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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. FVWM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    dont forget fvwm, create your own mouse gestures, 'Strokes', and bind them to any action/command.

    KICKS ASS.

  2. Actually... by interiot · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually... Mozilla's gestures *are* implemented in javascript. Download the Optimoz MozGest .xpi file (or find it on your hard drive), open the .xpi file in winzip, and there's all the .js implementation for it.

  3. Re:Pie menus by eggz128 · · Score: 4, Informative

    And Mozilla users can get an excellent pie menu extention here .

    Browsing just doesnt feel right without it :)

  4. Re:In other words == mo by plumby · · Score: 4, Informative


    The two aren't particularly equivalent - i.e. is short for id est - meaning "that is", or "that is to say".

    Modus operandi, on the other hand, means "the way of working", not really applicable in your message.

    Don't let Microsoft make you misuse your Latin abbreviations.
    </pedant>