With multiple Profile windows open, clicking a link outside the browser opens Orion in what seems to be the oldest Profile opened. This is annoying and there is no way to control this behaviour outside of closing other profile windows.
While it would be lovely to have a "routing window" to choose which where in Orion a link opens, a simple default could be to open in the last active window.
Vlad I think opening in "default" would be consistent behaviour and allow triaging these opened links. Immediate routing can be handled with other tools like Velja to Orion Profiles.
This makes me want a quick way (keyboard-driven) to move tabs between profiles. As I understand it, there is a heirarchy of Profile > Tab group so perhaps this can be considered in Move a tab to a tab group, even if the tab group isn't open feature.
Disclaimer: I don't know it's a bug, feature suggestion, or even just a question. So, I randomly pick between bug or feature section. Sorry.
Brief Summary
The feature I am suggesting is essentially profile-specific link opening in Orion. As of now, if a specific profile window is active, and a user clicks a link outside of Orion (for instance, in a document, email, etc.), it opens in the main profile window, not the active one. I suggest that this link should instead open in the profile window that's currently active. This feature will significantly improve user experience by increasing the ease and efficiency of managing different browsing profiles.
Details:
At present, users might use multiple profiles in Orion for different tasks, such as work, personal browsing, or research. This helps keep various activities separate and organized. However, when a user is working in a specific profile (let's say, 'Work Profile') and clicks on a link from an external source, the link will open in the 'Main Profile'. This interrupts the user's workflow and can lead to confusion, with content from different activities intermingling.
My proposal is that if a user is currently active on a specific profile (other than the main one), any links clicked from outside Orion should open in that active profile. This will help in maintaining the segregation of different tasks and improve the overall user experience.
An implementation example can be taken from Google Chrome. If a user has multiple profiles open in Chrome and they click a link in an external application, that link opens in the last active Chrome window, regardless of which profile it is.
As this feature adds on to the existing feature of having multiple profiles, it should be relatively straightforward to integrate. The browser would need to track the last active profile window and open external links there. However, this should only apply when the active window isn't the main profile window to avoid any confusion and to maintain the original functionality as well. An option could be added in the settings for users to opt in/out of this feature, allowing more customization for individual preferences.
This feature will not only extend the usefulness of Orion's multiple profile functionality but also bring a major improvement in the user experience by streamlining the workflow. This way, users can maintain a clear separation between different tasks without worrying about jumbled content.
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Sorry, can't provide this at the time I posted it. But, it's very easy to reproduce tho.
There is also this, somewhat relevant discussion https://orionfeedback.org/d/4417-option-to-have-certains-urls-to-be-opened-in-defined-profile
I believe this can actually be categorized as a bug.
Suppose you have two profiles:
If you launch the default profile, external links get sent to the default profile.
If you then open the school profile, external links get sent to the default profile.
You can open other profiles too, external links get to the default profile.
So far, this behavior is intentional.
But, if you were to launch the school profile, external links get sent to the school profile.
If you then open the default profile, external links get sent to the school profile.
You can open more profiles too. What we see here is that Orion sends links to the latest open profile.
Video below does exactly as described above.
For example, if you were to open profile A, B, C, D, E in that order.
links get sent to A.
quit A, then links get sent to B.
quit B, then links get sent to C.
It actually doesn't matter what profile is set to be default when opening external links.
Orion should always send links to open in the default profile, launching the default profile if required, rather than the latest open profile. The only place where "default" has any signifance is when all profiles are quit.
adamaveray Stuff like choosy and velja do work, except that the "original default"[1] profile cannot be chosen to be launched, as it only appears as it doesnt have its own special path
[1]: Call the profile that is the "default" profile that Orion starts out with as the "original default" profile. If you were to set the "default" profile to be something else, there still is no path in Finder for the "original default" profile, so you cannot explicitly open that profile. the "original default" profile is also the synced profile.
This video shows that the "original default" profile, grey, still has different functionality.
