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Vimium is awesome - Browsing without mouses

What's Vimium?

A chrome extension / firefox add-on what can be able to browsing without mouse.

https://vimium.github.io/

Let's see keyboard shortcuts provided by Vimium.

Minimal tutorial

key desc
h Scroll left
j Scroll down
k Scroll up
l Scroll right
H Go back in history
L Go forward in history
J Go one tab left
K Go one tab right
f Open a link in the current tab
F Open a link in a new tab
x Close current tab
Esc Cancel current command

More info, see project page or type ?.

How to open link

Type f or F. Then characters will be shown on links.

Vimium open link command

Type the character what you want open.

Conclusion

Almost of all controls can be replaced by these keyboard shortcuts. (...without drag and drop)

If you good for key typing, your browsing will be more quickly, and you will like it.

Happy browsing!

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