Browse with mouse gestures.
What is Mouse Gestures?
Mouse Gestures is a Firefox add-on that allows you to browse the internet with ease. With this extension, you can navigate between pages, open new tabs, close tabs, reload pages, and more using simple mouse gestures. Improve your browsing speed and productivity with Mouse Gestures.
Add-on stats
By: Bill
Rating: 5.00
(4)
Creation date: 2021-01-12
Weekly download count: 13
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 9.69K
Ranking
# 7168
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Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary
If you are using Linux or macOS: open about:config and set ui.context_menus.after_mouseup to true. Otherwise, the context menu will show up before the extension can detect the gesture.
To make a gesture, hold the right mouse button, move the mouse and release the button.
Gestures:
- Down: open a new tab
- Down → Right: close the tab
- Down → Up: duplicate the tab
- Left: go to previous page
- Right: go to next page
- Up → Down: reload the page
- Up: stop page loading
User reviews
Installed this because Foxy Gestures stopped working for some reason, this extension just works. Wish it would draw a line when you make the gesture, but it's ok as it is.
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Mouse Gestures requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Mouse Gestures is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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