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Vlad I left it a bit open, not being sure of the relative performance / battery implications of some of these settings, but to take a stab (in the dark!):

On Power Adapter (i.e. optimising for slower Mac or network)

  • Enable Content Blockers
  • Block Web Fonts
  • Enable Javascript
  • Enable Reader Mode

On Battery
As above plus:

  • Enable Low Power Mode
  • Enable Low Power Mode when battery reaches: (slider with battery levels in %)

Finally, I guess an "extreme" setting to optimise for slow networks might be to block the loading of images, but that might be going too far…!

      Obviously if those (currently) per-site settings could be enabled Globally one would expect the Per Site settings could still allow you to over-ride (exclude) important sites.

      A further (possible) advantage I didn't call out earlier — promoting these settings on the Power Adapter settings pane would be more obvious to newer users in explaining the benefits of disabling these settings, and easier/quicker than the current process of going into Websites then progressively setting the relevant settings to "Default settings for all websites = Off".

      BUT — that raises the UI issue — how would these 2 means of controlling these setting interoperate…? 🤔

      • Vlad replied to this.
        9 months later

        @Vlad, I'm commenting here vs. opening up a new issue.

        It would be nice to have options for low power mode like we do in Microsoft Edge:

        Maybe house it under Preferences > General in Orion?

        • Vlad replied to this.

          Vlad Add an option to auto-enable Low Power Mode when on battery (and auto-disable when connected to charger).

          • Vlad replied to this.

              yokoffing Please provide exact specification for this setting text, placement, available options and default value. Whenever possible, do not make us think 🙂

              • eirk replied to this.
                  14 days later

                  I am commenting here as well. It shows that Orion is using a lot of battery power just watching a basic Twitch.TV live stream. My safari also seems to be same in terms of battery and speed. All the features mentioned above would help dramatically (MS Edge and macOS Battery features). I am not sure what else to suggest better than what they have already mentioned.

                    Vlad item in browsing category in settings
                    mockup with html:

                    makes sense for "Never" to be the default, and it should be topmost

                    "low battery" can be, say 20%

                        eirk Thank you this is very helpful!

                        It can be like this:
                        Low power mode: [Manual, Always, Unplugged, Unplugged and low battery]

                        What happens when Low power mode is to trigger, for example setting being Unplugged and they unplug? Any UI indication?

                        What happens if setting is Always and use manualy turns it off via Tools -> Low power mode?

                            orion can send a normal macos notification saying "low power mode turned on/off", to notify the user, maybe with a description saying "batter percentage is low" or "device was plugged in"

                            the option set in settings should be used as the baseline option, and then further configured through user's manual setting
                            so, if the user wants to change the setting to what orion isn't supposed to be (as defined in the settings), warn the user if they try to turn it on/off when it shouldn't be, then do what the user wants to do. revert to normal settings next time orion starts, or if an event like plug/unplug affects it

                              5 months later

                              It would be nice to have this feature, similar to how Edge implements it. I think it would make a huge difference, especially on older devices.

                                5 days later
                                Merged 2 posts from "Low Power Mode" that automatically suspends tabs after X minutes and/or reduces motion to save battery life.
                                  2 years later

                                  Vlad I would like to add to this suggestion, that it would be a great feature for those with aging batteries. I am on an M1 MBP, and my battery life is in the 80's now. So, a full-charge doesn't last as long as it used.
                                  Knowing my browser will automatically go into low-power mode when I unplug would give an added peace of mind.
                                  Thanks, Dan.

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