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I spent some more time poking at this, and it looks like there are perhaps three different issues involved, all affecting preview functionality.
The preview failure that included the artifact shown in the earlier screenshot appears to be due to some sort of corruption of the Orion support files. I tried removing
com.kagi.kagimacOS.plist
fromPreferences
and restarting Orion. After that I was still seeing preview failures in some cases, but the artifact was no longer present. I tried running a restore of the the relevant files inPreferences
andApplication Support
, and the artifact returned. I then reset everything usingReset Orion...
, reconfigured, and I haven't seen the artifact since. Before doing this, attempts to open a preview window from within the browser always failed.The problem with opening external links in preview mode appears to be a Stage Manager issue. Once I resolved 1, it became clear that opening external links with Stage Manager active consistently resulted in a tab being opened instead of a preview. As soon as I turned off Stage Manager, all external links began opening in preview mode as expected.
After working through 1 and 2, I was still seeing occasional failures of
Open Link in Preview Window
. I think this one may also be related to Stage Manager. If the option is used carefully, a preview window does open as expected; however in some cases, it results in a quick flash of the preview window that then goes away. Once this happens,Open Link in Preview Window
no longer works. It results in a quick flicker and nothing more. It seems that if anything interrupts the opening of the preview window (e.g. a stray tap while opening), it closes and will no longer open. Either switching Stage Manager off for a few seconds and on again or restarting the browser resolves this issue until the next time it occurs. I was able to create the failure with some consistency when Stage Manager was active and unable to do so when inactive.