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Enabling Mouse Gestures for Cocoa Apps

Posted by pudge on from the i-have-trouble-remembering-my-own-name-sometimes dept.

Buhaina writes "One Gerd Knops has released version 1.0 of his Cocoa Gestures software, enabling Cocoa applications to use mouse gestures for activating common commands. This is very similar to the OptiMoz project for Mozilla and can be activated on a per-application basis."

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  1. standards by tarzan353 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think it is very necessary to define common patterns for widely used functions, less every developer set up his own set, which obviously would cause confusion among users.

    Ultimately, a database where developers can "register" their gestures for functions, much like the file type/creator database for "classic" apps, is needed. Then developers can make sure that they're doing the Right Thing.

  2. Re:Mixed results by arson1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, to be honest, I'd like a set of system-wide commands. Minimize, maximize, next/back, cut, copy, paste, select all. System-wide, just like system-wide key commands.

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  3. no thanks by penguin_punk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've tried the mouse gestures for Moz and loved it. .... for the first two minutes!!!!!

    I can't tell you how many times I had about 6 tabs open and then mozilla shits itself and closes. The 'gesture' for closign a window was WAY to normal for me. Same with going back, or scrolling, or flipping through tabs or.... ANYTHING! I never realized how often I moved the mouse while browzing. I hold my place with the mouse pointer, and I follow through long lines of code with the pointer. If you do this too, then DON'T USE GESTURES!!
    end bitching.

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