Chrome Gestures Alternative

Firefox was pissing me off (freezing) and I decided to give Google Chrome another try. Since I hadn't fiddled with Google Chrome since it was in the beta phase, I figured there had been some much needed improvements since my previous encounter.

I was right, Google Chrome has gotten better in the last year, but one thing I sorely missed was the ability to press down a mouse button, flick to the left and "go back" just like in Firefox via "Firegestures".

A quick keyword search yielded a few possible options including "Rocker" designed by "Autohotkey" which allows the most common functions of "back" and "forward" to be accomplished by pressing the mouse buttons in the proper order.

Example: To go backwards, first press and hold the right mouse button while simultaneously tapping the left mouse button. Back you go without even having to move the mouse!

For me this is great as what was little or no work before has just become even less. My wrist will undoubtedly start to fatten up now that it isn't required to do so much laborious flicking.

So theres that issue...but notwithstanding the chubby wrist syndrome, I'm down with this incredibly simple and low impact (resource wise) solution.

[Via Domainrange]

[Original story posted on Lifehacker]