miniGestures

a very simple mouse gestures program

What is miniGestures?

miniGestures is a highly-intuitive Chrome extension designed to enable basic but crucial mouse and rocker gesture functionalities on your browser. It's lightweight, free of any form of ads or spyware, thereby providing a smooth and safe user experience. After installing, users should simply visit the options page to set and save their gesture preferences. Notably, it provides specific solutions for Mac and Linux users including double-right click to open context. Over the years, it has been updated to enhance features such as the ability to open links in new tabs and has constantly resolved issues for optimal performance.

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By: AJ Ribeiro

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.15 (167)

Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2014-03-19)

Creation date: 2014-03-19

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage

Size: 116.74K

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# 6970 ▼ 1

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#24096 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 19 #118 in mouse keyword 40 ▲ 3

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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A mouse gestures extension to give basic mouse and rocker gesture functionality. No ads, no spyware.

Set gestures in the options page. On first install, you must go to the options page and save configuration.

Mac and Linux users: double right click to open context.

Version 1.5 3/19/2014: Problem with Linux and Max created by adding rocker gestures should be fixed.

Version 1.4 3/19/2014: Added functionality to open link in new tab. Thanks Theodore Briggs!

Version 1.2 3/15/2014: Added back and forward rocker gestures. Added open last closed tab functionality. Added option to not show mouse trails.

Version 1.1 12/8/2013: Fixed issue with canvas height property. Now lines will be drawn on entire page.

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