Smooth URL bar keyboard transition

artem

Safari has a smooth visual transition in which the keyboard emerges from the URL bar.

Orion has a more visually jarring transition which hides the URL bar and then reveals the keyboard.

Wion

Seeing it side-by-side is noticeable

artem

I’d like to chime in and say that your team has done a phenomenal job in the last few months bridging the remaining feature gap and also implementing some awesome customizations.

To my eye, this lack of smooth transition from URL bar to keyboard remains one the only glaring issues and will be instantly noticeable to anyone coming from iOS Safari. I would recommend prioritizing this, as these subtle animation glitches can set a bad first impression for an otherwise awesome browser.

Thanks for considering!

artem

I love it 😻 Thank you.

I noticed a minor visual glitch that this causes with the “Show Keyboard on New Tab” setting, where there is a faint, light gray outline of the URL prompt:

Version 1.3.9 (16)

artem

The issue is more prominent in dark mode: