# Simple Mouse Gestures

> Mouse Gestures Super Drag Multi Link Opener Wheel Gestures Long Press on Links Rocker Gestures \*\*\*\*\*\* When mouse gestures are enabled, a visual guide displays when you hold the right mouse button down and move the mouse.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple\_mouse\_gestures](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple_mouse_gestures)

## Overview

- **ID:** `simple_mouse_gestures`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kunihiro Ando
- **Category:** search-tools,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 439
- **Weekly downloads:** 13
- **Rating:** 3.96 / 5 (28 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-02-17
- **Size:** 524 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple_mouse_gestures/)
- **Website:** [https://www.facebook.com/kunihiro.ando.5150](https://www.facebook.com/kunihiro.ando.5150)

## Description

Simple Mouse Gestures is a powerful Chrome extension designed to streamline your browsing experience with intuitive mouse-based controls. It supports various gesture types including super drag, multi-link opener, wheel gestures, rocker gestures, and long press on links to facilitate easy navigation and multitasking.

When enabled, holding the right mouse button displays a visual guide that shows the available gestures and their directions, making it simple to learn and use. This extension helps users boost productivity by enabling smarter and faster browsing actions without relying solely on keyboard shortcuts or menus.

## Rankings

- #5,372 — Overall
- #19 — mouse
- #64 — house
- #76 — simple
- #90 — rest
- #162 — guide

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `tabs`
- `bookmarks`
- `history`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `clipboardRead`
- `downloads`
- `sessions`
- `management`
- `browserSettings`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `*`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Simple Mouse Gestures is praised for its compatibility, multifunctionality, and customizable features that enhance productivity. However, multiple users express strong privacy concerns over the extensive permissions it requires without clear justification. Some mention slower performance relative to alternatives and conflicts with other add-ons that can disrupt mouse gestures. Additionally, the extension cannot operate on Firefox's built-in pages due to security restrictions. Overall, it is a useful and powerful tool but hampered by privacy worries and some functional limitations.

### Pros

- Highly compatible mouse gestures that are similar to other popular extensions.
- Combines multiple functionalities such as mouse gestures, drag & drop, and multi-select link opener in one extension.
- Offers many options and customizable features uncommon in similar extensions.
- Good usability and intuitive logic for handling gestures, allowing multiple gestures to map to one action.

### Cons

- Requires excessive permissions without clear explanation, including access to browsing history, downloads, bookmarks, and themes, raising privacy concerns.
- Slower performance compared to other similar extensions.
- Limited functionality on Firefox built-in pages due to Mozilla's security restrictions, with no solution available.
- Conflicts with certain other extensions, such as 'Absolute Right click and copy', causing gesture functionality issues on some websites.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple_mouse_gestures)