Reviews for Gesturefy
Gesturefy by Robbendebiene
Review by Chills Multiplying
Rated 5 out of 5
by Chills Multiplying, 5 years agoBy far, the best of the best Gesture Add-ons I've ever used. Tons of options. Highly customizable. My only complaint is not available on every browser.
I was kind of surprised it's been rated lower than 5 stars. I read through a handful of comments, and have to admit some of the 4 have suggestions I'd like to see too. Some of the two and three stars, offered some sage advice to follow backups with a screenshot.
As far as the 1 star ratings, apparently some users have had identification problems. I haven't noticed a problem with that. If it helps anyone, my deviation is set to 0.15. I have no idea if that was the default setting, or something I changed along the way, but If you're a little lazy about execution, like I am, I'd recommend giving it a try.
Extra sloppy executions still get misidentified, occasionally. To compensate, I separate polar opposite actions from semi-similar movements. My gestures with varying properties to open a link are kind of similar, but all of them are entirely different than my gestures that effect the a tab, or windows state.
I was kind of surprised it's been rated lower than 5 stars. I read through a handful of comments, and have to admit some of the 4 have suggestions I'd like to see too. Some of the two and three stars, offered some sage advice to follow backups with a screenshot.
As far as the 1 star ratings, apparently some users have had identification problems. I haven't noticed a problem with that. If it helps anyone, my deviation is set to 0.15. I have no idea if that was the default setting, or something I changed along the way, but If you're a little lazy about execution, like I am, I'd recommend giving it a try.
Extra sloppy executions still get misidentified, occasionally. To compensate, I separate polar opposite actions from semi-similar movements. My gestures with varying properties to open a link are kind of similar, but all of them are entirely different than my gestures that effect the a tab, or windows state.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoThanks for your kind review! Things like this always cheer me up.
Most of the bad reviews are due to the history of Gesturefy.
Version 1.0 got a lot of hate, because new add-ons could not (and still cannot) compete with the old/previous add-ons users were using before Firefox disabled the old extension API.
Other bad reviews for Version 3.0 are related to a decision I made moving away from 4 directions (up, down, right, left) to completely free drawn gestures. At the beginning of the release there was only one matching algorithm (strict) which some existing users didn't like.
I'm glad that most people none the less value free and open source software and adjust their expectations accordingly.
Most of the bad reviews are due to the history of Gesturefy.
Version 1.0 got a lot of hate, because new add-ons could not (and still cannot) compete with the old/previous add-ons users were using before Firefox disabled the old extension API.
Other bad reviews for Version 3.0 are related to a decision I made moving away from 4 directions (up, down, right, left) to completely free drawn gestures. At the beginning of the release there was only one matching algorithm (strict) which some existing users didn't like.
I'm glad that most people none the less value free and open source software and adjust their expectations accordingly.
1,427 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by hari3, 6 days agoI have tested many similar addons and this is the best of all with maximum number of features and works well
- Rated 3 out of 5by Limanb Nater, 9 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by YuiStar, 13 days 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
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19683932, 15 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by nawwaf_juaid, 17 days agoGesturefy streamlines browsing with quick, customizable mouse gestures that feel natural fast. It’s clean, flexible, and makes everyday navigation noticeably smoother once the motions become instinctive.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Kadircan Ersahin, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bullfinch, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Tianyu Xia, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Kilominum, 2 months agoI use it daily. It makes browsing the web and being productive so much easier and I don't think I could go without it
- Rated 1 out of 5by Ugarov, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Victor, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ShaneV, 4 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Aximili, 4 months agoIt works for simple gestures. But inferior compared to Chrome's CrxMouse Gesture. You can't use the left button here, nor modifier keys. Eventhough this has "save image" or "search text" options, they rarely works and is often frustrating to use.
- Rated 5 out of 5by wyxyw, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by たやまみ, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mario, 5 months agoThere is no need to explain my five stars. This thing is amazing, it makes me faster by saving clicks or key combination. Simply amazing. I love it and it's the reason why I haven't moved to the Brave browser as I would hate to leave Gesturefy (it probably exists on Brave too, but this one is the OG for me! <3).
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12655166, 5 months agoGreat update, search commands now working like a charm. Tnx
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18976934, 5 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18951592, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18591186, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18305689, 6 months ago一昔前と比べて、とても使いやすいです
特に、リンクしている画像をジェスチャーで保存できるのがとても便利！
開発を続けてくださり、ありがとうございました。 - Rated 5 out of 5by deigue, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Tang, 7 months ago