A tip for faster browsing

In this coal, I try to outline the possibilities inherent in mouse movements.

The only thing about the history is that Opera 5, which appeared at the turn of the millennium, first introduced mouse movements, and later this great feature appeared in the form of browser extensions on competing solutions. The subject for the experiment was Opera 12, but after some tracing, Firefox, Chrome, and Maxthon could have been deployed as well. By the way, the latter also knows mouse gestures by default.

Probably the most common action when browsing is to open a new tab, close the old one, and move left and right between tabs. Mouse movements eliminate the path from a point on the page to an extra button to open a new tab, but the same is true for closing and some other functions and services. It is a good idea to replace the most repetitive operations with simple movements. Here is a recommendation: 

• Browse in a new tab: Press the right button and then drag the mouse down
• To close the tab: Press the right button and then drag the mouse
• Move left on the earbar: Press the right button and then drag the mouse to the left
• Move right on the earbar: Press the right button and then drag the mouse to the right

The list above requires so much comment that I am in the fortunate position that my mouse has back and forth buttons, and I do not consider mouse movements to replace them. The freed-up left and right movement, on the other hand, is great for navigating the ear lobe - of course, only if you don’t have to scroll too much.

Now come the other useful features that can also be common when browsing:

• Refresh page: Press the right button and drag the mouse up and then down
• Stop loading: Press the right button and drag the mouse up and then to the left
• To restore a closed tab: Press the right button and drag the mouse down and then to the left
• Close the tab (second): Press the right button and drag the mouse to the left and then up

These are still relatively easy operations to perform, but they are a bit more complex than the above. This is obviously due to the fact that these are less commonly used options. Here is the last mouse movement worth explaining. Because when I close a tab, the next tab is activated, so if I want to switch to the right, I use the simpler close. Of course, there may be a situation where I want to close a tab in the tab bar by then stepping to the left. Well, that’s when the second way to close your ear comes.

It’s almost certain that a lot of readers will be able to take advantage of mouse gestures in more ways than that, but I hope I was able to show a few new visitors. Recognizing the possibilities in mouse movements will become as natural over time as multi-tabbed browsing.

Finally, there are two extensions that allow you to use mouse gestures in both Firefox and Chrome. From the list above (perhaps except for the last one), all movements can be transferred to these solutions.

Download:

• FireGestures [Mozilla Firefox | mozilla.org]
• Gestures for Chrome [Google Chrome | google.com]

Source: HOC