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Ford_Prefect
Making moves
Status: New idea

For such an annoying feature as "swipe navigation" there should at least be a setting option without having to go through "about:config" first.

browser.gesture.swipe.left
browser.gesture.swipe.right

Furthermore, I find it strange that after some updates my settings are simply overwritten and this feature is activated yet again.

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Status changed to: New idea
Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

Thanks for submitting an idea to the Mozilla Connect community! Your idea is now open to votes (aka kudos) and comments.

harpia
Making moves

Unbelievable that this idea only has 2 votes right now. See how many people are looking for a way to disable this function: superuser.com/a/642368/998803 

Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

@harpia thanks for sharing that link! Always helpful to see these things discussed in other spaces too. 

AFOC
New member

This is a generally disruptive feature by default, especially if you're on a page where you've been inputting things in a form of any type. One accidental side swipe and you can lose all your work.

It's happened to me when I've made the mistake of forgetting that it's always safer to do any prep work outside the browser (a lesson itself hard-learned by unwanted, difficult to disable features like this & sites that erase everything you've done on navigation or their own poor implementations).