
SwipeToNavigate
Firefox Add-on to enable two-finger left and right gestures to navigate browser history
What is SwipeToNavigate?
"SwipeToNavigate" is a Firefox add-on that brings the convenience of OS X like two-finger gesture navigation to other platforms. It allows users to navigate through their browser history with a swipe of two fingers. Unlike other similar solutions, this add-on does not require expansive permissions and is maintained with full transparency, providing assurance of not spying on you. The source code is openly available for review.

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Summary
** Note about permissions. Currently there is no way to separate read and write access from each other. The addon requires "write" access to every web page in order to hook into the mouse scrolling, so it can detect the side ways swipe. This however means for the time being that the addon needs also read access, but the addon does not read anything on the web page. Source code is freely available from the link in the description. As soon as I can I will reduce permissions as small sub set as possible, hopefully to none **
This add-on brings OS X like two-finger gesture navigation to other platforms.
While there exists other solutions for this problem they require intrusive permissions and are maintained (or not at all) by people who have no contact information available neither here or in their repositories.
This add-on requires no permissions. It is here to only solve a problem and not spy on you. You can check out the source code from: https://github.com/totu/Swipe2Nav so you can see there is no minified code (I even left the jQuery libraries in non-minified versions for transparency)
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Works as promised
- Essential for Firefox on Linux
- Great extension
- Best add-on for wireless trackpad
- Only working solution
Cons
- Finicky sensitivity
- Doesn't work on some platforms
- Erratic performance on Debian GNU/Linux (Gnome)
- Interferes with XML rendering
- Brings back 2 pages instead of 1
- No visual feedback
- Doesn't work on all sites
- Cannot adjust sensitivity
Most mentioned
- Works as promised
- Essential for Firefox on Linux
- Doesn't work on some platforms
- Erratic performance on Debian GNU/Linux (Gnome)
- Interferes with XML rendering
- Brings back 2 pages instead of 1
- No visual feedback
- Cannot adjust sensitivity
Safety
Risk impact
SwipeToNavigate is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install SwipeToNavigate if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
SwipeToNavigate has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.