Reviews for Gesturefy
Gesturefy by Robbendebiene
66 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12490069, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by лев, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Ron Herter, 3 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Lonelywolf21, 3 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by m3m3l0v3r, 4 years agoтрекинг движений настолько помойный, что хочется плакать. пользуюсь этим в виду отсутствия альтернатив на фаерфоксе, но ребята уже заставили задуматься о смене браузера.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16825582, 4 years agoThe update made it very difficult to use.
I use it because I have no other choice, but I'd like to go back to the old four-way only version.Developer response
posted 4 years agoIf you are using the "Combined" or "Shape Independent" algorithm (see the advanced settings) then version 3 shouldn't have any drawbacks, despite the fact that you might have to re-setup some gestures.
Alternatively you can always go back to an older version: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gesturefy/versions/ - Rated 1 out of 5by gwho, 4 years agolimited actions.
Foxy gestures is way better. Foxy gestures also has all the actions visible to you, so you don't need to scroll through actions and set stuff up.
you'd think custom freeform gestures is more flexible and better, but it just makes it less precise.
It's good to allow flexible input, but restrict them and map them to left right up and down. Otherwise it becomes too finicky. You think you did a gesture but it didn't because your freeform gesture you set up was slightly off angle and slightly too short. Shit like that is pointless and annoying. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13573366, 4 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16433129, 4 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13393006, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by M3wThr33, 5 years agoI'm not sure what keeps getting touched in each update, but it's making it progressively worse each time.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14635518, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Void, 5 years agoLatest update made it worse!
I've loved this addon for a long time, however (as other reviews have pointed out) the latest update changed the way it logs gestures and I find this far, far worse. I have a 'C' shape for closing a tab, if I draw this at my normal speed, it picks it up about 50% of the time. I keep finding myself doing actions I don't intend now because if the way it picks up gestures whereas it used to work so smoothly because each motion was logged, now it seems more loose and undefined, I do not enjoy it.
It's really sad to see this happen because I think it already worked very well, if I could revert to the previous version then I would do.
Please, I do hope that you can change it back or make the new method work a little better so I don't have to do everything really slowly, I prefered the super fast motions I could do before in a blur to do 10 things in a second and now I have to slow myself, it feels sluggish.
Sorry for the negative review, it's not what I'd like to do for an addon I've recommended to countless people since I got it.Developer response
posted 5 years agoWith version 3.0.4 there was an update of the matching algorithm. You can activate it in the settings. This should work better for you. See: https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Gesturefy/releases/tag/v3.0.4 - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13801717, 5 years agoIt was the best gesture extension i have used until it upgrades to 3.X.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoWith version 3.0.4 there was an update of the matching algorithm. You can activate it in the settings. This should work better for you. See: https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Gesturefy/releases/tag/v3.0.4 - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13214130, 5 years agoGestures do not work after upgrade. Can't select the command, list doesn't show up. Sad. Uninstalled.
- Rated 1 out of 5by drk001, 5 years agoNew Gesturefy is suxx. It has been uninstalled for inaccuracy in recognizing mouse movements. I do not recommend.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoWith version 3.0.4 there was an update of the matching algorithm. You can activate it in the settings. This should work better for you. See: https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Gesturefy/releases/tag/v3.0.4 - Rated 1 out of 5by 不副实, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16051526, 5 years agoI will start by saying I have loved this extension ever since the first version. The only reason I'm giving it 1 star is to attract developer attention to a very annoying issue with the latest version 3.0.1.
Let me paint the picture first: Users who install gesture addons, like me, and you - who are reading this now, are very particular users. They value convenience and ease of use. They want effectiveness and elegance. In the case of gestures - they have to, first of all, work. And work well. When I draw that L-shape on the screen, I want to be sure that in at least 95% of the time it will get recognized and trigger the action I need. Otherwise the addon becomes more of an obstacle than a help. You have managed to be that reliable rock-solid addon for a long tim for me.
With the version 3.0.1. unfortunately, I have immediately noticed that something's wrong. My gestures are no longer recognised effectively. It seems now, that the length of the lines I draw have something to do with the recognition process. I can no longer draw a shape that starts and ends properly. Now I have to be sure that the length of each segment is correct. This adds a layer of complexity that I do not need, and am not willing to adopt. It is unnecessary. It is more complexity, less convenience. And for the sake of what exactly? I'm not sure.
I reverted to the version 2.1.6. which seems to work as it always has. I will use that for now.
But the most important take away for you - the developers - should be that I will now start looking for alternatives among your competitors. I want to e up to date with addon versions for the sake of security, and if your addon still does not work as expected, I will regretably switch.
Let me leave you with this simple thought:
"If it's not broken, don't fix it."
Hope I was of help. Cheers.Developer response
posted 5 years agoSorry to hear that. In this case I recommend using Foxy Gestures https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foxy-gestures/ - Rated 1 out of 5by Findhead, 5 years ago3.0 это ужас, настройки слетели, жесты не срабатывают, это фиаско. Не думал, что придётся переходить на другое дополнение, но пришлось.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi. This is a bug and was not planned. There are already several issues about it: https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Gesturefy/issues/480 - Rated 1 out of 5by Squibfish, 5 years ago3.0 lost all my gestures. That wasn't too difficult to deal with however it seems much worse at recognising gestures than the previous version. It now takes me several attempts for simple gestures to be registered. Sadly will have to switch to a competitor
Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi. I'm sorry to hear that. It should actually work quite well.
If you are not satisfied, you can also use an earlier version of Gesturefy.
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/gesturefy/versions/ Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi. We're really sorry about that.
Can you please open an issue on https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Gesturefy/issues
or if it's similar to this (https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Gesturefy/issues/472), describe your problem there.- Rated 1 out of 5by Chase, 5 years agoLost all my gestures suddenly with an update and back-ups won't restore. Also am unable to set up new gestures now (right-clicking in the Add New Gesture area doesn't record a gesture). Neat.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi. We're really sorry about that.
Can you please open an issue on https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Gesturefy/issues
or if it's similar to this (https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Gesturefy/issues/472), describe your problem there. - Rated 1 out of 5by Badgeguy, 5 years agoNo Warning! Lost All Of My Gestures! The upgrade to 3.0 wiped out all of my settings and configuration. Not even a courtesy backup in a file somewhere. Now Gesturefy will do NOTHING until I spend the time trying to rebuild what I had created over the last couple of years from memory. Thanks for destroying my work.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi.
We're really sorry about that.
3.0 offers a completely new way of making gestures, and we can never rule out the possibility of mistakes, but we did a lot of testing in advance to rule out most of them. We never had the case that the settings got lost.
Please understand that we are humans and have been developing this addon in our spare time for "the last couple of years". - Rated 1 out of 5by WCHY, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15696426, 5 years ago