Vimlike 4+

Works well, is missing a couple of things

So far the plugin has worked pretty well, with a few minor bugs which i’m guessing are due to iOS.

There are, however, a couple of additional features that would be appreciated:
- there is no command focus the url of the page (can be done with command L, but a shortcut such as ‘o’ for open would be nice)
- when working with multiple keyboard layouts, it is useful to turn on the ‘Ignore keyboard layout’ feature. However, this should be coupled with the option to specify which keys appear when using the ACTIVATE_LINK command, otherwise the keys that are mapped differently are useless in this command (one can use numbers only, but it’s not as convenient)
- maybe this is a limitation not of the app, but of iOS, but it would be great if there were a command for changing the order of tabs (aka, moving current tab to the left / right)

Thanks for all the hard work you’ve put into this app!

Brilliant Safari extension -- a must have for vim users

Vim users rejoice! Safari on iPad is as close as ever to the full desktop experience now with this extension providing a way to navigate purely using the keyboard.

There are some cosmetic improvements that I hope will be made in the future. First, the scrolling animation feels choppy, especially on my iPad Pro with a ProMotion display. Being able to disable the animation or making it smoother so it doesn't feel out of place in a 120 Hz display would be nice.

Second, the color scheme (black and neon green color) for the link selection popups doesn't fit in that well with the rest of the iOS color design. An option to use a more subtle color scheme like the light yellow background that Vimium uses on the desktop Safari extension would be nice.

Overall, these are minor complaints for what is otherwise a functionally perfect extension!

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the great feedback. I am really excited to hear that you're enjoying Vimlike. Brilliant suggestions - I am working on these features. You'll have it in coming releases. Thank you!

Exactly what i was looking for!

Thank you, thank you! I couldn’t find my usual vim-style extension that I’ve been using on desktop browsers for the ipad but I’m so thankful that I found this one. I’m able to reuse all the shortcuts from the other extension here and this extension has addressed the one weakness that I’ve been unable to fix on all iPads! Incredible.

Developer Response ,

Thanks a lot for the comment! Glad to hear that you're happy using Vimlike!