FreeTubeApp / FreeTube

An Open Source YouTube app for privacy
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[Feature Request]: Please add a refresh button in the address bar #6117

Closed FreeUDP closed 2 weeks ago

FreeUDP commented 2 weeks ago

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Problem Description

Please add a refresh button(Ctrl+R) in the address bar。Thanks!

Proposed Solution

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Alternatives Considered

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Issue Labels

ease of use improvement, improvement to existing feature

Additional Information

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absidue commented 2 weeks ago

Nobody should be using CTRL+R, it is the same as if you were to restart the entire app, it is extremely wasteful. If you want to reload just the page you are seeing you should press the back arrow once and then the forward arrow once, that fetches the data for that page again without having to restart the entire app.

Giving people an easier way to do something that they shouldn't be doing is not something we want to do.

FreeUDP commented 1 week ago

Thank you for your reply. FreeTube is a very good software, thanks for your work. Some people (from China or Iran) watch YouTube live streams through VPN. VPN is unstable, streams will often freeze. Back and forward buttons can be refreshed, but usually require multiple mouse clicks If there are many items in the list, I also need to find which item was played previously, it is very inconvenient. If there is a refresh button, it will bring convenience to these people.

Request again,Please add this button. Thank You!

My English is poor, hope you can understand.

absidue commented 1 week ago

Back and forward buttons can be refreshed, but usually require multiple mouse clicks If there are many items in the list, I also need to find which item was played previously, which is very inconvenient

If you press the forward button after pressing the back button, FreeTube will take you to the page you were just on, you only need to search again if you only press the back button.

Request again,Please add this button.

As mentioned above CTRL+R restarts the entire app, so no we won't be adding a button to do that.