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That we have to worry whether "pull down" is patented shows how far the patent system is from fulfilling its promise.
by rmbyrro 5y ago
That we have to worry whether "pull down" is patented shows how far the patent system is from fulfilling its promise.
- echelon 5y agoI was curious, so I just looked it up. "pull down to refresh" is patented by Twitter: https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350826/twitter-pull-to-refresh-patent-innovators-patent-agreement-announced https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350826/twitter-pull-to-r... And Firefox implements the feature in Nightly (this is an old thread, so perhaps it has already landed in mainline) : https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/nzfcak/why_do_we_not_have_pull_to_refresh_on_firefox/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/nzfcak/why_do_we_n...