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Comment by freediver

1 year ago

> (I don't use Orion, as there's no GNU/Linux version.)

We commenced work on Orion for Linux yesterday.

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joshuaturner  1 year ago

I remember the announcement for Orion but I haven't followed closely at all - any support for container proxies like in Firefox? Can't lose that feature

  • prophesi  1 year ago

    If you mean Firefox containers[0], the closest you'll get is Profiles[1] since Orion is based on WebKit. Its location in settings is different from the Safari docs, and that's the only difference in Orion's implementation as far as I can tell. You can't open a tab in a certain profile, instead each profile opens in its own window, which is a lot more cumbersome than Firefox containers.

    Arc, another Webkit-based browser, has an interesting implementation combining Profiles and Arc Spaces[2]. Instead of switching between windows, you switch between "Spaces" in the sidebar that are linked to a profile.

    [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/multi-account-conta...

    [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/105100

    [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5BzkowY_B8

  • maples37  1 year ago

    I'd agree, at least partially in my case: Container Tabs is a killer feature for me with Firefox. Especially compared with the Temporary Containers extension on automatic mode, basically each new tab is like a fresh browser profile with zero cookies/local-storage.

    I might consider demoing Orion on Linux even if it doesn't have container tabs, but at this time I wouldn't consider a full switch without that feature.