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Mouse Gestures in Javascript

Posted by michael on from the twitchy-finger dept.

christodd writes "I have become big fan of mouse gestures, a feature included in Opera, Mozilla, and MyIE2. There's even a plugin for IE. Other programs like StrokeIt and Cocoa Gestures are also based around the concept. I can't believe nobody else has thought of this before, but what about mouse gestures in javascript? Turns out that it is incredibly simple to implement, and really handy for those 'feature incomplete' web browsers. Unfortunately, for the total user experience, we'd have to upgrade the whole internet..."

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  1. Is that site supposed to be a demo? by pointym5 · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    If that site is supposed to be a demo, it does not serve the purpose well; it doesn't work at all in Mozilla (1.5).