Orion mobile 1.3.2 - Sep 4, 2023

Vlad · Sep 4, 2023

Release 1.3.2 - Sep 4, 2023

Improved

Orion does not respect “Show keyboard on new tab” setting when using CMD + T on iPad #5952 @httpjames
Regression - Orion jumps to the latest tab instead of the nearest neighbor #5951 @ForumNinja404

Fixed

Adding any extension seems to crash Orion iOS 1.3.1 (ios 17 public beta 5) #5976 @jsp
Orion crashes when rotating to landscape mode on iOS #5977 @scottharris1014
Regression - Menu buttons become unresponsive after closing a tab #5978 @ForumNinja404
Tab doesn't close at first, and then addressbar disappears #5988 @Longely
Blank screen when closing all tabs on iOS #5979 @scottharris1014
An Extra sidebar button appears when entering Orion from multitasking view with sidebar open on iPad #5982 @whitemamba
Close tabs & clear data crash

Release 1.3.1 - Aug 29, 2023

New

Sliding Sidebar for Orion iPad

Improved

Improve appearance of address bar in dark mode #5901 @adorabilis
Address box color changes from dark to light gray #5896 @ForumNinja404
Better indication of page loading in the address bar

Fixed

Regression - Ads appear on YouTube with content blocker on after updating Orion to 1.3.0 #5900 @ForeverAl
Regression - Youtube PiP not functioning properly #5925 @Dingus
"Show Full URLs" is glitched with the new favicon button design #5897 @ForeverAl
Orion doesn't remember favicons in tab drawer after last update #5920 @Longely
Start page favorites - Leaf folders render incorrectly on iOS and iPadOS #5915 @TDV
IOS app cant remember searches after closing app #5921 @Longely
Address bar keeps showing not responding URL #5287 @rosenrot
Links from other apps don’t open when “New Tabs Open With” is set to start page #5908 @scottharris1014
Links in emails not working properly #2061 @RobertMurdock
Opening Links into Orion Won’t Work with a Home Page #5913 @Crafty3155
Annoying flickering behavior with search function (bookmarks/history) sw #5905 @Forgotlast1
Weird flickering when opening new tab from tabs sidebar #5922 @Longely
Favorites icon for YouTube was wrong
Regression - Orion jumps to the latest tab instead of the nearest neighbor #5951 @ForumNinja404
Data saver mode regression
Tab view rendering of pages is blurry
Janky portrait/landscape mode switch
Misc crash fixes

Release 1.3.0 - Aug 18, 2023

We have a massive performance and web extension support update.

New

Redesign of the address bar (dropshadow plus favicon separator)
Added private browsing notice to start page

Improved

Orion becomes laggy on 150 open tabs #5134 @rosenrot
iOS app doesnt remember tabs names #5179 @Longely
Improve performance by not fetching every tab's restoration state whenever any tab's url changes
Prevent reload of unloaded tabs until user actively taps them
Better handling no internet connection
No flickr when opening links
Incorrect capitalization in ios settings #5470 @eirk

Web Extensions

Updated Orion API support/coverage documentation
Darkreader iOS fixes #5262 @Squaretree
1Password settings page doesn’t load #1830 @gordon1948328
chrome variable not given in option page for iOS #5806 @TomoyukiHata
Implemented storage.session API
Added initial/partial support for webNavigation API
Added partial support for webRequest API [iOS] (only for frame loading requests, but no support for redirection & header modification yet) - This helps few extensions to load UI at-least
Added scripting web-ext API
Added action web-ext API
Added Bitwarden and 1Password to suggested extension list
Fixed DataCloneError while parsing object to response callback function
Essential Browser/Chrome variable not given in background and option pages #284 @tom
Fixed web-ext pages, i.e. options
Fixed tabs.remove
Fixed storage API calls for content-script (extension-id was missing) - Now Bitwarden can autofill credentials on page-load
Fixed i18n.getmessage API (when message contains html tag or message contains more then one variables)
Fixed minor app crash due to one unsupported preference variable type
Fixed DataCloneError while parsing object to response callback function [iOS]
Fixed tabs.onRemoved event firing
Fixed runtime.onInstalled event firing
Fixed browserAction.onClicked event firing
Fixed missing callbacks in browserAction API
Fixed runtime.Connect method to work in web-ext pages
Fixed JS error in downloads.pause method & downloads.show parameters
Fixed extension.sendRequest method parameter name
Fixed history.deleteAll method action
Fixed broken contextMenus.create & contextMenus.update methods
Removed unused/leftover code from notifications API
Fixed sessions.restore method parameters
Fixed cookies.get & cookies.remove methods
Fixed tabs.onActivated event calls on tab selection change
Fixed new tab to add support for Earth View from Google Earth
Fixed storage api getter in content-script
Updated URLs for suggested extensions (built-in list when clicking on + in extension library)

Fixed

Sessions/cookies are not removed after swiping up on browsers that have "Start Orion With: New Private Tabs" enabled #5859 @ForeverAl
"Paste and Search" redirects to incorrect website on Mobile #5397 @BiggFloppa
Reopening tabs in Low Power Mode requires twice as many taps (and site titles may be gone) #5662 @wcw
Navigating back doesn’t remember place #4841 @axj
Blurry or improper favicon #433 @dec0dOS
Websites bleeding into private mode and vice versa #5824 @rosenrot
Orion iOS is randomly freeze when unused for a while #5286 @SukinoVerse
The swipe action for deleting history entries doesn't work #5248 @ForumNinja404
Orion doesn’t respect iOS’s “[don’t] shake to undo” setting #5299 @jeffdaley
IP addresses and URLs with invalid certificate do not ask to skip and do not load #4696 @darth_bane
Start page icons flickr since last update #5206 @toretto
Searching for URLs in the “open links in apps” settings page causes Orion to become unresponsive #5260 @ForumNinja404
Login with google doesn't work with languagereactor.com and other sites on iPad #5752 @JoeH