I just think it's cool that this exists. Would love to see more browsers out there, even if I recognise what a herculean task it is.
Orion Browser
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Re: Orion Browser
#62What 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.
> By default Brave will not block first Party ads which are actually part of the sites you visit
https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022806212-How...
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#63What 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.
First party ads (and trackers) are those originating from the same domain as they are on. Orion blocks those by default, Brave does not.
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/as0tf0/why_a...
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#64It’s still quite buggy, things like occasionally not drawing the page when you switch to a new site; and sometimes being stuck rendering on half the screen only (seems related to the tabs pop out). I’m still sticking with it for now, because I use Kagi search and I like their ethos. But I am getting slightly frustrated with it. So I may switch soon (I’ll continue using Kagi though, that I really rate)
How long have you been using it? I just started about 4 days ago. I received a MacBook Pro for work and decided to use Orion because I use Kagi, and I haven’t noticed any defects. I’ve primarily been using YouTube, gmail and stack overflow though.
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#65Some 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.…
Thanks for the feedback! (dev here)
1. Indeed, should be fixed now
2. Most common cause for this are extensions. The extension support is still experimental and try to reduce use to minimum/essential.
3. Known issues have been reported here https://orionfeedback.org/d/718-ublock-origin-doesnt-work-so... if you have anything else to add let us know
4. Good idea, added
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#66For 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.
Unfortunately the site does not test for the the primary source of personal information leakage in browsers - telemetry.
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#67What 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.
First party ads (and trackers) are those originating from the same domain as they are on. Orion blocks those by default, Brave does not. https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/as0tf0/why_a...
If facebook.com loads ads from fbcdn.net (also owned by Facebook), is the ad first or third party?
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#68Oh, finally i can listen to youtube using Desktop app.
Re: Orion Browser
#69I 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.
For something as important as a web browser or operating system, I'd want it to be open source. In the FAQ it does say that they're opensourcing components and plan to opensource the browser eventually. This is all good. Long term though, I'd want it also to run on opensource operating systems. It doesn't exactly make sense to have an opensource browser on a closed source operating system. I use Firefox on macOS (+ L…
Arguably it does not need to be open source if it is zero-telemetry by default (if privacy is concern).
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Re: Orion Browser
#70Related:
Kagi search and Orion browser enter public beta - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31584791 - June 2022 (201 comments)
My next main browser: a review of Orion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30610651 - March 2022 (149 comments)
Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799049 - Oct 2021 (184 comments)