It seems they at least still respect that. Search HN for "ocsp.apple.com" to find a lot more interesting discussion.