MiddleButtonScroll

MiddleButtonScroll

Adds smooth scrolling for the middle button auto-scroll and improves the UI.

What is MiddleButtonScroll?
MiddleButtonScroll is a Chrome Extension aimed at enhancing the browsing experience by introducing Firefox-like autoscrolling to Chrome. It requires no setup, instantly adding the feature upon installation. This extension is compatible with Chrome 5.x and higher - both beta and dev branches. Its primary necessity is to run across all your pages to change the scroller, but it does not access or interfere with your data. The extension is regularly updated to fix bugs and improve user experience.
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Stats
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 3.82 (74)
Version: 1.1.1 (Last updated: 2021-07-12)
Creation date: 2021-07-11
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 26.28K
URLs: Website
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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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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
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
  • 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
Recent reviews
not working...nothing

Not everywhere working, but still very usefull
by dE fENDER dE fENDER, 2018-02-13

dont work
by Hauck Araujo Hauck Araujo, 2017-05-17
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Safety
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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