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Hi,

I love the profiles feature, and I'm super that it get some more love on the desktop.

Just wondering, when/if we can also get the same on iOS/iPadOS, so I can fully switch to Orion as my main browser on ALL devices?

Thanks! 🙂
Wolf

  • Vlad replied to this.

    njyo I am not aware that any other browser supports profiles on mobile. Why would that be a blocker to switching to Orion?

        True, there is no mobile browser that supports this as far as I know.

        As said, I have pretty much switched to Orion in desktop as my main browser since profile support has come in.
        Profiles on mobile would allow me to switch fully to Orion on my iPad and iPhone as well. Especially if the tabs sync on the profiles. I like to keep my personal stuff and work stuff separate. Thus I now use Orion on Mac and then Safari for my personal stuff on iOS/iPadOS while Brave for work on iOS/iPadOS. As you can imagine tabs won’t sync like that. :$

        That said, I am not sure if it is possible to have profiles on iOS/iPadOS. 🙂

        Thanks

          njyo Orion syncs tabs, bookmarks and reading list form the default profile to Orion iOS.

              Thanks, @Vlad, that’s a great start.
              Though having the other profiles sync would be swell 😉

                7 days later

                Please add profiles to the mobile browser.

                • Vlad replied to this.

                  Toontje Can you give an example of what browser has it on mobile and what would managing them on mobile look like?

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                        Not aware of any other mobile browser which supports profiles but with Focus Modes the Profiles UI for Orion on iOS should be the least of concerns, as you could additionally support the focus filter feature to switch profiles automatically. TBH that would be desirable on macOS too, instead of relying on multiple orion.app instances (I know some people like it that way so yeah another knob to add to settings and I’m stealing this thread for another feature for another platform 😂).

                          Vlad Edge supports multi-profile! - although the second/third account should be a work account...

                          • Vlad replied to this.

                              Vlad Sure.
                              Edge's multi profile supports more than two work/school accounts with a single personal account.
                              The user can easily press and switch the profile without heading to preferences, and all bookmarks & histories are stored separately.

                                  junukwon7 can you show a video to illustrate it in action? What is exactly synced to desktop?

                                      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 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

                                          could u clarify difference between accounts, synced accounts, and profiles, synced profiles?

                                            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)
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