Windrose Gestures

Mouse gestures for your browser: A lightweight and privacy-aware extension!

As of May 2026, Windrose Gestures has 192 users and a 4.11/5 rating from 9 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

Usersup 4.9 percent+4.9%
192
192
Ratingno change0%
4.11
9 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
9
Version
3.1
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Apr 26, 2026.

192.72187.5182.28Apr 26, 2026May 24, 2026
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Apr 26, 20261834.1193.1
May 24, 20261844.1193.1
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Permissions & access

Permissions
sessions
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

Windrose Gestures screenshot 1Windrose Gestures screenshot 2

About

Windrose is a productivity extension that allows you to trigger the most commonly used browser actions with simple gestures. 

For example: You can hold down the right mouse button and move the mouse in the top right direction to refresh the current tab. 

Alternatively you can highlight a section of text and drag it to the right to immediately get corresponding image search results.

Windrose reduces wrist movements by up to 80% (doctors hate it!). 
It's also lightweight, respects your privacy and does not track you.

Also note that you need to refresh all open tabs after installing the extension and that extensions do not work on Chrome's store and settings pages.

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Permission transparency: 
"Read and change all your data on the websites you visit" 
This is necessary because the extension works in the background on all pages. Of course, it doesn’t actually read or change your data. 

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Update v3: 
Manifest version 3 conformance
Update v1.4.4: 
Minor improvements
Update v1.4.2: 
Significantly reduced extension size
Update v1.4.0: 
Added browser history navigation

Technical

Version
3.1
Manifest
V3
Size
13.33KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
ufdf3beb177d135c23e4dbb38973a1fa7
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Nov 26, 2020
Last Updated (Store)
Aug 19, 2024
Last Scraped
May 24, 2026
Website
Support URL
Privacy Policy

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 24, 2026.