Tablet Gestures

Use 2 finger swipes to control your browser. Supports 8 directions with configurable actions. Tablet optimized.

What is Tablet Gestures?

'Tablet Gestures' is a Chrome extension designed for tablets, allowing users to control their browser with two-finger swipes in 8 different directions. Actions include opening or closing tabs, toggling between tabs, or navigating back and forward on the current page. It offers configurable control settings with gesture recognition and prevents accidental activation, ensuring a smooth browser experience.

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By: em_te

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Users: 967 ▲ 6

Rating: 2.52 (21)

Version: 0.1.1 (Last updated: 2021-02-08)

Creation date: 2020-02-04

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage

Size: 17.15K

Email: em*****@hotmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 29711 ▼ 160

Other rankings

#12630 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 16 #188 in configure keyword 16 ▼ 8

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Tablet Gestures (v0.1.1)

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Summary

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A device with a multi-touch screen (such as a tablet) is required.

Supported actions include:

open a new tab
close current tab
go to left tab
go to right tab
go back in current page
go forward in current page
duplicate current tab
reload current tab

The default configuration is:

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Enables touch gestures on tablet devices for browser navigation
Customization features such as setting 'distance travelled' for gestures
Practice board provided helps with learning gestures

Cons

Recognition of gestures is inconsistent or overly sensitive to finger positioning
Lacks support for touchpads, working only on tablets
No visual feedback for gestures nor prevention of page scrolling while attempting gestures

Most mentioned

Doesn't work or fails to recognize gestures reliably
Gestures are too sensitive to finger positioning (need fingers perfectly parallel)
Lack of customization or settings adjustment for sensitivity and tolerance

Recent reviews

Needs sensitivity / tolerance settings, otherwise it's unusable. I tried the same gesture over 20 times on demo screen, and it only got recognized once. In general the paralel movement idea isn't bad, but it's set way too strict at the moment (at least for my device), and I see no way to adjust it.

Piotr X, 2024-01-27

AWESOME!! Just what I was looking for to close tabs in the Edge browser using a Dell touchscreen tablet w/no keyboard/shortcuts attached (Windows 11). I didn't get the hang of it the first time around, but I did switch to the Edge Dev Browser and messed around a bit more and bam! I did change the 'distance travelled' down to '50' and learned to keep my 2 fingers completely together (no open space) to complete the gesture. Short and sweet, and I'm closing tabs crazy-easy now. And thanks for providing the practice board, helped me to understand what worked and didn't. Changed the direction I wanted for the close gesture and I'm good to go. Only thing that would make it better is to allow us to set ‘undo close tab' as a gesture option - or any key combo we would like really. Thanks again!

Karen Mitchell, 2023-07-10

Doesn't work

Bobga Hermann, 2022-10-25

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Safety

Risk impact

Tablet Gestures may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.