[Enhancement] Refresh when going "Home" about photon

[Xyphyn]

I want the cohesion model of the feeds not to be based on the order you opened things in, so I won't refresh on the click of the photon logo.

If you want, I can add a scroll to top button and a refresh button at the top.

[DarkArc]

I want the cohesion model of the feeds not to be based on the order you opened things in, so I won't refresh on the click of the photon logo.

I see, you can press that as a sort of "go back" button from a post and not lose your spot. I never thought to try that.

If you want, I can add a scroll to top button and a refresh button at the top.

I think this would be the best solution with your design goals. Maybe just an outright button right aligned in this area on the same row as the sort options?

[DarkArc]

I am going to add ... I think the decision here leads to some (perhaps undesirable affects).

For instance, consider account switching. I think it makes a lot of sense to be able to stay on the same post while switching accounts (I actually find that really handy).

However, when you're on the home feed, and you switch between accounts ... you have the feed of the previous user but any new data is fetched as-if by the new user. So it's kind of a franken feed. Then, if you run out of content (e.g., from an account that's not following anything) and switch back, you're just "out of content".

So, even if you don't add "clicking the same thing you're already on refresh it" behavior, some amount of contextual refreshing might be beneficial.

[Xyphyn]

The feed should refresh automatically if the user's instance changes

[DarkArc]

The feed should refresh automatically if the user's instance changes

In the case of switching instances ... the home feed is definitely broken (without content being reloaded in some way -- glad to hear that does trigger a refresh!). However, even switching users on the same instance can result in the above "feed stops loading properly" behavior (I actually encountered this from two users on the same instance, my main account and a bot account I check the inbox on).