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QuickWheel v1.0.0 - Initial Release

Initial public release of QuickWheel a dual ring radial mouse gesture menu triggered by holding middle click for high-speed, frictionless browsing!

Key Features

• Dual-Ring Radial Menu: Hold middle click (>150ms) anywhere on a web page to summon an 8 directional gesture wheel under your cursor.
• Inner Ring Shortcuts (Close Flicks):
• Duplicate Tab (UP): Clone active tab instantly.
• Focus Search (RIGHT): Auto focus search bars on YouTube, Reddit, X, Wikipedia, etc.
• Copy Markdown (BOTTOM): Format selected text as a Markdown quote with page link.
• Translate Page (LEFT): In place text translation under the hood.
• Outer Ring Shortcuts (Far Flicks):
• Jump to Top (UP): Smooth scroll to feed top.
• Mute/Unmute Tab (RIGHT): Toggle media playback audio.
• Copy Link (BOTTOM): Direct URL clip to clipboard.
• Reopen Tab (LEFT): Restore last closed tab.
• Preserves Native Autoscroll: Quick middle clicks (<150ms) pass through to standard browser autoscroll.
• Shadow DOM Isolation: Webpage CSS won't break the radial UI layout.
• 100% Private: Operates entirely locally with zero tracking or analytics.

Installation

Chrome / Chromium Browsers:

1. Download QuickWheel.zip from the assets below and unzip it.
2. Go to chrome://extensions/ and enable Developer mode (top right).
3. Click Load unpacked (top left) and select the unzipped directory.

Firefox:

1. Download QuickWheel Firefox.zip and unzip it.
2. Go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
3. Click Load Temporary Add-on... and select manifest.json.