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This is a feature request

The current Orion has the option which allows users to continue the journey from where they left.
It can be done using the option Orion opens with: All windows from last session.

By this, the tabs are there when the user quits (Using CMD+Q) and re-opens Orion.

However, if the user closes the window with pressing the red traffic button, the tabs are gone, and when I launch Orion again, an empty window opens.

Besides, in Chrome's case, the user can continue even if the user closed the browser clicking the red traffic light.

To wrap things up,

  1. Quitting with CMD+Q preserves the current open tabs.

  2. Closing the window does not preserve tabs although Orion should open with all windows from last session.

I'm still confused about the concept of "group", "window" and Orion's implementation regarding existing browsers. However, I think adding a new option which allows to preserve open tabs in both scenarios would be nice.

    I don't know if this comment really helps but I think that its due to the particular nature of macintosh ux design where the red traffic is generally treated as command-w instead of command-q, so technically as the app is still open after doing a command-w its still within the same session which is why an empty app would simply start a new window/canvas/document if you click on the app icon in question because the user did leave it empty of any contents in a manner speaking
    (even then I won't disagree with this feature request nevertheless as I can see it helping some users that don't actually close their apps)

      portastar Yes, you're right. Safari works as same as Orion, while Chrome doesn't. And that's why I marked this as a feature request. It would be nice if vlad adds Chrome's way of tab preservation as an additional option.

      • Vlad replied to this.

          junukwon7 We prefer to keep the native way apps on Mac work (which Orion follows). Chrome is non-native app (oriiginally built for Windows) and does not follow many of Apple recommendations for native apps.

            2 years later

            I think it is not necessary not to change because of a principle. Everything changes and improvements are always a good thing. Chrome is one of the most used browsers on earth, why? There are many things on Windows which are better than macOS, so why not improve. We are living in a rapidly changing world, and the ones who are not willing to change will be sooner or later left behind.
            My comment does not mean that I'm not appreciating your work.

              KarlWild There are many things on Windows which are better than macOS, so why not improve.

              Having read @Vlad’s comment, I’d interpret their position as being an argument in favour of consistency rather than an argument in favour of the status quo - that is to say, if Apple changed their guidelines, Orion would be updated accordingly. All apps functioning that way might be an improvement (and I’m not saying it would be), but apps randomly and unpredictably just doing whatever almost certainly would not be.

              So Vlad isn’t necessarily disagreeing with what you said, thus your argument is unlikely to sway him. You would need to argue that you believe it would be such a significant improvement, it would outweigh the non-native behaviour which is likely to come as a surprise to those familiar with the platform and how apps behave on it.

              I’m inclined not to share that opinion. Those who prefer the way things operate on Windows are likely to be using Windows, so it comes across as a little arrogant to suggest that the Windows way of doing things should be ported over to other platforms where - presumably - the users there are there because of how it differs from Windows.

              That macOS differentiates between quitting an app and closing a window is a prominent reason I have come to prefer the OS. For example, there are performance implications to opening a window belonging to an already running application compared to the OS needing to start running the program prior to opening a window. It’s just a different workflow - and I would argue vehemently about my preferences being imposed upon you in Windows, so I really do wish you would respect my own preferences in turn and not try to force yours upon me in macOS.

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