It’s nice to see that now that Internet Explorer is starting to lose its stranglehold of the browser market, the software is finally embracing some of the standards and ideas pioneered by its rivals. Thanks to the extensibility of the latest version of IE, users of the Microsoft browser can now pimp their software to add new features and customization.
Mouse gestures were one of the innovative features introduced by Opera a few years ago, allowing its users to steer the web using nothing but a few flicks of their wrist. Thanks to the Mouse Gestures plug-in for IE, you can now execute commonly-performed tasks by drawing a simple symbol on the screen. The application includes functions such as user-defined actions and mouse trails, plus support for tabbed browsing. Once you’ve tried it you’ll probably wonder why on Earth you bothered wading through menus and toolbars for so long. You never know, if developers keep producing IE plug-ins as cool as this one, we might see a few Firefox users welcoming that big ‘e’ back to their desktop.
