…and they assume that the pointing device is a mouse.

inspiration: I’m using a trackball with my left hand because of a broken button. The pointer shape doesn’t make sense since i’m not clicking with my right index finger.

  • ramble81@lemmy.zip
    53·
    9 days ago

    I remember when everyone was customizing their mouse cursors like they were ringtones.

    • homes@piefed.worldEnglish
      20·
      9 days ago

      Yeah, there was like, a 15 year period. Where nobody ran standard cursor on their desktops. People would have these crazy animated things that would just drive you crazy.

      Good riddance. The mouse cursor should be almost invisible, not draw attention to itself.

      • bluGill@fedia.io
        9·
        9 days ago

        I need the mouse cursor to be better at drawing attention to itself at times though. When you have a couple big monitors often finding where that cursor is hiding becomes a problem.

        • homes@piefed.worldEnglish
          6·
          9 days ago

          fortunately, on macOS, all you have to do is wiggle the mouse a bit, and it’ll get really big for a moment so you can find it, lol… it’s super-helpful!

          edit: also, if out of your work is with apps in ‘dark mode’ (lots of black bgs with white/light text), consider inverting your cursor to be white instead of black. it helps it stand out a bit more without being too distracting.

        • hayalci@fstab.shEnglish
          4·
          9 days ago

          I do increase the size of the cursor permanently, and colour them brightly. It works wonders, a bright pink or cyan or orange cursor always makes me smile a bit when I stop to appreciate it.

      • Naz@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        8 days ago

        Says the person who was jealous of their cool custom cursors 😎

        Look at that man, operating a nuclear powerplant terminal with a Starcraft cursor

        (/s)