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Let's get the "elephant in the room" out of the way first. The constant threat of accidentally refreshing a page has turned browsing with Chrome into a headache since 2019. | Let's get the "elephant in the room" out of the way first. The constant threat of accidentally refreshing a page has turned browsing with Chrome into a headache since 2019. | ||
In spite of the abnormally high number of complaints by users suffering from accidental refreshes, Google has refused to reinstate the option to turn off this anti-feature. It seems to be part of Google's brand identity.<ref>[https://archive.today/2024.09.04-094015/https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41471115 Please bring back ability to disable Android pull-down-to-refresh. I lost my work because the feature. | In spite of the abnormally high number of complaints by users suffering from accidental refreshes, Google has refused to reinstate the option to turn off this anti-feature. It seems to be part of Google's brand identity.<ref>[https://archive.today/2024.09.04-094015/https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41471115 Please bring back ability to disable Android pull-down-to-refresh. I lost my work because the feature. [41471115] - Chromium]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2025.10.07-180843/https://issues.chromium.org/issues/391378124 No way to disable pull-to-refresh [391378124] - Chromium]</ref><ref>[https://megalodon.jp/2025-0111-2220-13/https://support.google.com:443/chrome/thread/8391096/wanting-to-know-how-to-disable-pull-to-refresh-as-it-s-no-longer-showing-up-in-flags?hl=en Wanting to know how to disable pull to refresh as it's no longer showing up in flags - Google Chrome Community]</ref><ref>[https://megalodon.jp/2025-0701-0647-33/https://support.google.com:443/chrome/thread/8152831 Missing Android Chrome 75 flags disable-pull-to-refresh-effect How to disable it now? - Google Chrome Community]</ref> | ||
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Websites look wildly different from each other. Some websites are designed in a way where it isn't clearly visible where the top of the page is. On those sites, pull-to-refresh makes web browsing a walk on eggshells. | Websites look wildly different from each other. Some websites are designed in a way where it isn't clearly visible where the top of the page is. On those sites, pull-to-refresh makes web browsing a walk on eggshells. | ||