Swiping right on article view should return user to front page

[hawkins]

Currently the physical back button and the top-left back buttons are the only means for users to leave article/comment view and return to the front page.

Swiping left on article view loads comments, and right on comments loads article view.

It would be very handy if I could continue swiping right from article view to return to the front page. This way I don't have to stretch my hand to reach the back button on a large phone.

[longdivision]

Thanks for the suggestion :) I've come across this in Relay For Reddit an it's a really nice experience. I think this would be a good enhancement to Hex

Ideally if this was in place the article would also slide in from the right when you load it up rather than using the default animation, which is slide up and fade in (at least on Nougat). Hopefully this would give the user the impression they are moving to the right and imply they can swipe right to get back to the front page afterwards.

I'll try and find some time to test this out, but have dropped a help wanted label in case anybody else fancies giving it a go.

[hawkins]

Great! I definitely agree on the animation too, that'll help hint about the change. Also, it would be great if when sliding back from article view to front page, you'd see the front page sort of "behind" it instead of the orange scroll block we have now.

Great work on hex so far, by the way, it's been a blast to use! 😄 👍