Hi penguinsam, thank you for taking the time to report this problem!
We're discussing internally how to improve the experience for our users on iPad and have a few tweaks we want to implement. It's a longer effort so it may take a little while, so we appreciate your patience as we work on it.
In the meantime, please feel free to share any other ideas that would improve the iPad experience for you.
Thank you for your help in making Orion a better browser!