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Cannabat sadly all of the aforementioned apps are just not really any good. I've used/tested them all. I used (the best, but now no longer maintained) Epichrome and still do and will until it no longer functions, but would love to see Orion step up to make a similar and even superior experience. There just aren't any real viable options that work well and honestly I'd like to move away from Google Chrome and Chromium based browsers, but retain the extensions. Orion seems a natural move in this direction.

      kagill Care to summarize the minimum requirements/UX?

          2 months later

          The reference to Coherence X by Cannabat would make good model to follow for a minimum viable UI. If you want to go to an even more "minimum" viable UI, Epichrome would also be possible to follow. Orion is pretty impressive - after using it here I can say this could become my go to browser to replace Chrome via Epichrome.

          I'd say fire up these little gems and check out their flow from start to finish.

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                Greetings!

                One app that can make "safari-based" progressive web apps on Mac, can be found at
                https://www.fluidapp.com
                , though that one is "freemium."

                In addition, I did try using the Firefox PWA extension to install the YouTube PWA as an example:

                https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pwas-for-firefox/

                , though that seems to not be working at the moment with this browser.

                Keep in mind, I am running MacOS 13 and Home Brew is at the moment not officially supported with said version.

                More info on Firefox PWA extension at:

                https://github.com/filips123/PWAsForFirefox

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                  since profiles are now released, some of the existing concepts could be reused to do this

                  • separation of data: data could be separated per-(pwa/app)
                  • proxy apps: with the new and super cool implementation of these proxy apps that all are controlled by the main Orion app instance, this could be reused to create proxy apps that basically act as profiles that can only have one website. this concept is also kinda similar to what containers do
                  • dock icon customization: p self explanatory
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                      One requirement I would have is to be able to have a separate app in a dock. The icon can most likely come from the "apple touch icon" source, not sure whether reconfigurability is that important for a first implementation.

                      Could be nice to also hook into these config options for Safari if a site has them defined

                        jvacek I would love the ability to turn websites into standalone apps (aka standalone Orion instances) that can be added to my dock, similar to what Chrome offers.

                            a month later

                            Came looking for this today, any rough forecast on when this might be coming? I see it tagged "Planned"
                            Thanks!

                              I also came here looking exactly for this. I beleive that Orion could do a better job because most of us want something basic that fills that gap that an electron base is undesirabale for, but prevents users from relying on a third party that doesnt specialize in making a browser. I want the underlying base that I love in Orion to power a PWA type tool as has been outlined here in this thread.

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                                Alacriiity If you create a new Profile, set it to focus mode and start page to your desired app you will get 90% of functionality including a seperate dock icon.

                                  Working on this for next release 🙂

                                  Preview soon in RC.

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                                  Thank you @Vlad. This feature has brought me back to take a closer look at Orion. One thing I did notice is that the folder naming structure is a bit strange and it would be useful to be made more clear. For example, a new "profile" is saved at:

                                  $HOME/Applications/Orion/Orion\ Profiles/B6958EF9-5006-46C1-B190-389B4D696ABD/Orion\ -\ NAME_OF_PROFILE.app

                                  This prefixing of the seeming UUID vs having the name first is very, very awkward and will prove unfamiliar and challenging for users. The profile simply should go after the human readable name or some other such consideration to make this more ergonomic.

                                    ylluminate Please open a new feature suggestion for this with a concretely defined ask 🙂

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