Reviews for Gesturefy
Gesturefy by Robbendebiene
Review by jason
Rated 3 out of 5
by jason, 5 years agoIt's good, works well, only real complaint is it's a little 'strict' with how precise the gestures have to be. I've used many of these over the years. I use 'up-right-up' to copy a tab, and only with gesturefy do I have to redo that gesture several times before the extension accepts it. It has to be pretty close to 'right angled' turns. Moreso than other apps I've used.
And it's also missing one function that an older extension used to have. To be fair, I'm not sure any of the current ones have it. That's the ability to distinguish 'new tab' and 'open link in new tab' with the same gesture.
I used to have 'up' as create new tab. But when I would do 'up' over a link, it would open that link in the new tab. Cool feature that no one seems to do any more.
Edit to add: I can't find a way to reply to the developer so I guess I'll just do it here and if he sees it he sees it.
I believe I did have the 'combined' matching algorithm selected as that was the default and I wouldn't have changed it since I'm not sure what it does. I'm currently trying out the suggestion to use the "open empty tab" setting but so far it's not working. Tried it with some links off a DDG search. It only opened a new (blank) tab. We'll see.
And it's also missing one function that an older extension used to have. To be fair, I'm not sure any of the current ones have it. That's the ability to distinguish 'new tab' and 'open link in new tab' with the same gesture.
I used to have 'up' as create new tab. But when I would do 'up' over a link, it would open that link in the new tab. Cool feature that no one seems to do any more.
Edit to add: I can't find a way to reply to the developer so I guess I'll just do it here and if he sees it he sees it.
I believe I did have the 'combined' matching algorithm selected as that was the default and I wouldn't have changed it since I'm not sure what it does. I'm currently trying out the suggestion to use the "open empty tab" setting but so far it's not working. Tried it with some links off a DDG search. It only opened a new (blank) tab. We'll see.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoWhich matching algorithm are you using? You can check that in the settings page under advanced settings. I suggest using the "combined" matching algorithm.
> And it's also missing one function that an older extension used to have. To be fair, I'm not sure any of the current ones have it. That's the ability to distinguish 'new tab' and 'open link in new tab' with the same gesture.
You can do this by just creating a gesture with the "open link in new tab" command and activating the setting "open empty tab".
> And it's also missing one function that an older extension used to have. To be fair, I'm not sure any of the current ones have it. That's the ability to distinguish 'new tab' and 'open link in new tab' with the same gesture.
You can do this by just creating a gesture with the "open link in new tab" command and activating the setting "open empty tab".
1,441 reviews
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15867443, 19 days ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19759361, 2 months agoThank you, very helpful, just one question, is it possible that it works on blank new tabs too? Thanks.
- Rated 5 out of 5by lisbrd, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Afternoon372, 2 months agoThanks Robbendebiene for making this useful tool and for making it free! Sending good vibes and great karma your way
- Rated 5 out of 5by Tirumiru9_JP, 3 months agoGesturefy is freaking incredible! Huge thanks to the
dev! :)))))))))))))) It’s so much smoother and
honestly 10^24 times better than any other tool.
The best part? It’s NOT on that piece of trash
browser Chrome. In this world, it’s either Firefox
or garbage. Massive shoutout to Robbendebiene for
creating this masterpiece. You’re a lifesaver!
Firefox forever! - Rated 5 out of 5by nikiub, 3 months ago
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- Rated 3 out of 5by Limanb Nater, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by YuiStar, 5 months agoI searches something that works as great as the mouse gestures build into MS Edge. This extension does exactly that and even better! 5/5
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