iOS Chrome (and some Android browsers) auto-hide their URL bar on
scroll. This grows the visual viewport without changing the layout
viewport, so a position:fixed bar pinned to bottom:0 — which is
relative to the layout viewport — appears to float mid-screen with
a gap beneath it. Safari masks the bug because its toolbar shrinks
rather than fully retracting.
Track the delta between the visual and layout viewports via the
VisualViewport API and write it to a --mobile-bar-offset CSS var.
The bar uses translate3d to apply that offset, which both fixes the
gap and enables hardware compositing so it tracks the toolbar
animation without flicker.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
MOB-01: At ≤640px the top inline nav is hidden and replaced by a
fixed bottom tab bar (Search / Compare / Rankings / Admissions) with
icon + label, 56px tap targets, env(safe-area-inset-bottom) padding,
and the Compare count rendered as a badge on the icon. Eliminates
horizontal page overflow on every route (docW was 401–429 at vw 390;
now docW === vw).
MOB-02: Logo link gains a padded hit area so the touch target is
≥44×44 (was 36×36), without resizing the visual mark.
ComparisonToast lifted above the new bottom bar on mobile so the two
do not stack on top of each other. body gets a bottom padding equal
to the bar height + safe-area inset so page content is never hidden.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- New /admissions route with AdmissionsView client component
- Live countdowns (days until) to Primary/Secondary deadlines and Offer Days
- Step-by-step timelines for both tracks with highlighted milestone rows
- Tips section covering equal preference rule, late applications, waiting lists
- Homepage countdown strip (4 cards) between discovery chips and how-it-works
- Admissions nav link and footer link added
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses 28 issues identified in UX audit (P0–P3 severity):
P0 — Critical:
- Fix compare URL sharing: seed ComparisonContext from SSR initialData
when localStorage is empty, making /compare?urns=... links shareable
- Remove permanently broken "Avg. Scaled Score" column from school
detail historical data table
P1 — High priority:
- Add radius selector (0.5–10 mi) to postcode search in FilterBar
- Make Add to Compare a toggle (remove) on SchoolCards
- Hide hero title/description once a search is active
- Show school count + quick-search prompts on empty landing page
- Compare empty state opens in-page school search modal directly
- Remove URN from school detail header (irrelevant to end users)
- Move map above performance chart in school detail page
- Add ← Back navigation to school detail page
- Add sort controls to search results (RWM%, distance, A–Z)
- Show metric descriptions below metric selector
- Expand ComparisonToast to list school names with per-school remove
- Add progress score explainer (0 = national average) throughout
P2 — Medium:
- Remove console.log statements from ComparisonView
- Colour-code comparison school cards to match chart line colours
- Replace plain loading text with LoadingSkeleton in ComparisonView
- Rankings empty state uses shared EmptyState component
- Rankings year filter shows actual year e.g. "2023 (Latest)"
- Rankings subtitle shows top-N count
- Add View link alongside Add button in rankings table
- Remove placeholder Privacy Policy / Terms links from footer
- Replace untappable 10px info icons with visible metric hint text
- Show active filter chips in search results header
P3 — Polish:
- Remove redundant "Home" nav link (logo already links home)
- Add / and Ctrl+K keyboard shortcut to focus search input
- Add Share button to compare page (copies URL to clipboard)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Move comparison state from hook to shared context provider
- All components now share the same state instance
- Badge count updates immediately when schools are added/removed
- Add key prop to badge to re-trigger animation on count change
- Add storage event listener for cross-tab synchronization
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
1. Added original favicon
- Copied favicon.svg from original frontend
- Added favicon reference to layout metadata
- Professional icon with brand colors
2. Updated logo in navigation
- Replaced emoji with proper SVG logo from original design
- Uses circular target design with crosshairs
- Matches brand identity with coral accent color
3. Removed emoji icons throughout app for professional look
- Removed 📍 (location pin) from school locations
- Removed 🏫 (school building) from school types
- Removed 🔢 from URN labels and section headings
- Kept meaningful symbols (✓, +) in buttons only
- Updated map popup button color to brand coral (#e07256)
Components updated:
- Navigation: Professional SVG logo
- HomeView: Clean location banner
- SchoolDetailView: No decorative emojis in metadata
- ComparisonView: Text-only school information
- SchoolSearchModal: Clean school listings
- LeafletMapInner: Professional map popups
Result: More polished, professional appearance suitable for
educational data platform
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Migrate from vanilla JavaScript SPA to Next.js 16 with App Router
- Add server-side rendering for all pages (Home, Compare, Rankings)
- Create individual school pages with dynamic routing (/school/[urn])
- Implement Chart.js and Leaflet map integrations
- Add comprehensive SEO with sitemap, robots.txt, and JSON-LD
- Set up Docker multi-service architecture (PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Next.js)
- Update CI/CD pipeline to build both backend and frontend images
- Fix Dockerfile to include devDependencies for TypeScript compilation
- Add Jest testing configuration
- Implement performance optimizations (code splitting, caching)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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