Pull-to-refresh

Is there any research on the usability of the pull-to-refresh gesture?

Is there any research on the usability of the pull-to-refresh gesture?
  1. How does pull-to-refresh work?
  2. Who invented pull-to-refresh?

How does pull-to-refresh work?

Pull-to-refresh is a touchscreen gesture that consists of touching the screen of a computing device with a finger or pressing a button on a pointing device, dragging the screen downward with the finger or pointing device, and then releasing it, as a signal to the application to refresh the contents of the screen.

Who invented pull-to-refresh?

Twitter was just officially granted a patent on the ubiquitous pull-to-refresh gesture — a touch interface concept the company acquired when it purchased Tweetie developer Atebits in 2010 and hired founder Loren Brichter, who invented the move.

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