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I had a similar thought with Apple -- El Cap has a feature where if you shake your mouse around, the cursor will momentarily grow in size so you can find where
by mmanfrin 11y ago
I had a similar thought with Apple -- El Cap has a feature where if you shake your mouse around, the cursor will momentarily grow in size so you can find where it is.
That does not feel like a top-down design idea, but a bottom-up feature designed by an engineer who was sick of those moments where he/she had lost the cursor.
- ErrantX 11y agoOh wow! That explains wierd artifacts I've been seeing since El Capitan, when using my trackball mouse. The cursor randomly grows in size, usually when I move it between screens quickly. I expect it's some "random jitter" in my using the trackball that causes it to happen.
- bobbles 11y agoThis might help http://www.cultofmac.com/392027/how-to-turn-off-el-capitans-shake-to-find-mouse-cursor-feature/ http://www.cultofmac.com/392027/how-to-turn-off-el-capitans-...
- elwell 11y agoCase in point why the OS is a terrible place to allow a hacky ethos.
- kuschku 11y agoYes. Popping up a notification the first few times (or the first time after a few months of not using it) would be neat.
- brobinson 11y agoYeah, I thought I was losing my marbles until I saw someone mention it on HN...
- sanderjd 11y agoI love that feature.
- Maxious 11y agoI seem to recall the Microsoft Mouse drivers for Windows 95 had a key shortcut to make lines radiate out of your cursor. Very useful on the low refresh rate LCDs where that cursor would appear like a submarine on the other side of the screen.
- rylee 11y agoYou can still do this (at least in Windows 7, the last time I checked.) Just look in the 'Mouse' section of your control panel, and select the one to make <Ctrl> radiate circles around your mouse :)
- techdragon 11y agoI can confirm it still works in Windows 8/8.1
- _smaugh 11y agoalso in 10. Didn't know about this feature. Thanks
- hyperchase 11y agoIt still has it, I use it because I lose my cursor on my dual monitors all the time.
- dredmorbius 11y agoI liked the "shroom mode" mouse option in one of the hack packs. Trails, man....
- qazwse_ 11y agoI liked this feature when I found it actually was a feature. For a while I thought it was my Razer mouse drivers messing up.
- rahimnathwani 11y agoThis feature is awesome, and super-discoverable. I didn't need to change my behaviour to discover it, or to use it. I just wiggle my finger like I used to, and it just works.