browser addons - Updating Google Chrome Extensions

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2014-05
  • finiteloop

    Do extensions on Google Chrome update automatically? I am looking all over the place for some sort of a "check for updates" button on all of my extensions but am not finding it.

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  • Sathya

    Chrome extensions do auto-update. If you want to force-check for updates, look at ChrisF's answer.

  • ChrisF

    To force an update go to chrome://extensions/ (Tools > Extensions) then click on "Developer Mode"

    An Update Extensions Now button appears.

    Click it.


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    browser addons - Good Mouse gestures extension for Google Chrome on Linux?
  • Julien Nicoulaud

    On Firefox, I use the extension Firegestures.

    A while ago, I tested a few ones for Google Chrome, but they were all very buggy, poor in term of features or Windows-only (I'm on GNU/Linux). Now there seems to be a lot of extensions for this.

    Which one is the closest to Firefox's Firegestures ?


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  • SkyRaT

    I tried tons of extensions, like:

    • Chrome Mouse Gesture
    • Chrome Rocker Gestures
    • nkGestures
    • Gestures For Chrome(TM)

    and none of that worked correctly (mostly because of colliding with the right click context menu)

    Now I'm using: Recognize It for Chrome

    which disables the right click entirely. This annoys much, but I have mouse gestures finally!

  • darnir

    I have just installed this extension and it looks promising:

    It's still not what Firegestures offers and the gestures are performed with a middle mouse button (on Linux/MacOS) but at least it seems to be working.

  • Julien Nicoulaud

    Answering myself... Smooth gestures

  • Conde Mor

    Well, on linux, Smooth Gestures is the only way to make Chrome to react to Mouse Gesture. But there is a problem: You must click twice if you want to show "Context menu" on pages. They solved this issue with a trick on Smooth Gestures options. In "Context menu options" we can choose "Force Context menu on links", and right mouse button will work with one click, not two.

    See you

  • orgoj

    Pig Toolbox works fine.

    Right menu is shown on double click.

    New version support customizable gestures, defined by direction. Old version have only alphabet gestures.