Topic: Why is the mouse cursor cocked at a 45 degree angle instead of pointing straight up?
Meta !Sober//iZs started this discussion 5 years ago #100,417
I always wondered this ?Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 53 seconds later[^] [v] #1,132,432
Or straight down.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 second later, 54 seconds after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,433
You're being acute.
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,447
it's only got a half-chub
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 27 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,448
> cocked
dw joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 24 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,455
so it obscures buttons less
Anonymous C replied with this 5 years ago, 19 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,457
COCKED
blom joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,482
When it was invented a diagonal line was easier to see than a vertical line on low res screen, originally it was straight up
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dw replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,500
@previous (blom)
wot
You said diagonal lines are easier to see, an upright arrow as in op's pic would have 2 diagonal lines instead of one
wot
You said diagonal lines are easier to see, an upright arrow as in op's pic would have 2 diagonal lines instead of one
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Anonymous B replied with this 5 years ago, 6 hours later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,649
You all do know that there are dozens of custom cursors available that are not an arrow?
Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 2 hours later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,685
@1,132,488 (blom)
It's "harder to see" because your example of a non-cocked sideways cursor is a VGA webcam picture of a really blurry underexposed black and white Xerox from the '80s.
I'm a better artist than Rembrandt by the same standard.
It's "harder to see" because your example of a non-cocked sideways cursor is a VGA webcam picture of a really blurry underexposed black and white Xerox from the '80s.
I'm a better artist than Rembrandt by the same standard.
blom replied with this 5 years ago, 16 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,132,848
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Mouse cursors were invented on really blurry black and white Xerox machines in the '80s
Mouse cursors were invented on really blurry black and white Xerox machines in the '80s
dw replied with this 5 years ago, 2 days later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,133,763
Erik !AltRitexT6 joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,133,764
I think it's a pointer for right handed people and it's reversed for left handed people