microGesture by snuz2

Ultra Compact Mouse Gesture Extension.

3.9 (9 reviews)

72 Users

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About this extension

A very compact and easy to use mouse gesture handler.
To make a gesture, hold down the right mouse button and drag, then release.

Gesture Navigation
Long Up : Open a New Tab
Up : Goto Top of Page
Left : Go Back
Right : Go Forward
Down : Goto Bottom of Page
Long Down : Close Tab
Link Gestures
Up : Open in a New Tab
Down : Open in a Background Tab

No configuration required, just load and go!
For more information and more options go to the Homepage.

Developer comments

Why do we need another mouse gesture extension? It seems that there used to be a handful of Mouse Gesture extensions for Mozilla products, but lately they have dwindled down to about one. While FireGestures can be configured to do almost anything, I don't like its philosophy at all, so I wrote microGesture.
I believe that mouse gestures are only really useful for the most common tasks of the browser, especially, forward and backward navigation. I also added top and bottom of page as well since they are intuitive and handy gestures and open and close tab. About the only other common task I perform when browsing is following links, so I added gestures that intelligently respond to links and allow you to take control of where they open: in a new tab, or in a background tab. Using more complicated gestures is no easier than right clicking to get a context menu plus they're a pain to remember.

Rated 3.9 by 9 reviewers

Release notes for 3.6

Tabs opened with microGesture will return to the opening tab when they are closed. Provided you don't click a different tab in the meantime. It's a Firefox bug that clicking a different tab causes FF to forget the relationship between tabs...

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