swipe-back

Go back to previous page by swiping left with two fingers on a trackpad.

Swipe-Back: Smooth Two-Finger Swiping for Non-Mac Users

'Swipe-Back' is a user-friendly Chrome extension designed to improve trackpad functionality for non-Mac users. It lets users swipe left with two fingers on their trackpad to navigate back to the previous page, replicating the Mac magic trackpad's smooth browsing experience. No need for Mac users as it is a built-in feature there.

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By: golopot

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.52

(23)

Version: 0.1.1 (Last updated: 2022-02-14)

Creation date: 2022-01-25

Size: 6.24K

Email: go*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 18,773 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#23362 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 676

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Works well on various Linux distributions and browsers like Chrome, Vivaldi, and Opera.
Allows two-finger swiping to navigate back and forth, similar to Mac gestures.
Users express gratitude for providing functionality that was previously lacking.

Cons

Missing swipe forward functionality in some cases.
Gesture sensitivity is an issue; requires larger swipes to activate.
Needs to refresh the page after installation for it to start working.

Most mentioned

Works on Vivaldi and Opera.
Issues with swipe forward functionality.
Gestures require large swipes.

User reviews

It works flawlessly! After much troubleshooting on a rehabilitated 2014 MacBook Air on Ubuntu 24, I finally got Chromium-based browser Vivaldi & Chrome history two-finger lateral swiping back & forth working using swipe-back. Huzzah! Still not sure why Ubuntu with Wayland was only able to support history navigation with the two-finger side swipe touchpad gestures on Mozilla Firefox. swipe-back immediately solved the situation on Chromium-based browsers. Thank you very much!

Pablo Pascal, 2024-11-13

As a Vivaldi user, I want to show my gratitude. Extension is very useful, but for some reason you can't go forward in history from new tab menu.

рдоге, 2024-10-25

Not working on Fedora 40 Kernel 6.10, any idea why?

Hiếu Ng N, 2024-08-15

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Extension safety

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swipe-back requires very minimum permissions.

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