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Orion Browser (orionbrowser.com)
submitted 2 days ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Any mac users out there who tried this browser? Linux alpha is coming this month so will try it myself then.

It sounds like they are building a new browser from the ground up.

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[–] vogi@piefed.social 47 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Not really from the grounds up as it uses WebKit.

Used it very shorty on a mac, but as it really is very similar to safari there is little to no reason to use it.

On a linux maybe, but i think i will stay on firefox until servo is usable. (Which is actually being made from the grounds up)

[–] coolmojo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Servo was developed by Mozilla between 2012 and 2020. In 2020 they layed off the people who were working on it and transferred to the Linux foundation. Servo was partially integrated into gecko as part of the Quantum project.

[–] LPThinker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Servo has been picked back up by a community of devs outside of Mozilla (currently housed in the Linux Foundation Europe) and has been gaining momentum since 2023, to the point it seems to be moving faster now than when Mozilla was funding it.

https://servo.org/about/

[–] 20dogs@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not sure Servo will ever be usable. Is it still in active development?

[–] vogi@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It is. After development broke down in 2022 development is more active than it ever was. https://blogs.igalia.com/mrego/servo-2025-stats/ I have a binary on my machine and use it for light browsing every now and then just to check in how things are going. Its "usable" for that but would not use it for banking even if it worked.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

On Linux there is Falkon. Windows too. (QT WebKit) And the reason I won't use this will likely be the same as Falkon. Missing plugins etc. Other than that they are fine. Bitwarden has a desktop app. (Electron? Dunno but it would be ironic) But no auto fill ability. Darkreader? Nope. There may be some limited adblocking, but no greasemonkey type functionality.

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Falkon stopped useing QTWebKit a few years ago. Now it's just an other Chromium-based browser.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 6 points 2 days ago

Aaaah so even less reason to use it sadly.

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Orion supports chrome and Firefox plugins

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago

Really, that's actually interesting.