Mile Wide Back

Allows you to quickly navigate your browser history and to switch between tabs by clicking on the left edge of your screen/window.

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Mile Wide Back - Quick navigation and tab switching

Mile Wide Back is a Chrome extension that allows you to quickly navigate your browser history and switch between tabs by clicking on the left edge of your screen/window. Simply fling your wrist to the left and use left, right, middle-click, or the mouse wheel for various actions. No need to hold the mouse button down while moving, making it easy to use and requiring less coordination.

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Extension stats

By: em_te

Users: 828

Rating: 4.18

(11)

Version: 0.3 (Last updated: 2021-06-02)

Creation date: 2020-04-11

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
storage

Size: 21.55K

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

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 33,781 ▲ 199

Other rankings

#4701 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 18 #195 in mouse keyword 9 ▲ 2 #210 in meme keyword 4 ▼ 5

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Mile Wide Back (v0.3)

4.67

(12) 86

Mile Wide Back (v0.3)

3.30

(3) 1,591+

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

The left edge of your browser window becomes a multi-purpose button. It is infinitely wide because your mouse can continue to travel left, while the cursor will remain stuck to the edge of the screen.

For optimal usability, please make sure that your window in maximized.

The trick is to fling your wrist to the left. No accuracy or coordination is needed here. You could even do this blind-folded.

Then proceed to left/middle/right click the mouse as desired or rotate your mouse wheel.

Left click to navigate back
Right click to navigate forward
Middle-click to close the current tab
Rotate the mouse wheel to cycle through your open tabs
Left and right click at the same time to create a new tab

This extension doesn't work on the Browser's Settings page and the WebStore page, because of Chrome's security policy.

User reviews

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Pros

Indispensable extension for users who relied on it in Firefox.
Convenient features that enhance browser usability.
Positive feedback about the functionality after switching from Firefox to Chrome.

Cons