Awesome but without cross-platform builds I won't be using it.
I would happily pay for it though. Unless it's not a subscription.
Orion Browser
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Re: Orion Browser
#52I’m quite content with Brave Browser — no complaints here.
It was better before they buried settings. I switch Javascript on and off a lot. Before the change, it was two taps to get to those settings. Now it's three. While there's a button to switch all Brave settings on and off, I just want to toggle Javascript, and I do it enough that it's now one level too deep, i.e. it takes 5 taps total, 3 to get to the Javascript switch, one to toggle the switch and one to close the menus. I'd like to see a browser that allows switching Javascript on and off right on the menu bar, and without force reloading the page.
Re: Orion Browser
#53The native tree-style tabs in Orion (yes, actual tree-style, not just vertical) are awesome. And on my M1 MBP Orion handily beats Firefox in power efficiency.
Being able to install Chrome extensions, despite being a Webkit based browser, makes it better than Safari (where people have to pay the Apple Tax to make extensions for it).
Really there's only 2 issues I have with Orion:
1. It's not available outside of the Apple ecosystem. I want to be able to use the same browser across all my devices so everything syncs nicely.
2. 1Password refuses to whitelist Orion for their browser extension. Yes 1Password's Universal Autofill works pretty well, but that doesn't help when I'm making a new account or updating a password
I know Kagi can't do anything about #2, but I'm hoping they are actively working on #1. It would be the thing that finally makes me leave Firefox behind.
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#54I tried using Orion but 1Password integration is still buggy and doesn’t properly work. Apparently 1Password has to do some whitelisting on their side that the browser is okay to be used, but they don’t do that so it has been stalling for a very long time ( https://1password.community/discussion/124112/support-for-or... ). It’s sad because 1Password is such an important thing that I need to properly work that it’s ma…
I use 1Password with Orion and it works (on iPhone btw)
Re: Orion Browser
#55Lots of promise in this one, its in especially good shape for not even being v1.0 yet. It's certainly in better shape than Arc, which I wanted to like but it is extremely slow. I'll be daily driving this one for a while until I feel some reason not to. Once extensions are ironed out I think it will be very powerful seeing as you can add both Chrome and Firefox extensions. The bookmarks need some help, and I would appreciate some features like Firefox auto-sort by name, things like that. Great start
Re: Orion Browser
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
macOS-native vertical tabs were a big win for me too, and like yourself, its WebExtensions API is a win over Safari OOTB but there are Chrome extensions I really rely on that don't work, some as a result of the differences between Webkit and Blink themselves, so I find myself drawn to Arc browser where I get, IMO, a much more robust UI where vertical tabs are the default and the command palette in place of an address…
What is this "in-place window switching" feature you mentioned?
Its an enhancement on Firefox's original tab groups UI where you don't need to spawn windows to navigate to and act on groups of tabs
Re: Orion Browser
#58What do they mean by first-party ads vs. third-party ads? They are suggesting that Brave is not blocking first-party ads. I find that hard to believe.
Re: Orion Browser
#59The native tree-style tabs in Orion (yes, actual tree-style, not just vertical) are awesome. And on my M1 MBP Orion handily beats Firefox in power efficiency. Being able to install Chrome extensions, despite being a Webkit based browser, makes it better than Safari (where people have to pay the Apple Tax to make extensions for it). Really there's only 2 issues I have with Orion: 1. It's not available outside of the A…
I knew I should've come to the comments first. This is exactly where I ended up in my thought process after about 15 minutes of diving in.
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#60What do they mean by first-party ads vs. third-party ads? They are suggesting that Brave is not blocking first-party ads. I find that hard to believe.
I'd guess something like ads running from their own domain, hence first-party ads.