u/hoople-head

Most mobile apps support a swipe-right gesture to go back. Shouldn't there be a corresponding swipe-left gesture to go forward?

I'm thinking specifically of long-scrolling apps like Bluesky/Reddit. I often find myself, say, clicking on a user's feed and scrolling down for a while to look at it. And then, because I'm scrolling with my right thumb, it accidentally moves to the right a little, and the app goes back, completely losing my place. It would be great to be able to return there with a swipe-left.

But I've rarely seen a forward gesture outside of a browser....the only one I can think of is Reeder for iOS. Is there a reason this isn't used more often?