Firefox with multitouch support for Mac OS X

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Firefox with multitouch support for Mac OS X
Topic Started: Oct 22 2008, 07:06 PM (85 Views)
Dark Knight	Oct 22 2008, 07:06 PM Post #1
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/10/experimental-firefox-with-multitouch-support-for-mac-os-x/# Experimental Firefox with multitouch support for Mac OS X By: Percy Cabello Published: October 22nd, 2008 Mozilla’s Edward Lee has released an experimental build of Firefox 3.1 pre-Beta 2 that adds support for multitouch gestures on the latest MacBook’s() multitouch trackpads. Implemented gestures are: swipe: move three fingers on the trackpad on any direction * twist: rotate two fingers * pinch: move two fingers away or closer to each other These are the actions you can perform with the different gestures: * Swipe Left: Go back in history [press Cmd to open it in a tab] * Swipe Right: Go forwards in history * Swipe Up: Go to the top of the page * Swipe Down: Go to the end of the page * Pinch Together: Zoom out * Pinch Apart: Zoom in * Twist Right: Next tab * Twist Left: Previous tab Edward warns that this is an experimental build and there has been no word on whether this will make it for Firefox 3.1 (it’s definitely not a blocker but could get in if it is dimmed safe enough and there will be time for proper QA). You can get the experimental Firefox 3.1 with Mac OS X gestures support (in case it is not obvious, Mac OS X only) from Mozilla try build servers. (*) Supported MacBooks include: MacBook Pro from this year (either early-2008 model or the new late-2008 ones), MacBook Air (both models from 2008), MacBook from late 2008 (the new aluminum ones)
	I can't wait for the I'm an iPad/I'm a Maxi-Pad commercials


Dark Knight	Oct 22 2008, 07:07 PM Post #2
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	That's what I meant by good finger gestures
	I can't wait for the I'm an iPad/I'm a Maxi-Pad commercials


trewert	Oct 23 2008, 04:09 AM Post #3
Wanderer in the Fog Posts: 731 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: January 28, 2007	Ah - if that takes off, maybe even desktop keyboards will come with touchpads one day.



Dark Knight	Oct 23 2008, 06:41 AM Post #4
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	I can see that being useful. I love the pinch gesture for zooming on my iPod. The closest we can get now is with mouse gestures.
	I can't wait for the I'm an iPad/I'm a Maxi-Pad commercials


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