Safari 4 Trackpad Gestures

[Cattywampus_]

Hi there,

Does anyone know if I can add gestures to Safari? I would like to get it to move to the next tab with a rotate gesture.

This feature is coming in Firefox 3.5 - wondered if it were possible in Safari 4.0?

Thanks.

 

[Jonathan_W]

MultiClutch does what you're after

 

[bogdanw]

Unknown feature

When I press the ball of my mighty mouse in Firefox two arrows appear (up and down) and I can navigate faster to the top or the bottom of the page. When I press the ball in Safari nothing happens.
Any ideas?

 

[clevin]

When I press the ball of my mighty mouse in Firefox two arrows appear (up and down) and I can navigate faster to the top or the bottom of the page. When I press the ball in Safari nothing happens.
Any ideas?

the arrow is shown for up and down, but actually you can move left and right as well.

This remind me I need to submit a bug report to mozilla, it should tell users that. up and down arrow does not reflect the complete function.

 

[Cattywampus_]

Yeah found Multiclutch - works ok but don't think its been updated properly to work with OSX 10.5.6 / Safari 4.0. Configuring it only works properly the first time after installing. After that you have to enter key numbers for combinations (i.e. 55,56,24 etc).

 

[stownsend3]

MultiClutch is definitely the way to go. I use it on my MBA. For Safari I use these gestures:

Three-Finger Swipe Up --> New Tab
Three-Finger Swipe Down --> Close Tab
Three-Finger Swipe Left --> Back
Three-Finger Swipe Right --> Forward

Also, customized the toolbar to take off forward / back arrows. Now when I use on my desktop it feels weird to not use gestures.

 

[stownsend3]

Yeah found Multiclutch - works ok but don't think its been updated properly to work with OSX 10.5.6 / Safari 4.0. Configuring it only works properly the first time after installing. After that you have to enter key numbers for combinations (i.e. 55,56,24 etc).

I haven't experienced any of those issues. I'm running 10.5.6 and Safari 4 Beta. I just had to cancel Safari gestures, then reapply using a link directly to Safari 4. I have also removed Safari 3... you may want to try that.

 

[michael.lauden]

MultiClutch is definitely the way to go. I use it on my MBA. For Safari I use these gestures:

Three-Finger Swipe Up --> New Tab
Three-Finger Swipe Down --> Close Tab
Three-Finger Swipe Left --> Back
Three-Finger Swipe Right --> Forward

Also, customized the toolbar to take off forward / back arrows. Now when I use on my desktop it feels weird to not use gestures.

have you had any problems with multiclutch... i have heard mixed reviews...

 

[clevin]

oh, my bad, its not a bug after all, it will have all the arrows when needed.

 

[stownsend3]

have you had any problems with multiclutch... i have heard mixed reviews...

None at all. I don't use the global settings (other than three-finger swipe down --> close window). Other things in Safari are rotate right / left to switch right / left in tabs... Office applications i use UP --> save, DOWN --> quit, ROTATE RIGHT --> Print.

Sometimes finder won't register gestures, but I have no complaints.

 

[michael.lauden]

None at all. I don't use the global settings (other than three-finger swipe down --> close window). Other things in Safari are rotate right / left to switch right / left in tabs... Office applications i use UP --> save, DOWN --> quit, ROTATE RIGHT --> Print.

Sometimes finder won't register gestures, but I have no complaints.

very cool!! thanks for the info... i haven't heard much about the actual program here on MR until recently

 

[bogdanw]

What about Safari?

oh, my bad, its not a bug after all, it will have all the arrows when needed.

Well, glad you clarified that.
What about Safari?

 

[clevin]

Well, glad you clarified that.
What about Safari?

you might need to file a bug report to apple for that.

 

[Chase R]

The best Multi-Touch gestures for Safari are the standard three fingers left/right to go forward/back and using three fingers up/down to switch between tabs. This makes browsing so so easy... I start sweating when I have to browse on a PC.

 

[clevin]

The best Multi-Touch gestures for Safari are the standard three fingers left/right to go forward/back and using three fingers up/down to switch between tabs. This makes browsing so so easy... I start sweating when I have to browse on a PC.

thats basic, op was asking for more.

if you dont know pc, you can tap left Conner of trackpad to go back/forward