1418370 - Open link in background tab doesn't show toolbar on iPad

Status: NEW

(Firefox for iOS :: General, enhancement, P3)

Description

[:garvan]

I think the toolbars should show to provide feedback the URL is loading. 
Maybe it is a Pavlov's dog thing, but as a user I am expecting more feedback that a link has been followed and is loading.

Alternatively, the top of the screen could show just the progress bar (which is just a few points high) to indicate something is happening.

Comment 1

[bbell]

(In reply to :garvan from comment #0)
> I think the toolbars should show to provide feedback the URL is loading. 
> Maybe it is a Pavlov's dog thing, but as a user I am expecting more feedback
> that a link has been followed and is loading.
> 
> Alternatively, the top of the screen could show just the progress bar (which
> is just a few points high) to indicate something is happening.

I'm not sure I understand this. I see a stand in tab, called "Open in New Tab", and when I tap in that I see the page loading in with a toolbar. 

One obvious imporvement is to utilizes the 2 dot loading animation used in Desktop Firefox, on the stand in tab.

Comment 2

[:garvan]

Attachment: ipad-open-bg-tab.mov

I added a video. When I open a bg tab, I see no feedback in the UI.

Comment 3

[:garvan]

Showing the toolbar in the iPad when the action is performed will solve this