Selecting a window/tab when sharing a screen in Google meet and others
This is Firefox based screen
And this Chromium based (I think this one is better because you can select the tab to share)
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Closely related or potentially duplicating https://orionfeedback.org/d/504-per-tab-screensharinggoogle-meet-and-other-applications.
As @CenkTekin mentioned, it seems to be something that Safari supports natively:
I don't know when they added this feature, but I test semi-regularly if the Safari screensharing support has been improved and I don't remember having this functionality previously.
Chrome has this option, Safari does not have this.
Would it be possible to add this to Orion and support the necessary API's that Chromium browsers use that Safari does not have in order to have visual effects from Google Meet, as well as it's per-tab screensharing option? Only the web-canvas should be shared and not any of the surrounding tabs or sidebars.
The same thing! Very important for remote work!
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But there is an interesting thing. When I use Google meet I can’t share tabs (the option works perfectly on Chrome) But I'm able to see this option (Per-tab sharing) when I switched Orion user agent to Chrome. So but it's doesn't work!
Just managed to find this in the Safari release notes, looks like it was added in safari 16.1:
Also looks like there were some issues with how it behaved that have in the meantime been resolved:
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74919985/webrtc-screenshare-video-quality-constraints-not-working-on-latest-version-of/75065525#75065525
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=247310
Also looks like this feature is now marked as planned? Not sure what that means, but if it means it's coming: Omg. Can't wait to finally have this feature!!
Hope this will be included in the next release 
Maybe this is a stupid question, but the UI offers a "sponsor issue" button. What would be a helpful amount to sponsor this feature that would make it happen?
hal-shortie This is a substantial issues that involves poking around WebKit. I would asssume 2-3 days of dev time.
Just ran into this today. Sharing a specific window would be nice addition, but more importantly it's currently also not possible to pick which monitor to share. By default Orion seems to share the monitor in which the Browser window is active.
This is what I'm seeing as well - when using Google Meet, for example, it shares only to the screen that Orion is active in. No prompts to ask which window/monitor.
Any updates on this? I've found that SigmaOS - another WebKit-based browser - handles it well, just like Safari. This is a critical feature for remote workers.
Brief Summary
The user works remotely and frequently uses Google Calendar and Google Meet for meetings, which often require screen sharing. They find it inconvenient and intrusive to share their entire screen because personal messages and tabs might be visible to their colleagues. This issue led them to switch from Safari to Chrome. They are now trying to use Orion for work and would prefer a feature that allows sharing a specific tab or application rather than the entire screen.
Details:
My usual workflow involves using Google Calendar and Google Meet for meetings, as I work remotely most of the time and often share my screen. It's incredibly inconvenient to share my entire screen rather than a specific tab, because personal messages and the like may pop up from messengers, which I would prefer my colleagues not to see. I might have some personal tabs open, and if I share my screen, my colleagues will see these tabs, which I would prefer to avoid. That's precisely why I stopped using Safari for work purposes and switched to Chrome. Now, I'm attempting to use Orion for my professional needs.
I conducted some research and discovered that the implementation of this feature, for instance, in Chromium, is managed by the Google Handsouts extension. I attempted to install this extension directly from Chromium into Orion, but was unsuccessful in activating the corresponding functionality. This remains true even when I select compatibility mode and designate Chrome as the user-agent. Furthermore, if I choose Chrome as the user-agent, my ability to employ my own background becomes limited because everything starts to hang significantly. Thus, given that I spend most of my time on Google Meet, the capabilities of the Orion browser are crucial for me. Therefore, I am unable to fully utilize Orion as my working browser due to the aforementioned restrictions.
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