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Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by nguyenkien » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:41 PM UTC

darkwater wrote: post #5

Downloaded the dmg/installer (not from the App Store), launched it and I get Update Error! An error occurred while parsing the update feed. [ Cancel Update ] and clicking the button it exists, and that's it. Disappointing for a 1.0 release. Maybe it's related to PiHole? I'm on MacOS 26.1

> Maybe it's related to PiHole

No. Update server return empty response. That why there are error.

Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by yannickburky » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:43 PM UTC

darkwater wrote: post #5

Downloaded the dmg/installer (not from the App Store), launched it and I get Update Error! An error occurred while parsing the update feed. [ Cancel Update ] and clicking the button it exists, and that's it. Disappointing for a 1.0 release. Maybe it's related to PiHole? I'm on MacOS 26.1

Orion Product Manager here – That's what happens when you think of (almost) everything and blow it all at the last minute.

Sorry about that; it's all fixed now, and we really hope everyone will love this browser we've been working on with pure passion for 6 years!

EDIT: not fixed yet EDIT2: fixed! Thanks for your patience

Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by jadbox » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:43 PM UTC

kwanbix wrote: post #3

For macOS.

I know speed to market is important, but it's always a huge turn off to see new desktop apps be non multi-platform. It makes me question if other OS platforms are really a priority, even if they get added later.

Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by darkwater » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:45 PM UTC

yannickburky wrote: post #12

darkwater wrote: post #5

Downloaded the dmg/installer (not from the App Store), launched it and I get Update Error! An error occurred while parsing the update feed. [ Cancel Update ] and clicking the button it exists, and that's it. Disappointing for a 1.0 release. Maybe it's related to PiHole? I'm on MacOS 26.1

Orion Product Manager here – That's what happens when you think of (almost) everything and blow it all at the last minute. Sorry about that; it's all fixed now, and we really hope everyone will love this browser we've been working on with pure passion for 6 years! EDIT: not fixed yet EDIT2: fixed! Thanks for your patience

Don't worry, I will hold on :) Thanks for the answer!

Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by barnabee » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:45 PM UTC

I like the direction and keep checking in on it, but while Orion remains closed source there's no chance of it ever being more than a curiosity for me.

Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by have_faith » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:45 PM UTC

> Most people switch browsers for one reason: speed.

Is that true? Maybe it is and I'm out of the loop but I can't remember the last time someone complained about browser speed. The bottleneck seems to be website bloat more than anything else. Would love to see this argument quantified.

Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by segphault » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:47 PM UTC

I've attempted to switch to Orion on iOS a few times in the past and could never quite stick with it due to reliability issues. I'm giving it another try now to see if this 1.0 release gets it over that hurdle. Vivaldi is still a lot more polished than Orion on mobile, but Orion's support for Chrome extensions is a pretty compelling feature. I'm a very happy Kagi search user, so I'm rooting for them to succeed here.

Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by jhickok » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:48 PM UTC

yannickburky wrote: post #12

darkwater wrote: post #5

Downloaded the dmg/installer (not from the App Store), launched it and I get Update Error! An error occurred while parsing the update feed. [ Cancel Update ] and clicking the button it exists, and that's it. Disappointing for a 1.0 release. Maybe it's related to PiHole? I'm on MacOS 26.1

Orion Product Manager here – That's what happens when you think of (almost) everything and blow it all at the last minute. Sorry about that; it's all fixed now, and we really hope everyone will love this browser we've been working on with pure passion for 6 years! EDIT: not fixed yet EDIT2: fixed! Thanks for your patience

I re-downloaded from the link in the blog for macos and reinstalled and I get the same issue.

Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by freehorse » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:51 PM UTC

jadbox wrote: post #13

kwanbix wrote: post #3

For macOS.

I know speed to market is important, but it's always a huge turn off to see new desktop apps be non multi-platform. It makes me question if other OS platforms are really a priority, even if they get added later.

They use webkit, so macos/ios was the natural place to start, but they have started working on a linux version. If they had gone to make another chromium fork they could have probably have it multiplatform by now, but I am glad they did not.

Re: Orion 1.0

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Post by jtokoph » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 4:52 PM UTC

jadbox wrote: post #13

kwanbix wrote: post #3

For macOS.

I know speed to market is important, but it's always a huge turn off to see new desktop apps be non multi-platform. It makes me question if other OS platforms are really a priority, even if they get added later.

The article says they are currently working on Linux and Windows builds