The following information was snagged from http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Synaptics_Touchpad#Horizontal_Scroll_Issues_with_Firefox

I was looking for this information for a long time and couldn't find it. I finally found reference to this in a cached version of this (gentoo-wiki).

So that firefox will not misinterpret the horizontal scroll as 'back' and 'forward' For many like me this is irritating because you are reading a webpage and by moving the mouse you accidently go to another page.

Some forums suggest disabling horizontal scroll (editing xorg.conf to: Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"), but instead the correct way is to configure firefox so that it doesn't misinterpret the horizontal scroll. In firefox type in URL (address bar):

about:config

and double-click on the line:

mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action

to set it to 0. And then also set

mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines

to true.

If any of you get annoyed by this feature, there actually is a way to disable it.

1. Enter your Firefox configuration mode by entering about:config into your address bar.
2. Right click anywhere in the list of properties and select New > Boolean
3. Make the name of the new boolean property browser.sessionstore.enabled
4. Set the value to false

Once you do that, you should be set! Enjoy!

Crazy Firefox Propaganda

Heh... A certain individual (who will remain nameless beyond Rug Burns) enlightened me as to the existence of this grand video clip. I think you should all partake and enjoy.

Enjoy. Yes.

In case you don't think to click on the title of this post, here's the link.