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: 4.16 (165)

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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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 7560 ▼ 25

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#23145 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 23 #128 in mouse keyword 73 ▲ 7

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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.

User reviews

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Pros

Simple to set up and use
No calls back to a server with browsing details
Lightweight and small

Cons

Trouble saving customization
Issues with the gesture trail color
May not work for certain mice or trackballs

Most mentioned

Doesn't work for some users
Configuring gestures correctly can be difficult
Missing features from previous browser extensions

Recent reviews

Doesn't work for me at all. 1) Just showing the trail lags by about 1 or 2 seconds. 2) None of the configured actions work. 3) Zero error checking is done when saving the config. It took another review to say that the config needs to be in uppercase. Warning about lowercase would make that clear. Even better, allow lowercase. toupper() isn't too much to ask. 4) Since nothing works, not even simple L or R gestures, I have no idea if I need to separate multi-direction gestures with spaces, tabs, commas, carets, dollar signs or NUL characters. Clearly it's me or my setup, since 4.2/5 means it works for most people. 3 & 4 would be nice to see addressed. Still, thanks for the effort.

dav ep, 2024-02-08

This is nice, I only miss the minimise Window function

gastro paul, 2024-02-07

Gesture functions do not work in some websites such as Youtube, and trails are always shown in black color whatever I choose in the color menu. Is this a bug?

Goo Gle, 2024-01-21

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Safety

Risk impact

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