diff --git a/server/public/home.html b/server/public/home.html
index 27007f7..c9fa032 100644
--- a/server/public/home.html
+++ b/server/public/home.html
@@ -1113,8 +1113,8 @@
     /* OPEN = instant position + a quick opacity fade. No transform, no parallax, no list-column display
        toggle → there is literally nothing to reflow when it finishes, so the old ~40ms end-of-slide settle
        is gone by construction. The list (chatcol) stays display:none throughout; content fades in over the bg. */
-    body.chat-opening .content{display:block!important;opacity:0;}
-    body.chat-opening .content.chat-fadein{opacity:1;transition:opacity .14s ease-out;}
+    body.chat-opening .content{display:block!important;opacity:0;transform:translateX(12%);}
+    body.chat-opening .content.chat-fadein{opacity:1;transform:translateX(0);transition:opacity .18s ease-out, transform .24s cubic-bezier(.32,.72,0,1);} /* real slide-in from the right + fade. The list column (.chatcol) is NEVER shown during the open — it stays display:none throughout — so there is no display toggle and therefore no reflow when the slide ends. Content is already on its own GPU layer (will-change on body.chat-open), so this is a pure compositor transform. */
     /* CLOSE / drag-back: reveal the list underneath (parallax in) while the conversation slides off right
        (.content moved by an inline transform in showWelcome()/the edge-drag gesture). */
     body.chat-closing .content, body.chat-dragging .content{display:block!important;z-index:2;box-shadow:-12px 0 30px rgba(15,23,42,.18);will-change:transform;}
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 <script src="/icons.js?v=6"></script>
-<script>window.__BUILD='2026-07-19-batch128';console.log('%cBiz Connect','color:#1F3B73;font-weight:bold','build '+window.__BUILD);
+<script>window.__BUILD='2026-07-19-batch129';console.log('%cBiz Connect','color:#1F3B73;font-weight:bold','build '+window.__BUILD);
 // Emoji are rendered with the OS's own (colour) emoji font — instant, zero network.
 //
 // We used to run Twemoji over every emoji, which swapped each one for an <img> pulled INDIVIDUALLY from
@@ -2835,13 +2835,13 @@ function armOpenSlide(){
     if(c) c.classList.remove('chat-fadein');
     flushSlideQueue();                             // network reconcile / pins / queued appends run now
   };
-  _slideEndHandler=function(e){ if(e.target===c && e.propertyName==='opacity') done(); };
+  _slideEndHandler=function(e){ if(e.target===c && e.propertyName==='transform') done(); }; // transform is the longer of the two transitions → fires after both finish
   if(c) c.addEventListener('transitionend', _slideEndHandler);
   requestAnimationFrame(()=>{
     if(window.__slideTok!==token) return;
     if(window.__perfProbe) window.__perfProbe('slide'); // TEMP: measure frame timing over the open
-    if(c) c.classList.add('chat-fadein');          // opacity 0 -> 1 over 140ms (compositor-only)
-    window.__chatOpenT=setTimeout(done, 240);      // fallback if transitionend is missed (140ms + margin)
+    if(c) c.classList.add('chat-fadein');          // slide translateX(12%)->0 + opacity 0->1 (pure compositor)
+    window.__chatOpenT=setTimeout(done, 320);      // fallback if transitionend is missed (240ms + margin)
   });
 }
 async function openConvo(kind,id){
