Comment by figassis
7 months ago
I noticed Orion is very very buggy, and I found it odd from a revenue oriented company. I was desperately looking for a way out of the chromium world and also avoiding Firefox, so when I found Orion I thought this is where I'd settle and maybe help development. But the bugs are so counter productive, that you can't even manage bookmarks. Something was off with that browser's team.
It is very hard to build a browser from scratch. Yes Orion is still in beta and buggy, but there are hundreds of people who paid $150 for a lifetime license for this browser, which makes me hopeful that there is a space for a browser we pay for and is built with users' best interest in mind. That is incredibly important for Kagi's mission.
It is important, and I thought it'd be amazing. So then take it seriously. If you need more funding then find a better pricing model. But it is a shame that a project so attractive feels like it's abandoned.
> But it is a shame that a project so attractive feels like it's abandoned.
Can you clarify what makes you say that?
Orion development is very active. Here is Orion's changelog in case you missed it:
https://kagi.com/orion/updates/orion-release-notes.html
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Yes - but why do it is the main point?
Why not focus on doing one thing properly?
Although you seem to obviously be attracting enough money so it's up to you how to spend/burn it :)
Because I think you can not succeed as a search company without a browser. And I think that both and Orion and Kagi have proper focus. There are bugs yes, but they are not there due to lack of focus, otherwise every product out there has lack of focus.
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