This was glaring when individual pixels were distinguishable.
The offset design is certainly on purpose.
Just like Tom Cruise’s middle tooth
Just like Megan Fox’s toe thumbs
So gay!
It’s only gay if you receive the click, not send it.
What about a double click?
Depends if you’ve plugged two mice in at the same time, or if they are taking turns.
Someone pls explain?
I’d like to know…
i believe it’s just pointing out the misalignment of the graphic. people may be under the impression that something like a cursor has mathematically precise proportions, but it does not.
And it’s by design. Because if it was absolutely precise the edge wouldn’t have been straight
https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-default-cursor-why-asymmetrical-tilted/
yeah it has kind of an optical balance to it. i don’t mind that it’s not mathematically perfect because it appears proportional. optics are all that matters, especially in pixel art.
(edit: i guess ‘pixel art’ isn’t correct anymore because it’s a vector graphic, but it used to be pixels!)
That doesn’t explain why the tail doesn’t aim at the point, it just explains why the cursor is tilted to the side.
Nor does it explain the irregular angles - it mentions a 45° cursor, but if it was 45° the tip would be aligned with the tail.
thank you
What the fuck, I will never look at things the same way again.
God damn it
At least back when it was pixelated you could still pretend it was centered
years ago i read that the reason for the lopsidedness of the cursor was because of the old crt monitors. it just looked better having two edges being ‘straight’; one exactly vertical up and down, one exactly horizontal, left to right; as those edges would have no ‘jaggies’
rotating the pointer straight-up makes it look even more off-kilter.
https://files.catbox.moe/1dhu8r.pngFUCK
YOU
Yeah if you use mcrosft 🤮
The name always made me think of a penis.
“Why’d you name your company after your dick?”
“You blow, Jobs, you arrogant prick…”
Sorry…
M*cros*ft
It’s a design choice! Engelbert & English probably thought real hard about this little “offset”. To bring in more dynamic or something!
I like it because it points up, not straight.
Everyone loves a good upcurve.
I switched to a circular cursor and I love it so much. https://github.com/ful1e5/Google_Cursor
You might appreciate this one too:
I’m about an hour into giving this circular cursor thing a try, and I think I’m a convert. You think it’d be hard to click on things given the overlap, but the color swap when you’re over an interactable really sells it. Thanks!
Yeah no problem. Circle cursor gang!
I might try that. Did it take much getting used to? What do you like about it more? Is it hard to “aim” sometimes?
I’ve had literally no problem with aiming in fact aiming is easier. It took no getting used to whatsoever. I changed it because I was doing a video demonstrating a feature on a touch screen but using a mouse and it seemed closest to the touch tracking while doing a screen recording on a phone. I found I liked it and had no desire to go back.
I like the symmetry quite a bit as well as how easy it is to identify things I can interact with (black dot inside) vs things that I cannot (black border). I also really dig the thick text cursor. My only complaint is the resize handle is not super obvious. It’s kind of a lemon shape.
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeee
LAMBS TO THE COSMIC SLAUGHTER!
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Look it’s totally normal for it to curve a little bit okay
If it curves too much you may have a disorder that can be treated with medicine.