Profile support on iOS and iPadOS?

Vlad

The profile works as same as Chromium / Orion profiles.
They have independent history, bookmarks, etc. However, they don't sync sessions, cookies, ...

I summarized how both browsers work & integrates with accounts.

• Orion Desktop
  Multiple accounts - NO (single iCloud for syncing)
  Multiple profiles - YES (multiple profile per account)
  Multiple synced profiles - NO, but YES? (currently, only 'default' is synced)
  https://orionfeedback.org/d/3614-profile-sync-across-machines/6

• Orion Mobile
  Multiple accounts - NO
  Multiple profiles - NO
  Multiple synced accounts - NO

• Edge Desktop
  Multiple accounts - YES (one personal + more work/school MS account)
  Multiple profiles - YES (one profile per MS account, local profiles are supported)
  Multiple synced accounts - YES

• Edge Mobile
  Multiple accounts - YES (same as above)
  Multiple profiles - YES (same as above, local profiles not supported)
  Multiple synced accounts - YES

While Orion has tons of great features (and some of them unheard of from other browsers), the user experience differs a lot from desktop to mobile. I think adding profiles to Orion mobile would be great in terms of continuity.

However, implementing profiles to Orion mobile might be worthless unless multiple profiles being synced. In my use-case, I manage four profiles - one for personal, one for school, and two for work. And I want all three being synced via icloud, like Edge does. Currently, I'm using Orion, Chrome and two Edge profiles at the same time, since Orion's non-default profiles are not synced between devices.

and thanks @Vlad for making a nice browser

Possible UI implementations from Edge:

1. iOS recording
   

2. Edge desktop capture
   

eirk
Sure.

• Accounts - emails. Since Edge and Chrome are from MS and Google, they have their own email address. Although Orion doesn't have one, it uses iCloud to sync. Hence, Orion's account is the iCloud account.

• Profiles - a profile is a repository (or an encapsulated form) for a user's browser. It usually contains history, bookmarks, autofills. It may also have preferences, open tabs, and even cookies (not recommended). Chrome and Edge's implementation of profile is simple - multiple profile, and each profile can be synced using a account.

• Synced Profiles - the data are synced as they are on Orion's default profile.

Orion should sync multiple profiles first, as @Vlad planned.
https://orionfeedback.org/d/3614-profile-sync-across-machines/6

Implementing multi-profile for Orion mobile would be worthless useless without it.

Edge:

- Edge PC
  - Profile 1: local (no account, thus no sync)
    - DATA 1
  - Profile 2: aaa@gmail.com
    - DATA 2 (bi-directional sync)
  - Profile 3: bbb@companygsuite.co
    - DATA 3 (bi-directional sync)
- Edge Mobile
  - Profile 1: aaa@gmail.com 
    - DATA 2 (bi-directional sync)
  - Profile 2: bbb@companygsuite.co
    - DATA 3 (bi-directional sync)

Safari:

- Safari Desktop
  - User: aaa@icloud.com
    - DATA (bi-directional sync)
- Safari Mobile
  - User: aaa@iclud.com
    - DATA (bi-directional sync)

Orion:

- Orion on PC 1
  - User (aaa@icloud.com)
    - Profile 1: aaa@icloud.com
      - DATA 1 (bi-directional sync)
    - Profile 2: local (cannot sync)
      - DATA 2
    - Profile 3: local
      - DATA 3
- Orion Mobile
  - User (aaa@icloud.com)
    - Profile 1: aaa@icloud.com
      - DATA 1 (bi-directional sync)

It would be nice to have separate profiles like the desktop version in the iOS/iPadOS version of Orion.

I don’t believe any (mainstream) browser on iOS already does this, but one way I have been getting around this so far is by using regular browsing to go on personal accounts and private browsing to go on other accounts, and this works simultaneously as private browsing is containered off, though it is not perfect.

It would be nice to be able to extend this workflow through the use of profiles, and even better if mobile profiles could sync with my existing desktop profiles.

I’m curious as to how the Home Screen implementation might work. I wouldn’t mind if the profiles are only accessible from within one app (so that there is only one app on the Home Screen), but maybe others prefer having shortcuts on the Home Screen for each profile.

Thanks for viewing my suggestion!