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laiz How do we get access to the TestFlight build?

    AA 10 points on feedback website (which u have), & join the discord server, or by subscribing to orion+

      laiz it's a good UI, and it works decently well, but unfortunately the issue of the menu still exists. Wish that could be moved into the top bar à la downloads in Safari when the button pops up or even into the tab viewer or something.

      Such a nice QoL improvement to have the bottom-right finally cleared and a bookmarks button on the toolbar. As long as I don't go back, the disappearing forward button makes the spacing ok, but when it appears that menu button i've slid to the left kinda gets in the way. compromises i suppose.

      I did find a bug:

      If you have the back and forward items both enabled, then you move the menu (and maybe other items, but i only encountered the bug when moving that item) above (i.e., to the left on the toolbar), you can't immediately move it all the way to the left unless both buttons are visible (or more likely just forward, since that one's visibility is conditional). I had to remove both of the navigation buttons, move the menu item to the top, and then add back and forward back into the enabled items, which got me the left-side menu. It's possible that just going back in the current tab to enable visibility for forward would avoid this issue as well.


      Thank fuck a reset button was implemented. Thank you for that devs

      • Vlad replied to this.

        menubar

        but unfortunately the issue of the menu still exists. Wish that could be moved into the top bar à la downloads in Safari when the button pops up or even into the tab viewer or something.

        What does this mean?

          Vlad What does this mean?

          I think he means he would like to collapse everything into one bar.

            ie, make the address bar slightly arrower and allow putting icons on the same horizontal space as the address bar

              Vlad right now there's the 3 dots menu button that can't be moved from the toolbar. I've raised the issue before, but I find this to be pretty annoying because it's a button that takes up real estate on the toolbar. I feel it would be better placed somewhere else, such as to the left of the address bar, within the tab switcher, or collapsed into the address bar popup menu (maybe as an option "menu" that brings it up). This was the main reason I had given on the thread regarding customizability of the toolbar—so I could remove the menu bar. Obviously Safari doesn't have to contend with having a menu bar since the menu is in Settings.app, but I think the 3-dots menu button would be better served being on the address bar line or within the tab switcher from a usability perspective, since the other toolbar buttons are actual toolbar buttons used fairly often, while menu is more of a "settings" button. I realize as you've mentioned before that many iOS browsers do this, but I feel it's misuse of space when the address bar already has a popup menu

              To be clear, I don't like the idea of merging the address bar and toolbar into 1, as that conflates their purpose, and would make gestures much more limited due to the halved area from which to start A gesture. I do think the 3dots menu should be moved to the address bar or tab switcher though

              • Vlad replied to this.

                menubar Valid feedback, but best to open a new suggestion as not directly related to this feature.

                  2 months later

                  This is possible in recent Orion for mobile!

                    Vlad I haven't used iPadOS recently enough to know it isn't there, but I fail to see why this wouldn't be as good of an idea of tablet as mobile. Toolbar customization is honestly an incredibly underimplemented feature on mobile/tablet.

                    Also, I can't confirm off the top of my head, but I bet iCab has it, although I wouldn't use that as a UI guide. It's pretty clunky even on desktop. I agree toolbar customization should be brought to iPadOS as well though. Features that are left as simple options are great because they don't get in the way of a casual user, yet go a little extra for those that really want to personalize their experience

                    • Vlad replied to this.

                      menubar It is hard because the APIs would be different and would require significant refactor of Orion. So for that reason I am going to close this and suggest people open a new one that is iPad specific for us to gauge interest.

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