As you might know, Safari use different short to go forward and back in history, CMD+[ and CMD+]. How do I change that to use normal back and forward button as on most mouse and other browser?
Safari – Make Safari Use Normal ‘Back’ and ‘Forward’ Buttons
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IDK about the Magic Mouse but three finger swiping works on the Magic Trackpad
By default swiping between pages is set to two fingers in Lion. However chrome doesn't currently recognize two finger swiping but it does recognize three finger swiping.
To enable three finger back and forward swiping simply go to the Magic Trackpad preferences and set "Swipe between Pages" to "Swipe left or right with three fingers".
Update
Google has updated Chrome to work with a one finger swipe for the Magic Mouse and a two finger swipe for the Magic Trackpad in Lion.
You could simply disable scroll-to-navigate in the mouse/trackpad preferences, and instead use the two-finger swipe (or three, on a trackpad).
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Best Answer
macOS doesn't natively support using mouse buttons for forward and back. You can use gestures if you have an Apple trackpad or a magic mouse, but not buttons.
However, there are a number of apps that will do this. One lightweight option is https://sensible-side-buttons.archagon.net/
P.S. I also have a personal fork of this app with some idiosyncratic features I wanted—e.g. hold down the middle mouse button while pressing a side button to use the side button's native behavior. https://github.com/Wowfunhappy/Side-Button-Enabler/releases/tag/1.1