MiddleButtonScroll
Adds smooth scrolling for the middle button auto-scroll and improves the UI.
What is MiddleButtonScroll?
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Summary
No setup necessary, it simply adds Firefox like autoscrolling to Chrome. The ability to tweak the sensitivity might come in a future version if it is requested.
For the Safari 5 version of this extension visit: http://gnuu.org/2010/06/26/announcing-middlebuttonscroll-for-safari-5/
Note: This plugin requires Chrome 5.x (beta or dev branch). There is a bug in the stable branch (4.x) that disables this plugin from working: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=29826 - to upgrade, go to http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
Note: This plugin will tell you it needs to access "Your data on all websites". The plugin does not actually touch any of your data (the source is freely available below for those interested), but it does need to run on all of your pages. Unfortunately, there is no way to change the scroller on your pages otherwise. This URL explains the issue in more detail: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=30636989775092ba&hl=en
Note: this plugin along with all others are disabled on https://chrome.google.com (including this page) for security reasons. You'll have to test it somewhere else :)
ChangeLog:
1.1.0: December 20 2010
- Fix triggering of events when mouse button is let go
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User reviews summary
Pros
- Provides smooth scrolling with middle button
- Gives full 60fps on autoscroll
- Useful for users transitioning from Firefox
Cons
- Doesn't work for some users
- Scroll stamp disappears requiring continual pressing of the button
- Doesn't work in latest GMAIL
- No option to reverse scroll direction
Most mentioned
- Middle button not working
- Requested features: Scroll stamp on screen, option to reverse scroll, ability to customize clicking
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Risk impact
MiddleButtonScroll is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
MiddleButtonScroll has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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