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by rrr_oh_man 154 days ago
Tip: Add native back button functionality, e.g. by generating unique URLs for the results and putting them into the history.

Otherwise you're forced to find and click the 'Translate another article' link, which I completely missed the first three times.

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I made a couple tweaks:

- Added a "copy link" button to the top of the article page - Added a "Translate another article" button to the bottom of the article page

The reason I didn't add a "back" button was because the translated article page can be shared with somebody else who may be opening the link for the first time, so seeing a "back" button in that context could be confusing.

Let me know if any of this is helpful!

Cheers!

> The reason I didn't add a "back" button was because the translated article page can be shared with somebody else who may be opening the link for the first time, so seeing a "back" button in that context could be confusing.

I didn't mean the translated page. I meant the Your translated article is ready! screen. Check out this video: https://streamable.com/utu7du

Additionally, I would suggest adding cursor-pointer to all clickable elements. That may also be part of why I did not immediately notice the Translate another article link.

Ah thanks for the clarification! I made some updates if you'd like to take a look
Thanks for the feedback! That's definitely a UX gap. I'll work on it and push another update shortly.