From 382f44167b25909fb484775b087e232673e8ebfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Moore <andrew@blakeslee.xyz>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 16:40:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Merge nucleic/upbeat-jade-ibis-kt5e into main

Mirrored from corpo d65aaeb.
---
 src/pages/index.astro | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index 8e1c459..cf778ba 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -167,7 +167,16 @@ const canonical = new URL('/', Astro.site);
   .ambient {
     position: fixed;
     z-index: -2;
-    inset: 0;
+    top: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    /* Deliberately not inset: 0. A fixed box pinned to the bottom stops at the small
+       viewport, but iOS Safari keeps rendering the page behind its translucent
+       toolbar — so the strip between svh and lvh fell back to flat paper and read as
+       a grey bar under the chrome, several shades off the ambient-lit page above it.
+       Sized to the large viewport, the field paints through the toolbar instead. */
+    height: 100%;
+    height: 100lvh;
     overflow: hidden;
     pointer-events: none;
   }
@@ -559,8 +568,13 @@ const canonical = new URL('/', Astro.site);
       /* The footer is parked past the fold: on a phone its rule is a third horizontal
          line competing with the masthead's and the card's, and the page reads calmer
          without it. The drop has to pay for the footer's own height and the shell's
-         bottom padding before it buys any clearance, hence a value this large. */
-      --footer-drop: clamp(6.5rem, 16vh, 9rem);
+         bottom padding before it buys any clearance, hence a value this large.
+         The (100lvh - 100svh) term is the toolbar: main is sized to the small
+         viewport so the hero centres in what you can actually see, but Safari's
+         bottom bar is translucent and the page shows through it, so clearing svh
+         only put the footer's rule behind the controls rather than out of sight.
+         Both terms collapse to the clamp anywhere the two viewports agree. */
+      --footer-drop: calc(100lvh - 100svh + clamp(6.5rem, 16vh, 9rem));
 
       min-height: calc(100svh + var(--footer-drop));
     }
@@ -619,6 +633,36 @@ const canonical = new URL('/', Astro.site);
     }
   }
 
+  /* The phone footer is below the fold, so a timed entrance would have played out
+     unseen. Driven off the scroll position instead, it and its rule arrive as they
+     come up the screen. Scroll-driven animations are still the newest thing here, so
+     this stays behind @supports: without it the footer keeps the timed fade above,
+     which lands on load and leaves it plainly visible. */
+  @supports (animation-timeline: view()) {
+    @media (max-width: 720px) {
+      .footer {
+        opacity: 0;
+        animation: footer-reveal linear both;
+        animation-timeline: view();
+        /* Finishes at 88% rather than 100%: the last stretch of "entry" is the
+           element clearing Safari's translucent toolbar, and waiting that long
+           means it is still fading while it looks fully on screen. */
+        animation-range: entry 12% entry 88%;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @keyframes footer-reveal {
+    from {
+      transform: translate3d(0, 1.15rem, 0);
+      opacity: 0;
+    }
+    to {
+      transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
+      opacity: 1;
+    }
+  }
+
   @media (max-width: 440px) {
     .mark {
       width: 2.35rem;