I’ve long been a fan of the “pull to refresh” gesture used on mobile apps and now you can find it Chrome for Android. You’ll need the latest beta version of Chrome — which you can install from the Google Play Store separately from the standard edition — and once you have it, you can quickly refresh a mobile web page. Just pull the browser down from the top of the page and you’ll see the web site reloaded with fresh information. If you’re further down the page, you can still manually refresh of course; tap the menu button in the address bar to see the old refresh button.
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