Easier Hard Reloading

[jonathansampson]

Problem Description

It is currently not very easy to perform a hard reload of a page (i.e. by-passing cache) in Brave. The user must either open the same page in a private tab or clear associated site data prior to reloading in the normal tab. These scenarios not only introduce quite a bit of friction, but they may also invalidate sessions, booting people off of authenticated experiences by clearing cookies and/or wiping out localStorage unintentionally.

Feature Overview

Power Users should have more control over the reload experience. Instead of the basic reload, which respects cache headers and more, the user should have the ability to reload by-passing cache, and/or perhaps the ability to clear site data and reload in one action.

User Experience

1. User long-presses the reload button in the address bar
2. Options Reload Without Cache and Clear Site Data & Reload are presented

Additional information

An issue exists requesting pull-to-refresh. If such a feature were implemented, it too could be augmented to support a hard-reload based on the number of seconds the page is held in the pulled position. An immediate pull-release could perform a standard refresh, while a pull-pause-release could perform a hard refresh.

[iccub]

I like it, do you know if we have this feature on Android?

[srirambv]

I like it, do you know if we have this feature on Android?

Nope. But possible via dev tools