Google has added extensions support to dev versions of the Google Chrome web browser (Google Browser). The feature is still not finalized and the only way to enable the extensions engine is to add a command line parameter so that it gets loaded during the start of the Internet browser. Google has made available several official extensions but the majority of extensions that have been created so far have been developed by enthusiastic users.
Probably one of the most popular extensions right now is the Google Chrome Gestures extension which adds mouse gesture support to the web browser. A userscript that is offering mouse gestures was available for some time and the extension developer has decided to create an extension for the Google browser that mimics the functionality.
Users who want to install the extension need a development release of the Google browser and the command line parameter that enables the extension engine.
--enable-extensions
The easiest way to start the Google browser with extensions enabled is to add the parameter to the program shortcut. You simply need to add the above parameter (with a space between the ending ” of the path) to the target field.
All that it takes then is to start Google Chrome and visit the website of the extension to install it. A click on the extension will open a popup asking the user if the extension should be installed.
Support for the extension is available in the official support forum. The help file can be displayed by holding the right mouse button and moving the mouse Up -> Right -> Down -> Left -> Down.
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If they want to appeal to the technical audience, which is the people who already use Opera and Firefox, they’re going to have to copy the mouse gestures. None of this “don’t sue us. we made up the mouse gestures on our own so no one would know how to use them” crap.
Customizing the extension is extremely simple.
These gestures are more of a demo than anything else ;)
The users have the power to create any action and pretty much any gesture they want.
is there a way to change this mousegestures to my own gestures?
There might still be people who do not know this:
clcik wrench, extensions, gestures (once installed) and then mess around with it all you want. Used to ones from other browsers? CHange it in a couple of seconds. Want your own awesome one, like (up up down down left right left right) opens http://www.nintendo8.com/game/60/contra/
go ahead, mess around. This extension is nothing new, but still amazing.