That's because gestures aren't common features. There isn't just a technological component to them, but a cultural one. Whereas a gesture might mean something to you, it may not contextualize in the same meaning for others.

I took the original idea, and proposed a solution; from there, its better to take that solution and try and get something established - for example an official idea, something like what I did for the ideas.symbian website for a similar common request - or propose something different *that is also a solution.*

Bickering over the bickering about the validity of an idea turns ideas like the one that started this thread into another loud echo-chamber.

Lastly, if you can propose an idea, you also have to be willing to accept that others won't like it - espeically in a community like this one where feedback is essential to the very existenance of the community.