# smartUp Gestures

> A better gestures extension. Features include: mouse gestures, simple drag, super drag, rocker gesutres and wheel gestures.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/smartup](https://chrome-stats.com/d/smartup)

## Overview

- **ID:** `smartup`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** zimocode
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 2,865
- **Weekly downloads:** 35
- **Rating:** 4.44 / 5 (280 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.2.622.1170
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-06
- **First published:** 2017-04-03
- **Size:** 362 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/smartup/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/zimocode/smartup/issues](https://github.com/zimocode/smartup/issues)

## Description

smartUp Gestures is an advanced browser extension designed to improve your navigation experience using a variety of gestures. It supports mouse gestures, simple drag, super drag, rocker gestures, and wheel gestures, enabling users to browse faster and more intuitively.

Originally developed for Chrome based on personal interest, smartUp Gestures has been adapted for the Firefox platform. While benefiting from Firefox's robust gesture capabilities, the extension currently faces some limitations due to browser restrictions and differing APIs. Some pages, like internal Firefox pages and the AMO page, cannot run the extension. It requires several permissions to access features such as saving pages, managing downloads, bookmarks, history, sessions, and text-to-speech functionalities, supporting actions like saving images, reopening closed tabs, and more. smartUp Gestures continues to evolve as improvements are made in response to Firefox's capabilities and API support.

## Rankings

- #1,734 — Overall
- #265 — Other extensions
- #9 — smart tool
- #10 — smartbook
- #14 — smartphone
- #19 — smart

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`
- `notifications`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `management`
- `sessions`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** 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

Users praise smartUp Gestures as a powerful, feature-rich addon with a vast set of actions and built-in Apps (QR, random numbers, tabs list). It's described as highly usable and cross-browser, with stability even after years without updates. The main caveat is security: multiple reviews warn about malware/adware risks tied to the Chrome version, reducing trust. A few users report occasional bugs or quirks (gesture/feature not working as expected).

### Pros

- Extremely feature-rich with a large number of gestures and built-in Apps (e.g., random number generator, QR generator, tabs list).
- Very useful and versatile, offering a broad action set for various tasks.
- Cross-browser compatibility / cross-browser usefulness.
- Long-standing and surprisingly stable even after years without major updates.

### Cons

- Security concerns: Chrome version flagged for malware/adware, which undermines trust in the extension.

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