iPad Pro Split second of blurry text when tab switching in safari

[nappes]

If I load two or more safari tabs and switch between then, there is about quarter second when the text in the new tab is blurry. It’s not a full reload, it’s like a slow rerender. InterestingLy I don’t see it in chrome. It shouldn’t be memory pressure with only two tabs and nothing else happening.

I hadn’t noticed this in the past but now I see it happening on my family’s m1 iPad and m4

its incredibly obvious if you use a keyboard to tab switch fast between the tabs.

Do others get this as well?

 

[JamieLannister]

I just go to the reduce motion button and turn it on. Gets rid of the waste of time animations. You’ll enjoy the ultra speed instead of animation stutters and lag. I do the same for macOS. Even my m3 max stutters when minimizing apps or switching windows in stage manager or task tabbing.

 

[nappes]

That didn’t fix it. It’s the text itself.

Here is the blurry view (again for less than quarter of a second)

Then

 

[c14nhl]

I didn’t notice it until reading this post.

I see the same behaviour. It’s almost instant that it clears up. M4 13”.

 

[nappes]

I didn’t notice it until reading this post.

Sorry

 

[Apathist]

Do others get this as well?

I had forgotten about this Safari-specific anomaly (it doesn't affect Chrome or Edge), which I first noticed on my old iPad Air 2 years ago. I always found it annoying for some reason. Unfortunately, when I read your post earlier today I couldn't clearly recall when or exactly how the issue had ever been resolved for me. But worse still, as I hold my current Air 4 in hand just now with the problem fresh in my mind, I realize it never was -- Safari still does it!

So the good news is that you do eventually stop seeing it, though I can't tell you how long this might take. I guess I'll find out (again).

BTW, I recall that when I first noticed the issue back in the late 2010s I was surprised that I couldn't find much discussion of it. A quick search now turns up this short 2017 MacRumors post, which elicited only a single reply.

Websites blurred when switching between tabs

Hello, I notice that websites are blurred momentarily before coming into focus when switching between Safari tabs. It isn’t even after a long period of inactivity, it literally occurs when quickly switching back and forth between 2 tabs. This did not occur in iOS 9 or 10 on my iPad Pro 9.7”...

forums.macrumors.com

More recently, this Reddit post met with almost complete silence as well.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ipad/comments/16kscj0

I get the sense that most users just don't notice it.

 

[klasma]

Do others get this as well?

It happens on all iPads and iPhones for me. More subtle on iPhone due to the higher DPI.

 

[asleep]

Noticed that on my new 9th gen.

Figured it was an iOS 17 “feature”… coming from 15. 😐

 

[klasma]

Figured it was an iOS 17 “feature”… coming from 15. 😐

It happens on my iPad mini 5 which is still on iPadOS 14.