Swipe touchpad to go forward/back?

On my previous notebooks with a Synaptics touchpad, I was always able to go "forward" and "backward" a page using a swipe across the top of the touchpad in Internet Explorer and (with some modification) Firefox.

I can't find this setting for the touchpad on the AAO. Am I just overlooking this setting?

 

I checked and discovered that swiping left and right along the bottom of the touchpad generates buttons 6 and 7, so I was able to change mine to behave the way you describe using the info below (from http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Mou ... nd+Forward):

Since you mentioned IE, you may be using Windows and so this might not help...but the hardware can definitely do it.

 

Gave it a go, but doesn't seem to affect function, at least in WinXP.

I have been using the two-finger scroll hack <http://code.google.com/p/two-finger-scroll/> which has been working like a charm.

 

Alternatively, you could use tap zones which are availabe under the Synaptics settings. Tapping on a particular corner of the touchpad could send the back or forward command to your browser.