Mouse Gestures - Really Useful Firefox Addon
I use the Mouse Gestures Firefox addon for easier website navigation and tab opening. After the addon is installed right clicking and dragging the mouse across the Firefox window creates a line on the screen for your reference (disappears quickly). I can draw a line to the left to go back to the previous page and to the right to go forward.
Drawing a line up from a link opens it in a new tab and if there’s no link it opens a blank tab. Similarly drawing down opens a link in a new browser window or opens an empty browser window.
You can edit the current gestures and make your own.
But the most amazing feature is the gesture to open multiple links in new tabs. I found this particular gesture only now and it’s incredible.
All you have to do is draw a line through all the links that you want opened and then finally move the mouse right, up and then left. Regardless of the shape you traced while moving over the links, the final sequence of the gesture will open all the new links in tabs. Damn useful!
George has posted about another addon called Next Please.
George says:
I’ve seen you use it all the time. Mouse Gestures are nice
The funny thing is that Opera has both this and that Next Please integrated as features. But Opera just doesn’t feel right. Maybe it’s just me.
Posted on January 30th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Marc Z says:
Yeah Opera has them both. Opera simply doesn’t have that many add ons. If it did, I’d switch right now.
Posted on January 31st, 2008 at 12:21 am
Sundar says:
I was going to say Opera already has it, but it’s been said. You should see my brother surf the net. Gets the mouse to do some gymnastics.
Posted on January 31st, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Marc Z says:
Haha, gymnastics indeed.
Posted on February 1st, 2008 at 12:07 am