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Re: Orion Browser by Kagi

#101

Post by endofreach »

pantulis wrote: post #93
infecto wrote: post #84

I am hopeful for its development but it’s not a daily driver for me. Too many bugs, not a large enough team to support it. When I have looked at the support forum the developer is sometimes a little hostile about bugs/issues, enough so that I don’t care to report my own issues. This is a subjective statement your experience may differ.

For me the highest stopper is that it does not really work with Google Meet and it is not clear if it is a Webkit bug or not. Apart from that, I could probably use it as a daily driver.

> that it does not really work with Google Meet

It does sound like a feature, not a bug though...

Re: Orion Browser by Kagi

#102

Post by crabmusket »

latchkey wrote: post #37
crabmusket wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pedantry: https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/pardon-the-expression/to...

Interesting! My thought was more that it was just dragging some heavy line kind of keeping things straight and boring. I'll correct.

I think that your usage was actually correct- if I understand correctly, choosing to use Mac's native keychain is kind of "going along with" what Apple prefers- is that the sense of what you were saying? If so then you could definitely say apps "toe the line" when they do this.

It was just the spelling I was pedant-ing about!

Re: Orion Browser by Kagi

#103

Post by 4ggr0 »

mastazi wrote: post #96
4ggr0 wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this a joke I'm not getting? Currently using FF on every device I use, with 3+ extensions.

Parent is probably referring to the saga of extension support in FF for Android (it used to support all extensions until around 2019, then it didn't [0], then it did again but only a small number of extensions [1], they only recently got back to supporting a large number, but not all extensions [2]) [0] https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/21/firefox-for-android-is-sti... [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2022/12/15/new-…

Ah I see, thanks. I only use Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin on my Android's Firefox, so I never noticed this problem.

Re: Orion Browser by Kagi

#104

Post by infecto »

__alexs wrote: post #90

As a paying Kagi user, please don't waste my money on this when Firefox already exists.

I had similar concerns from the get-go. I honestly don't know how big their team is now but I always only see one or two people post online as representative to Kagi. Won't stop me from paying for Kagi but I definitely will not be paying for the browser. Arc is a much more interesting take on a browser than Orion, and A LOT less bugs.

Re: Orion Browser by Kagi

#105

Post by carlosjobim »

Exoristos wrote: post #29
biglyburrito wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup. Search results are as good in Kagi as Google used to be 10yrs ago, before it became an SEO-tuned, malware-infested garbage pile. Worth $5/month.

I would pay $1 or $2 a month, not $5.

People say this, but it's rarely true. Anybody running a subscription service quickly learns that it's not worth bothering with customers who won't pay at least $5 per month. They're the most trouble for the least income.

Re: Orion Browser by Kagi

#106

Post by loloquwowndueo »

endofreach wrote: post #101
pantulis wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me the highest stopper is that it does not really work with Google Meet and it is not clear if it is a Webkit bug or not. Apart from that, I could probably use it as a daily driver.

> that it does not really work with Google Meet It does sound like a feature, not a bug though...

This. Meet works better with Chrome, so I used to have chrome for Meet only, and Firefox for everything else.

Re: Orion Browser by Kagi

#107

Post by mr_machine »

Currently, I stan Firefox, but only because all other alternatives compromise my privacy and security so egregiously. Mozilla has been messing around for years and in many ways, some merely dumb while others actively diminish the benefits of Firefox over others. I don't think a privacy conscious alternative browser is in any way a waste - it's exciting!

But I'd require both fullsome Linux support and an open source approach to even consider it.

Re: Orion Browser by Kagi

#108

Post by saagarjha »

jd3 wrote: post #74
mm263 wrote: post #6

I've been using it for a while as my main browser and it suffers from all of the usual issues that early development stage browsers have: bugs, memory leaks. The bugs are nasty as well, I'm sometimes forced to switch back to Firefox: one example is once there was a build that crashed my browser when I opened a new tab in tree view. The extension support is in progress as well. UBlock Origin and BitWarden work, but YN…

Orion has actually triggered two kernel panics for me in the past week. It's easy on battery life though, so I've been using it still when I'm on the go.

How do you know Orion is causing it? Typically this indicates a kernel bug.
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