Bug 466378

Summary:	Please implement back and forward navigation by swipe gestures.
Product:	[Applications] angelfish	Reporter:	jan.claussen10
Component:	general	Assignee:	Jonah Brüchert <jbb>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	surehand
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.01.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description jan.claussen10 2023-02-24 22:14:16 UTC

SUMMARY
The current back and forward navigation method is not really usable. I understand the need of creating something original, but navigating with swipe gestures is simply the best method on touch devices. No one wants to open a menu and tap on a back button or have back and forward buttons in the browser bar like in early Android times. I strongly encourage you to implement this and open the menu with a button instead!

Comment 1 Jonah Brüchert 2023-02-25 11:41:42 UTC

There are already swipe gestures on the navigation bar

Comment 2 jan.claussen10 2023-02-25 11:46:43 UTC

What do you mean? Atm you swiping from the edges opens the menu. I think it would be better if those gestures would navigate to the next or previous page.

Comment 3 surehand 2023-06-20 12:06:41 UTC

If you swipe on the actual toolbar then it works. 
However that gives you onky a small space to do so.
I agree that after it has been common for other mobile browsers to use the whole screen to swipe back and foreward this is kindnof of the expected behaviour right now.

I appreciate that this is a design decision from Anglefish, but I feel that it might be good to review if the curreny solution is still the best.
Maybe the whole screen could be made back/foreward and the toolbar gets the current functionality to show menu items ?