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Mouse Gestures
Hi
Guys,
Today, I’m posting to you an article about mouse gestures. This feature which is
available in some web browsers. I hope
you will enjoy reading it…
In computing, a mouse gesture is a way of combining computer mouse movements and
clicks which the software recognizes as a specific command. Mouse gestures can
provide quick access to common functions of a program. They can also be useful
for people who have difficulties typing on a keyboard. For example, in a web
browser, the user could navigate to the previously viewed page by pressing the
right mouse button, moving the mouse briefly to the left, then releasing the
button.
The first mouse gesture, the “drag,” was introduced by Apple to replace a
dedicated “move” button on mice shipped with its Macintosh and Lisa computers.
Dragging involves holding down a mouse button while moving the mouse; the
software interprets this as an action distinct from separate clicking and moving
behaviors. Although this behavior has been adopted in a huge variety of software
packages, few other gestures have been as successful. As of 2005, most programs
do not support gestures other than the drag operation. Each program that
recognizes mouse gestures does so in its own way, sometimes allowing for very
short mouse movement distances to be recognized as gestures, and sometimes
requiring very precise emulation of a certain movement pattern (e.g. circle).
Some implementations allow users to customize these factors.
The Opera web browser has recognized mouse gestures since version 5.11 (April
2001). Several mouse gesture extensions are also available for the Mozilla
Firefox browser, such as the Optimoz Mouse Gestures extension that offer also
Rocker gestures performed by pressing one mouse button while holding down the
other (this offers two additional commands, usually moving forward/backward).
These extensions use almost identical gestures as Opera.
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Tony Sticks,
Mind Vision Software (MVS)
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