There's an option to have a page back button in the top bar but why not a page forward?
consllogluke
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And a reload button, too.
consllogluke
on 11 May 2019
I'm not sure adding more buttons to the navbar is a good idea, it makes the UI more cluttered and takes up a lot of space when the window is at a small size. I do agree there should be a way to reload other than a keyboard shortcut; we could probably add that to the context menu.
PalmerAL
on 12 May 2019
Alright, you could also do something like double clicking the back button goes forward and triple click restarts the page or something like that.
consllogluke
on 12 May 2019
Double-click seems like it would be fairly confusing, and it would also introduce a delay when going backwards (since you'd have to wait to see whether the button gets clicked a second time or not). Maybe a context menu on the back button itself?
PalmerAL
on 13 May 2019
Three functions for the same button would be a bad pattern.
I suggest showing a page forward button that's hidden by default, showable by a setting, and displayed only when a forward page is available. This way the UI stays as light as possible most of the time, and the button is displayed only when it has a meaning.
Tomadelostacos
on 18 May 2019
Given the importance of being able to go back/forward, it would seem a forward button would be well worth the real estate. An alternative would be a generic button; left-click for back, right-click for forward. Possibly better yet, hover over the button and use the mouse wheel to go back and forth.
ep1955
on 5 Jul 2020
I really like Min with as minimal a GUI as possible. I have never had a problem with going forward. ctrl-right.
In fact, I would go the other way and say a back button is not really necessary. ctrl-left.
ebrensi
on 8 Jul 2020
ebrensi, I agree with you completely regarding ctrl L & R, I use hotkeys most of the time anyway. I just thought a corresponding forward button would be useful given you likely already have your hand on the mouse anyway, clicking on links and all. That said, I'm certainly going to use Min as I like the speed and simplicity.
ep1955
on 8 Jul 2020
@ep1955 have you seen this? https://github.com/PalmerAL/min-vim-mode
I added a function where you can copy any link too.
ebrensi
on 13 Jul 2020
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I'm not sure adding more buttons to the navbar is a good idea, it makes the UI more cluttered and takes up a lot of space when the window is at a small size. I do agree there should be a way to reload other than a keyboard shortcut; we could probably add that to the context menu.