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Brief Summary
I would love for Orion to add support for the theme-color <meta> tag. This will allow Orion to pick the color for the browser window based on the design of the website and improve user experience. Safari already supports this.

    Merged 2 posts from Add support for theme-color <meta> tag .
      16 days later

      tverweij I would also like for Orion to match Safari's use of the theme-color <meta> tag. As an example, this screenshot shots Orion on the left, Safari on the right when using ProtonMail.

      • Vlad replied to this.

          Hi Vlad,

          you always link to your proposal above with "fixed/static" color. In context menu there is no "dynamic" option based on the theme-color <meta> tag, that color changes automatically to the color given in meta tag. This is what users are requesting, not having title bar always be in same custom color, they want it dynamically. If i am not wrong, if there is not meta tag given, Safari is guessing the color for tinting.

          • Vlad replied to this.

            tom The "Allow website theme tinting" option in the screenshot is meant to address that. Perhaps it should be renamed?

              Then it should be more clear:
              it should be a select menu with choices:

              • Allow website tinting
              • Custom color

              also, disable the theme stuff if "allow website tinting" is selected

                eirk Not so trivial, as only a small percentage of websites have theme themeing and we should use the user selected theme when this is not present. Welcoming further suggestions.

                  7 days later

                  To be honest, I'd vote against this feature. A random color behind the interface that you cannot control often means the interface becomes a mess.

                  a year later
                  Merged 5 posts from AESTHETIC::Tab bar picks colour from website banner.

                    Vlad Any timeline for when this will be implemented? The mockup looks good.

                    • Vlad replied to this.
                        13 days later

                        Brief Summary
                        I wish I could set the top window bar to some color.

                        Details:
                        Most of the "content" of any browser is the web pages themselves, so Orion ends up looking very much like Safari (which is a good thing), but that means that it is hard to tell them apart. I keep my Firefox bar orange just so I can tell which browser I am using when I have it open. I wish I could make Orion's top bar light purple, but the ability to "pick a color" is less important than the ability to have it just use some color which distinguishes it from Safari.

                        Thanks!

                          Merged 3 posts from Set window top bar to some color.

                            ForumNinja404 This is extremely hard to do and will take 3-4 weeks dedicated time. So when everyone stops publishing more bugs and claiming that is the last thing stopping them from using Orion 🙂

                                2 months later

                                In Arc browser, whose UX I like quite a bit, they allow you to theme the browser chrome with very discernible color schemes, and choose different ones per-profile. They also show the active profile icon/emoji whenever you're looking at a profile.

                                I found this very useful with multiple profiles, since I could easily distinguish which profile I'm on without having to think about it. With the Orion profile settings, I have no real clue which profile I'm on without hitting profile shortcuts or hovering over the app icon in the browser.

                                Would be really nice if profiles were more obvious on Orion!