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Firefox Adds Multitouch Gestures for Macs
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... zoom more than one level. The twist-to-switch-tabs gesture works a lot better than you'd think, including wrap-around so that once you get to the last tab, another clockwise tweak brings you to the first tab. All in all, its very useful. It means that you can control almost every aspect of browsing with just one hand. Combined with the new "Private Browsing" mode, this makes Firefox the go-to browser for XXX browsing. Product page [Mozilla via MacRumors] Original photo: Armangi/Flickr See ...

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 released; adds robust Multi-Touch support for Macs only
MacDailyNews — ... has been shipping in notebooks since January of this year." Supported gestures are even more robust than Safari's support and include: ("Swipe" refers to 3-finger Swipe) • Swipe Left: Go back in history (hold Cmd to open it in a tab) • Swipe Right: Go forward 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 More info in the full article here .

New Firefox Build Adds Support for Multi-Touch Gestures
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — As MacRumors notes, this Monday Mozilla released its latest beta version of Firefox 3.1. Across all supported platforms, the “Beta 2″ version of the popular web browser will include: -Private Browsing Mode -Faster JavaScript engine -Improved rendering -Support for new web technologies Users of Apple’s newest line of laptops, with built in multi-touch trackpad support, will also be pleased to find out that this version of Firefox will support even more gestures than Apple’s Safari. ...

Mozilla includes multi-touch support in Firefox 3.1b2 for Macs [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... , but I just found thanks to MacRumors that I don't need to after all. And actually this is fact, not rumor. ...

Mozilla adds Multitouch Gestures to Firefox for Macs
SlashGear — ... As in Safari, Firefox is now fully controllable with a single hand. As much as we would hate to say it, the one-handed browsing along with the new private browsing (porn mode) makes Firefox the number 1 browser for XXX surfing. MacRumors has provided a list of available gestures: ...

Firefox 3.1 Adds Multitouch Swipe Support
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — [image] On Monday, Mozilla released the latest beta update for Firefox. The “Beta 2” version of the web browser includes a number of great new features that Firefox users envied in other browsers, including private browsing mode, improved rendering, and a faster JavaScript engine. However, Mac users are in for a treat. Firefox 3.1 now has built-in support for the MacBook’s multi-touch track pad. The supported gestures are even more vigorous than Safari’s support, which is Apple’s default browser.  The three-finger swipe includes the following: - Swipe Left: Go back in ...

Multitouch Gestures Added to the Latest Firefox 3.1 Beta [Beta Beat]
Lifehacker — ... was multi-touch support for the latest generation of MacBooks . If you've got a new MacBook, the latest beta release supports swiping, pinching, and twisting your way through Firefox history, tabs, and more. [ ...

Latest Firefox Beta Officially Adds Multitouch for Macs [Firefox]
Gizmodo — Back in October, multitouch gestures for MacBooks showed up in an experimental Firefox build. Now these gestures have been officially folded in to the 3.1 beta 2. According to MacRumors, the list of supported gestures is as follows: •Swipe Left: Go back in history (hold Command to open it in a tab) •Swipe Right: Go forward 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 ...

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VentureBeat — ... Latest Firefox beta has multi-touch support — Mozilla’s Firefox 3.1 beta 2 supports gestures similar to the ones that users of Mac laptops (which feature multi-touch in the newer trackpads) are accustomed to with the Safari web browser. But there are some other interesting gestures as well such as “Twist Right” and “Twist Left” for previous and next tabs. MacRumors has more. ...

Beta Beat: Firefox 3 betas add support for multitouch
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... to move to top/bottom of web page Pinch in/out to make the text larger or smaller Twist left/right to move between open tabs If you want to get your hands (quite literally) on the newest beta of Firefox, then head over to the Firefox 3 beta download website. There's still no word yet on when the final release of Firefox 3.1 with touch support is expected. Special thanks to Tom Dyas for sharing his early builds. [via MacRumors] TUAWBeta Beat: Firefox 3 betas add support for multitouch originally ...

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 got out and better
PalmAddicts — ... gave it a try, and felt the gestures are even better than those in Apple's own browser, Safari. Here's the list of what you can do, provided by MacRumors ("Swipe" means a three fingered sweep): ...

Firefox gets friendly with Apple
p2pnet news — ... Notes MacRumors, “The latest beta 2 version of Mozilla’s Firefox 3.1 adds new features across all supported platforms including: private browsing mode; faster JavaScript engine; improved rendering; and, support for new web technologies.” ...