The Multi-Touch gestures on Apple’s more recent laptops have been a boon for users; they allow simple actions to be performs with a few fingers and a slight twist of the wrist. They don’t only work for standard Apple applications either; with MultiClutch gestures can be assigned to keyboard shortcuts on a per app basis. For my upcoming MacBook Pro, I was planning on using this for many of my applications, including Firefox. Thanks to some thoughtful developers for FF, I won’t have to:

Did you know you can switch tabs in Firefox by making a twisting motion with your fingers on a multi-touch surface? I did. Turns out I’ve been doing it for months — I thought I was late to the party and was too ashamed to mention it to anybody for fear of an epic internet ribbing (”What, you just figured that out?”). But no, apparently it was top secret and highly experimental. That was in the beta, though; it looks like the official version has reduced it to a hack. Fortunately, mastering this multi-touch-enabling technique will allow you to tweak your gestures, resulting in everlasting glory.

Very useful, time-saving, and simple. Nice.
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