This add-on lets you click and drag anywhere on a page to scroll it, versus using your mouse wheel or using the scroll bar. It’s a bit of functionality lifted from Internet Explorer. I prefer it lately to the mouse wheel because it’s smoother, and allows for varied scroll speeds. It’s similar to just using the scroll bar, but you can grab the page anywhere. Great for use with a tablet pen, and it would also be nice with a touchscreen to emulate iPhone sweetness.
I recommend going ahead and using these 2 options, so as to leave your text selection and mouse gestures unmolested:
After installing, notice also that the add-on has placed a hand icon in the upper right of your ‘Fox; clicking this will toggle the functionality on/off if you’d like. If you don’t like this icon, here’s how to remove it: right-click some dead space at the top of your browser (try right below the URL bar) and you should see a context menu with an option for Customize. Simply drag the hand icon into the pop-up window which has appeared, and it goes away, into that “sandbox”. Learn something every day.
There’s also a new link to the Grab and Drag preferences under the Tools menu, which you can disable in the add-on’s preferences.
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