diff --git a/dashboard-ui/css/nowplayingbar.css b/dashboard-ui/css/nowplayingbar.css
index 46bb9b01ca..33dc58bf0b 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/css/nowplayingbar.css
+++ b/dashboard-ui/css/nowplayingbar.css
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
     position: absolute;
     left: 0;
     right: 0;
+    top: 0;
 }
 
 .nowPlayingBarPositionContainer {
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/actionsheet.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/actionsheet.js
index 79a78e4082..fa629dd1df 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/actionsheet.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/actionsheet.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         document.body.appendChild(dlg);
 
         // The animations flicker in IE and Firefox (probably wherever the polyfill is used)
-        if (browserInfo.chrome) {
+        if (browserInfo.animate) {
             dlg.animationConfig = {
                 // scale up
                 'entry': {
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/librarybrowser.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/librarybrowser.js
index ee889b85f7..b1f70da6e4 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/librarybrowser.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/librarybrowser.js
@@ -2794,7 +2794,7 @@
             dlg.exitAnimation = 'fade-out-animation';
 
             // The animations flicker in IE and Firefox (probably wherever the polyfill is used)
-            if (browserInfo.chrome) {
+            if (browserInfo.animate) {
                 dlg.animationConfig = {
                     // scale up
                     'entry': {
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/nowplayingbar.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/nowplayingbar.js
index 4ad1c2973f..9d4b538806 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/nowplayingbar.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/nowplayingbar.js
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
         return html;
     }
 
-    var isSlidUp;
     var height;
 
     function getHeight(elem) {
@@ -85,35 +84,42 @@
 
     function slideDown(elem) {
 
-        if (!isSlidUp) {
+        if (elem.classList.contains('hide')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        isSlidUp = false;
+        var onfinish = function() {
+            elem.classList.add('hide');
+        };
+
+        if (!browserInfo.animate) {
+            onfinish();
+            return;
+        }
 
         requestAnimationFrame(function () {
             var keyframes = [
               { height: getHeight(elem), offset: 0 },
               { height: '0', display: 'none', offset: 1 }];
             var timing = { duration: 200, iterations: 1, fill: 'both', easing: 'ease-out' };
-            elem.animate(keyframes, timing).onfinish = function () {
-                elem.classList.add('hide');
-            };
+            elem.animate(keyframes, timing).onfinish = onfinish;
         });
     }
 
     function slideUp(elem) {
 
-        if (isSlidUp) {
+        if (!elem.classList.contains('hide')) {
             return;
         }
 
-        isSlidUp = true;
+        elem.classList.remove('hide');
+
+        if (!browserInfo.animate) {
+            return;
+        }
 
         requestAnimationFrame(function () {
 
-            elem.classList.remove('hide');
-
             var keyframes = [
               { height: '0', offset: 0 },
               { height: getHeight(elem), offset: 1 }];
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js
index c840b89fe2..f69f75c790 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js
@@ -2387,6 +2387,8 @@ var AppInfo = {};
             browser.mobile = true;
         }
 
+        browser.animate = document.documentElement.animate != null;
+
         window.browserInfo = browser;
     }
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/jquery.unveil-custom.js b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/jquery.unveil-custom.js
index 0fa8b64e74..9100861a20 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/jquery.unveil-custom.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/jquery.unveil-custom.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
             elem.setAttribute("src", url);
         }
 
-        if (browserInfo.chrome && !browserInfo.mobile) {
+        if (browserInfo.animate && !browserInfo.mobile) {
             if (!elem.classList.contains('noFade')) {
                 fadeIn(elem, 1);
             }