I keep trying to swipe right to return to my feed after viewing a post (a setting I implemented on Apollo). Sometimes it works but the majority of the time I wind up upvoting a post. My thumb is too short to reach all the way to the top of my phone screen to click the back button with one hand lol. (Phone developers: bigger isn’t always better for women with small hands!). Any ideas?

  • FuckOff@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I keep seeing this request from LOTS of people - myself included.

    Is it just not possible?

    Or just on the to-do list?

    Regardless, I’m floored by how good WefWef is and I appreciate the work that goes into it.

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    1 year ago

    Man with big hands checking in - same issue (and what’s with the trend for giant phone screens by default these days?!)

    But if you hit ‘Posts’ (bottom left) it will take you back, which I’ve found much more agreeable than upvoting random comments!

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    1 year ago

    Agreed. The hitbox for swiping “back” is too narrow.

    Scrolling also sometimes gets “frozen” briefly when returning to my feed. This happen to anyone else?

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      1 year ago

      Yes to the freezing. It needs a second or two before you can scroll.

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      1 year ago

      The swiping back “hit box” is the main reason I prefer Memmy right now. Wish I could combine my favorite things about the two apps into one! They both have things I love and a few I don’t.

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    1 year ago

    I also prefer having a swipe gesture for “back”. It is consistent with iOS design and is intuitive.

    I dislike the gesture controls for individual comments. I would rather have on-screen buttons for up/down votes and replies.

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    1 year ago

    For me it’s upvoting: I go either too far (I down vote😭) or not far enough (nothing happens).

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    1 year ago

    Agree. It seems to have gotten worse in the latest version it feels. The hitbox for swiping back a page is not sensitive enough.,

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    1 year ago

    Works for me on iPad and iPhone. Starting the gesture off the left side of the screen screen or from the very edge, swiping to the right.

    What I miss is the swiping from the right side to go back to a post from the feed, or to save a post from the feed.