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In most systems the mouse cursor is rendered with a hardware sprite like in old games consoles. In some GUIs it's actually switched to software rendering when y

by mrob 9y ago

In most systems the mouse cursor is rendered with a hardware sprite like in old games consoles. In some GUIs it's actually switched to software rendering when you resize windows so it stays synchronized with the laggier redraws.

pvg 9y ago
Right, I get that, my point is increases in 'keypress to character in terminal' latency don't warrant conclusions like "Almost every computer and mobile device that people buy today is slower than common models of computers from the 70s and 80s." Low-latency interaction is still there, it's just not in typing because typing is a less important mode of interaction.
- andai 9y ago
  You take that back!
- ddingus 9y ago
  On those old 8 bit machines, a mouse would trigger an interrupt, which would then draw the screen / move the sprite. Latency is likely to be one frame.
  - deleted 9y ago
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flamedoge 9y ago
That makes me wonder.. how many hacks do we have implemented just for the cursor to feel like it does.