Could discourse have a go back to last page button

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Rick_Jing suggests adding a “go back to last page” button to Discourse, especially for desktop users, as most users don’t use keyboard shortcuts and it would provide a better experience. pfaffman questions the need for an extra back button, as all web browsers already have one. Rick_Jing responds that designers add extra back buttons for convenience. ondrej agrees that convenience is the reason, but finds multiple buttons with the same function annoying.

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I think it’s great to have a go back to last page button when finished reading topics, especially on desktop, because in my opinion most user won’t use any keyboard shortcut, I don’t use shortcuts even I use discourse everyday.
unlike android or IOS, we don’t have back button or gesture on desktop, if users want to go back to the topic list or last topic they viewed, they will need to use the back button built in the browser or learn to use shortcut.

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if we have a back button put at somewhere like timestamp or end of the topic, user probably will have better experience with discourse.

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What web browser doesn’t have a back button?

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all browsers have, but why designers put extra back buttons?

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The only reason I can think of is convenience, so you don’t have to go to the corner of the screen to press back? But personally I find lots of buttons that have the same function annoying.

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