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ScrollAnywhere by Juraj Mäsiar

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  • by Firefox user 12638368, 7 years ago
    thanx, now it really deserves a 5+
  • by noname, 7 years ago
    i dont want use momentum by default, can i complete it disable ?

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    I'm sorry about this complication.
    Just go to the Options page, select "Momentum" tab on the left, uncheck "enable momentum" check-box and click "Save changes".

    Have a nice day :)

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by cprn, 7 years ago
    This review is for Left Mouse Button only.

    First of all, ScrollAnywhere works okay for simple websites and if this is what you're usually browsing, go for it. It'll make your life easier.

    Now if you browse anything that's heavy on javascript, mixes divs with anchors, incorporates drag'n'drop behavior or does literally anything substandard, ScrollAnywhere won't be able to handle it.

    You can find several examples in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_e9rP--sug
  • by Firefox user 5607301, 7 years ago
    Good job! Nice alternative for grab-n-drag!
  • by TheTopMostDog, 7 years ago
    Not sure what's up, just refuses to work until I open a new non-e10s window, then it works flawlessly. I'm running nightly firefox 57, not sure if that's relevant; please get back to me.

    Edit: Nah, doesn't make sense, mate. There's no conflicting plugins because only one of my existing plugins is compatible with FF57 and as far as I could tell, it was a problem on every page. I've dropped nightly for now, so I'm not able to play around and figure out what was causing the bug. I'll revisit this once November comes around, I guess, and I'll get back to you if I'm still having issue. Cheers for the quick reply.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    ScrollAnywhere is fully compatible with e10s and should work in every new Firefox version, including Firefox 57 nightly (which I'm using right now).

    BUT! Be aware that all new add-ons are blocked on:
    - whole domain https://addons.mozilla.org (so scrolling won't work here)
    - all internal pages like about:addons or options page

    Also make sure you don't use other add-ons with similar functionality that could cause these issues...

    Please let me know if this helps.

    Have a nice day,

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by Strahinja Kustudić, 7 years ago
    Great extensions, but would be nice if you change the cursor to the cross cursor so it's obvious that you are scrolling.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    ScrollAnywhere 5.3 was just released with ability to change cursor while scrolling!

    Have a nice day :)

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar

    // ----------------------------- previous reply ----------------------------- //

    Hello,

    I have a good news for you :). Changing cursor is on the way and it should come in the next version 5.0 in next few days/weeks.

    Thanks for the review and have a nice day :)

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by Vampireos, 7 years ago
    Missing options, moving is possible when the button is pinched :)

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    Thank you for the review!
    If you are missing some features or options, please write me to my support e-mail.
    So far I've implemented most of the requested features :)

    Have a nice day.

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by Merci chao, 7 years ago
    1. Unable to scroll on an iframe (Firefox 52 and above)
    For example:
    http://jsfiddle.net/xbvtnbog/5/

    2. When using right-button to scroll, context menu should not appear if the page is not overflowing.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    Thank you for the review.

    Regarding those iframes, they are pure evil to handle in web-extension and it took me quite some time to make it work (more-less).

    In the example you send (very nice example), the whole right down square (preview part) is already in iframe and scrolling there works.

    The smaller squares inside it are nested iframes (iframes inside iframe) and seems like Firefox (and Chrome as well) is not injecting the web-extensions in nested iframes (so scrolling is not working there).

    I will try to investigate this further and I can ask community about this as well.

    This issue was so far not a priority since for a none-developer users this scenario is quite rare.

    Thank you for pointing this out, I'll let you know what I find out.

    Have a nice day.

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by ZoOlja, 7 years ago
    Have been looking for an alternative to grab and drag for a long time, finally found this and it works almost identically. There is noticable stutter when scrolling through pages that have multiple embeded videos and a ton of images though it works smoothly once the page has been fully loaded. Momentum and infinite scroll makes scrolling so much better. The developer seems to be actively working on this add-on aswell.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    Thank you for the review.
    Regarding the poor performance on big pages, this is something that should get better with every new Firefox version. Even now if you enable e10s Multiprocess you should get better performance, see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis#Force_Enable

    Other than that I'm not sure I can make it much faster, I tried to apply all performance optimization knowledge I have.

    Have a nice day,

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by Adritz, 7 years ago

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    By providing a proper feedback you can help me make ScrollAnywhere better :), is there anything I can help you with?

    Juraj
  • by Firefox user 13176107, 7 years ago
    If I hold the middle button while on a link, scroll down and back up, then release the middle button while the mouse is on the same link, the link is then activated. This is quite annoying and didn't happen with Grab n Drag. Is it possible to disable activating a link once scrolling has been performed? It is very easy to hit this problem on pages with many links, e.g., the BBC news page http://www.bbc.co.uk/news. I often middle click on the "main" story (a huge link near the top) scroll down to see if there's any stories of interest, then scroll back to the top. This often inadvertently triggers opening the main headline link.

    Otherwise great add-on. +1 with the request to display a different cursor while scrolling.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    Thank you for the review.
    Regarding the bug with links, it's a known issue and at first I thought it's impossible to fix.
    However thanks to you I gave it a second thought and after some heavy out-of-box thinking I manged to fix that! So thank you for the push :)
    The fixed version 4.8 should be released soon (it's already waiting for Firefox review).

    Regarding changing the cursor - why not, right? I will try to make it in future release in next few weeks.

    Thanks again and have a nice day!

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by Caglar, 7 years ago
    Its a very useful Add-On and works great so far! The Momentum feature works great too, even its a bit choppy sometimes and could be a bit smoother - but i'm not sure if its the Add-on or just my PC/Firefox @55.0b7@64 bit.

    EDIT: Alright, it works flawless and butter smooth after enabling e10s@7 instances with following settings:

    Grab and drag (like on a smartphone): 1
    Momentum enabled
    Page weight: 300
    Additional speed: 0
    Additional duration: 0

    Advanced momentum setup:

    Compute from last: 50
    Mouse stop detection: 30
    Tracking speed: 5
    Smoothness: 1

    Keep the great work going Juraj!
  • by TheAssassin, 7 years ago
    We need an option to emulate dragging the scrollbar, just like grab'n'drag had.The current method of selecting the drag speed is not optimal for sites with a lot of vertical content.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    could you explain more what you have in mind?
    Currently there is several options you can choose from - default is emulating dragging scrollbar, there is also grab and drag style (like on phone or in Adobe PDF).
    See options page to see all options.

    Also to have a better communication please write my to my support e-mail. You can find it here or on www.fastaddons.com

    Have a nice day.

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by nooooord, 7 years ago
    Amazing alternative for grab-n-drag! Now waiting for smooth momentum gestures ;)
    Thank you!

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    Thank you for a nice review.
    The Momentum feature was just released in version 4.4. Please let me know if it meets your needs :)

    Have a nice day.

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by Firefox user 12990361, 7 years ago
  • by Drumbeat, 7 years ago
    A great alternative to Grab and Drag. Thank you!
  • by Caliban, 7 years ago

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,
    is there an issue with my addon that I can help you with?
  • by nuox, 7 years ago
    Great
  • by Firefox user 13033956, 8 years ago
    I have used "Grab and Drag" extension, but it does not work well with Fx 53+. This extension rescued me.

    Note: if you configure "dom.event.contextmenu.enabled" option to false, context menu will be displayed when you scroll with right-click.
  • by Vinz, 8 years ago
    Was looking for an e10s replacement for the Grab and Drag extension, this one works even better!
  • by Alvin, 8 years ago
    i hope it is possible to work on this site too to be truly "anywhere" otherwise still perfect, no 4.5 so i'll give it a 5 :)
  • by Taosky, 8 years ago
    New version works very well.
  • by Firefox user 12820363, 8 years ago
    Very good. But please add a nornal right-click scrolling (without context menu).

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    Hi,
    the context menu should not be displayed. Can you tell me what operating system and Firefox version are you using? I will try to reproduce it and fix that.
    Thanks.
  • by Cirno, 8 years ago
    Thank you for making it compatible with e10s.
    One small request: option to change cursor style to "all-scroll" during scrolling

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello,

    Thank you for the review :)
    If you are still using my add-on, I would like to let you know that the new version ScrollAnywhere 5.3 now allows changing cursor while scrolling :)

    Have a nice day :)

    Best regards,

    Juraj Mäsiar
  • by harl windwolf, 8 years ago
    Admittedly, this is a very efficient add-on and it does exactly what it says on the tin. (thus 5 stars)
    As others have already stated, it's a convenient replacement for the "Grab and Drag" add-on, albeit it is much more minimalistic than the latter. Don't get me wrong, I love minimalism in the right places, I just have to say that I would prefer the way Grab and Drag actually "drags" the page directly (1 on 1 or with an added multiplier, similar to the way Acrobat scrolling works, or on mobiles/tablets), over just virtually dragging the scrollbar. I mostly just ignore the actual scrollbar anyway.
    Also, the left mouse button should be an option.
    Other than those two aspects, I think this is great.