Orion (beta) iOS Release Notes

Release 1.1.0
June 25, 2022

Huge news today. Orion browser for iOS has been accepted to App Store 🚀 🚀 🚀 No more Testflight, download Orion iOS directly from App store.

This is a major bug fix release, while we continue to introduce new features like the support for Apple Wallet and moving tabs between groups.

New

• Apple Wallet Support #2369 @gfranks
• Moving tabs between groups #1977 @hass
• Move tabs functionality on mobile #2351 @ryanjamurphy
• Paste button for address bar keyboard #1377 @joe
• New app icon
• New icons used in app to make Orion Desktop/Mobile experience consistent

Improved

• Signficantly improved how open links in native apps feature works
• Improved the layout of the settings screen #1570 @snuser
• Spotlight search on iOS #2392 @poeticquinns
• Geo URI scheme links are not recognized #2299 @tommi
• Save Offline should prefer online version #2284 @snuser

Fixes

• Can’t use buttons/icons from url edit screen #2342 @avetisk
• Invalid padding on settings entries after rotating screen while a popup is open #2356 @snuser
• Private mode only works for the current session #1956 @Luki120
• “Open in new tab” doesn’t mark the link as visited #2372 @avetisk
• Reader mode after private mode #1518 @snuser
• "Find on page" menu not showing if tapped on while scrolling #2378 @Miav
• Dark Reader (Chrome) crashes app on page load (iOS) #2294 @koneko
• Option to close sidebar menu by tapping on tab content disappears after switching tab group
• Location access duplicates when revoked access in iOS #2296 @LonSagisawa
• Missing popup title string in autofill when Orion is providing passwords #2347 @snuser
• Kagi Settings button in search engine selection does not match dark theme #2312 @snuser
• Library tab switching stops working after screen rotation #2315 @snuser
• Check creating new tabs via context menu (tested on wikipedia) and swiping to newly created tab, faced a case when new tab being a start page did not have an addressBar
• Desktop site of chrome web store doesn’t not allow installation of extensions #2128 @iNOx72
• Library segments toolbar becomes invisible if library is dismissed while in bookmark editing and then user shows library again at Bookmarks segment
• Toolbar menu icon is accessible from sidebar after switching tab groups #2363 @snuser
• Sidebar has an opposite side that can be accessed #2361 @snuser
• Sidebar tab list glitch after holding and rotating screen #2360 @snuser
• Other group’s tab glitches if focus mode is triggered and a tab is held #2362 @snuser
• Can create bookmarks without url/Cannot add url to “urlless” bookmarks #2364 @snuser
• Save offline option is not instantly switched to dont save #2286 @snuser
• Other tab’s icon is clickable after it was loaded #2354 @snuser
• Reading list offline page shows the same url as for previous page #2285 @snuser
• Toolbar tooltip is too persistent #2357 @snuser
• Query is cut off using safari extension on macos when typing certain characters #723 @Heptic
• IOS App is crashing immediately upon launch every time, after updating to 1.0.3 (123) #2291 @Cheese
• Crash when dragging start page item to grid tab list #2307 @snuser
• Fixed 9 other reported crashes types, please continue submitting crash reports

Submit bug reports and feature requests to OrionFeedback.org.

View previous version change log 1.0.3.125.