BeepWHERE THE FUCK IS THE CURSOR?
CubitOomItās a feature in KDE that if you shake or move the mouse fast the cursor gets bigger so you can find it.
Debian 13 + KDE Plasma - Why does the mouse get so huge? HAAAAHAHAHAHA
Debian 13 + KDE Plasma - Why does the mouse get so huge? HAAAAHAHAHAHA
MultiplexerStill doesnāt help in finding where your cursor is currently.
Even worse when running multiple VMs.
Half a dozen blinking cursors, but only one of them is actually activeā¦
Even worse when running multiple VMs.
Half a dozen blinking cursors, but only one of them is actually activeā¦
Itās so well implemented, I sent it to a bunch of my friends saying something like āgood accessibility and good design often are the same thingā
My favorite part is that it keeps getting bigger as you continue shaking it, eventually resulting in a big-ass cursor that canāt be contained in one display lol
ā¦What? I was boredā¦
I, too, use KDE at work.
TheTechnician27macOS also has this feature under the name āShake mouse pointer to locateā.
Yeah I think it been a Mac feature since like 2018, but more newly adopted in KDE. But either way itās just a help UX idea, and potential aligns with someoneās behavior of just like moving the mouse fast to verify itās still working
Apple added it in 2015.
It was on Linux longer. The focus follows the mouse was another that I would like to see native
GhostalmediaIt was on Linux longer.
Iām fairly sure that didnāt become a thing in KDE until 2024 or 25
Iām vaguely sure this was already in MacOS when I got my Macbook in early 2010s.
CorrectAliasKDEās is different (and better) in that it seemingly has no cap on the size you can make the cursor. You can get your cursor bigger than your display.
Naho_ZakoHOLY SHIT THATāS WHY IT DOES THAT?!?!?! I learn something new about Linux on this platform every day.
I wanna put that in your end-o, if you know what I meANALSEX
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Subtle as a pounding
That pun went right over my head.And then moved back and forth rapidly, until I had an orgasm and ejaculated my semen into it.
Thereās a gnome extension called Wiggly that does a similar thing š
OpenStarsIs there a way to define a home location for the cursor and have a key combination to send it there?
xdotool mousemove 0 0
Replace the 0 0 with your desired coordinates if you donāt want the āhome locationā to be at the top left.
Then use xbindkeys to bind your desired key combination to run that command.
Oh my god. You just revolutionized my gaming with this. Iāll never have a moment of āoh no my cursor is on another monitorā again!
Thank you!!
comador Ah yes, Matroxās last bastion of business: ridiculous monitor counts across 2 or 3 Matrox C680 cards.
Itās even more ridiculous when you use 15 x 85" OLED TVs for some company doing a C&C room.
dual_sport_dork š§š”ļøMeanwhile, Iām fascinated by the type of dweebus that would waste construction time and budget, not to mention taking up precious squares in their base, sandbagging the edges of a cliff.
(Iām assuming this is a prefab computer opponent base in some damn fool mission or another, but Iāll be damned if I can remember which one after 30 years.)
š Itās me, Iām the dweebus. I decided I liked base-building, so I decided to max out my economy and vibe after I reduced my opponent to their last building. And then I decided I wanted to make my base pretty, so I decided to decorate with fences, sandbags, and aesthetically placed defenses.
ShaggySnacksI played Stardew with tanks.
Mines ores to build tanks
Builds tanks
Put tanks into the shipping bin for Lewis to pick up
guynamedzeroThis looks oddly similar to factorio
Lol, yes!!
And itās been for decades.
I remember reading gaming (PCI/AGP) reviews of the things decades ago & just marvelling at pro (non-gaming ofc) setups.
They are using Intel these days and still only have 8 ports :)
xeyes is a classic X Window program that helps finding the cursor (looks like a pair of eyes looking at the direction of the cursor)
Pfah, I dare even dislike the syntax of Rust.
MisterFrogRecommend PowerToys if youāre forced to use windows at work, it has heaps of neat stuff including find my cursor.
It makes windows 11 somewhat more bearable
funkajunk šØš¦Yāall never heard of workspaces? š¤Ø
Harvey656One ultrawide monitor with workspaces absolutely clears this setup
3 horizontal screens is the magic cursor finding balance. If 4th, must be touch screen you avoid mouse movement to.
VaalaVasaVardeItās the boss screen, in a second they will Alt-Tab into Flight simulator.
ZachariahIDK but Iāve seen pics of 911 operator setups with some absurd number of screens and I bet thereās a lot of stuff that would be useful for them to have open.
Makes sense yeah. I guess at this point itās a monitoring station more than a computer, i.e the operator is not gonna have many interactions with it other than looking at the screens
My parents were 911 dispatchers for decades. Itās how they met. They had 7 monitors last time I visited them at work 20 years ago. Their applications seemed to be built on the idea they had multiple monitors worth of space that theyād be stretched across.
If I remember accurately, there were 2 computers (and thus 2 mice and 2 keyboards). The first computer had 5 monitors and was the Google Maps equivalent for where all the active ambulances in the city were. The main application stretched across multiple monitors and had sub-windows with different operations in them. I think it also managed the radio between dispatcher and ambulance. The second computer was dedicated to the phone, the caller, any history attached to the phone number, and all the data 911 gets about your location. It took up the remaining few monitors. By now itās probably 1 computer and even more monitors.
Separate computers may be due to necessity. For example, one of the systems they need may have a provided computer to handle it that is managed and supported by that vendor on a separated network for security.
Itās 4. My daughter is an operator.