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iOS 7 Safari bug on iPad 2

There's an annoying bug I noticed in Safari in iOS 7 on my iPad 2 that causes Safari's controls (back/forward buttons, URL bar) to get pushed up into the status bar. I happen to use my iPad 2 in a leather case with a flap so I basically use the iPad 2 upside down, with home button on top.

Here is how you reproduce it:

1. Hold iPad in portrait mode with the home button on top
2. Open Safari
3. Visit a video sharing website such as YouTube or Liveleak and play a video.
4. Enter full-screen mode within the video and then exit it.
5. You will find the upper portion of Safari and the status bar overlapping.

To correct the overlap you rotate the iPad in any direction, enter full-screen again and then exit it.
I'm not a developer so I hope someone else will eventually bring this to Apple's attention, if the bug is not yet know.
 

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Another bug in Safari in iOS 7:

If the iPad is in portrait mode with the home button on top, swiping from right to left (to go one page forward) does not work **. Only swiping to the right (to go one page back) works.

** Actually you can get it to work only if you very precisely put your finger on the right edge on the screen and swipe to the left. But even that is tricky.
 
1.The aplications updates are still in the app store even if you close and reopen the APP STORE.
2.If you search in APP STORE it get stuck in the search area even if you press x and restart the APP STORE...and remain in all the tabs like (Features/updates/top charts)
 
1.The aplications updates are still in the app store even if you close and reopen the APP STORE.
2.If you search in APP STORE it get stuck in the search area even if you press x and restart the APP STORE...and remain in all the tabs like (Features/updates/top charts)

1) Not a bug. It behaves this way because of the auto update feature. It keeps updated apps in the updates tab for a few weeks so the user can go in there to see what was updated, and what was changed in the update. They don't stay forever (after using iOS 7 for about 3 months, it seems like they hang around for a couple weeks or less, or after a certain number of updates).

Turning off auto updates does not change this behavior, and there is no way to manually clear them (in case you were going to ask :cool:)

2) After you hit the "x" after searching, tap the empty screen above the keyboard. That will dismiss the keyboard and you can select any other tab you would like.
 
1) Not a bug. It behaves this way because of the auto update feature. It keeps updated apps in the updates tab for a few weeks so the user can go in there to see what was updated, and what was changed in the update. They don't stay forever (after using iOS 7 for about 3 months, it seems like they hang around for a couple weeks or less, or after a certain number of updates)

So the blue dot next to the app isn't enough?
 
There's an annoying bug I noticed in Safari in iOS 7 on my iPad 2 that causes Safari's controls (back/forward buttons, URL bar) to get pushed up into the status bar. I happen to use my iPad 2 in a leather case with a flap so I basically use the iPad 2 upside down, with home button on top.

Here is how you reproduce it:

1. Hold iPad in portrait mode with the home button on top
2. Open Safari
3. Visit a video sharing website such as YouTube or Liveleak and play a video.
4. Enter full-screen mode within the video and then exit it.
5. You will find the upper portion of Safari and the status bar overlapping.

To correct the overlap you rotate the iPad in any direction, enter full-screen again and then exit it.
I'm not a developer so I hope someone else will eventually bring this to Apple's attention, if the bug is not yet know.

Great catch - I thought I was going crazy the other day when this exact scenario happened to me. Its a bug all right :)
 
HUGE, AMAZING EDIT!: I have finally installed the GM on my iPad and so far it is SO MUCH BETTER! The respring issue- gone, pinch to home screen- fixed, real blur in multitasking and folders is there, no leggy typing, and no slow/choppy animations. Maybe I am just lucky or haven't seen iOS 7 on iPhone 5 but I am happy with how it turned out :)

See. Before GM, "it's a beta". :rolleyes:
 
This only happens with new apps, not with every updated app.
It happens with updates as well, just not consistently. Based on at least one thread about it recently, if not more before, it seems to be a somewhat buggy feature.
 
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