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Beep 1d ago

WHERE THE FUCK IS THE CURSOR?

https://lemmus.org/post/21124885

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CubitOom 1d ago

Shake till it gets big

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Beep

😐 What gets big exactly?

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CubitOom 1d ago

It’s 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

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Multiplexer 1d ago

Still doesn’t 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 active…

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eestileib 1d ago

It’s so well implemented, I sent it to a bunch of my friends saying something like “good accessibility and good design often are the same thing”

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Clent 1d ago

Accessibility causes developers to implement users a choice on design.

The original intent of css was we’d influence pages with out own design but that never happened.

Night mode is accessibility lifted to a feature.

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Thurstylark 1d ago

My favorite part is that it keeps getting bigger as you continue shaking it, eventually resulting in a big-ass cursor that can’t be contained in one display lol

…What? I was bored…

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___qwertz___10h ago

I, too, use KDE at work.

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TheTechnician27 1d ago

macOS also has this feature under the name “Shake mouse pointer to locate”.

Make the pointer easier to see on Mac

On your Mac, see the pointer more easily by changing its size and colour.

Apple Support

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kautau 1d ago

Yeah I think it been a Mac feature since like 2018, but more newly adopted in KDE. But either way it’s just a help UX idea, and potential aligns with someone’s behavior of just like moving the mouse fast to verify it’s still working

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Clent 1d ago

Apple added it in 2015.

It was on Linux longer. The focus follows the mouse was another that I would like to see native

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mrnobody 1d ago

Windows, since 7 (2009ish), had a feature to hit CTRL which zeros in on the mouse to find it if you can’t find it. On my 3x 19" LCDs I had, it was handy to have that 3" circle close in on it.

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Ghostalmedia 1d ago

It was on Linux longer.

I’m fairly sure that didn’t become a thing in KDE until 2024 or 25

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SlurpingPus 22h ago

I’m vaguely sure this was already in MacOS when I got my Macbook in early 2010s.

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CorrectAlias 21h ago

KDE’s 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.

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