Lucas PopeJan 3, 2024
Whoever designed the Mac pointer hit a home run 40 years ago and it hasn't touched ground yet
Show threadPoligofsky

@dukope Susan Kare was responsible for much of the visual language of the original Macintosh, either as inventor, or having adapted and improved various aspects of the Apple Lisa GUI. But her WikiPedia page doesn't mention the mouse pointer icon explicitly. The Lisa pointer looks different, and less natural, in screenshots, however (it reminds me of the pointer in X).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kare

Susan Kare - Wikipedia

Jan 3, 2024 at 2:08pmWeb
Show threadPoligofskyJan 3, 2024

@dukope For more about the development of the original Macintosh, I highly recommend

https://www.folklore.org

Show threadFrancesco MariniJan 3, 2024
@brent @dukope keep in mind that most Lisa screenshots are stretched, since the Lisa used rectangular pixels, so it might as well be that the Lisa pointer on screen looked more like the Mac one (though I’m quite sure they’re not identical).