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Wild EEPROM
Jul 29, 2011


oh, my, god. Becky, look at her bitrate.
are mouse trails still a thing

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Mr.Radar
Nov 5, 2005

You guys aren't going to believe this, but that guy is our games teacher.
Yes, at least in Windows 10. I imagine they stick around as an accessibility option these days (for people with bad eyesight?) since their original reason for existing (lovely passive matrix LCD displays that had 500ms response time, so the mouse cursor literally wouldn't even appear if it was only shown for a single frame) thankfully isn't relevant any more.

DELETE CASCADE
Oct 25, 2017

i haven't washed my penis since i jerked it to a phtotograph of george w. bush in 2003
in maco's if you wiggle the mouse pointer around a bunch it'll turn big

Corla Plankun
May 8, 2007

improve the lives of everyone
i dont know why but the bigcursor thing always felt so anthropmorphic to me

maybe because the trigger is such a messy analogue input, or maybe just because it is reactive in such a helpful way, but it always felt really cute and friendly!

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

i mean that's what i do naturally when i lose the cursor on the screen, sounds like they just took what people do already to find it and helped them out a lil

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

Corla Plankun posted:

i dont know why but the bigcursor thing always felt so anthropmorphic to me


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgDh3ZRtzJg&t=1070s

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



DELETE CASCADE posted:

in maco's if you wiggle the mouse pointer around a bunch it'll turn big

guess we know that cursor didn't go home

it's handy and i like it when my cursor gets lost between code and testing windows. i had a coworker within minor eyesight issues that used it scaled all the time which is a cool feature

Boody
Aug 15, 2001

Dukes Mayo Clinic posted:

this and the neko widget that would chase your mouse pointer around and then take a nap.



xufo was similar but a ufo that would follow a mouse cursor, capture it and drag it to the top left of the screen before releasing it a few seconds later. Used to drive people crazy at University by remotely logging onto their machines and kicking of 10-20 instances.

outhole surfer
Mar 18, 2003

this, but goatse

i was a real rear end in a top hat as a young adult

Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...

nudgenudgetilt posted:

this, but goatse

i was a real rear end in a top hat as a young adult

Sounds more like you were showing your whole rear end and someone else's too

Fart Sandwiches
Apr 4, 2006

i never asked for this

Volmarias posted:

Sounds more like you were showing your whole rear end and someone else's too

in middle school I got in trouble for mooning cars with my friends so I know how this feels

HELLOMYNAMEIS___
Dec 30, 2007

orkut

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_kGsZCf9zs

outhole surfer
Mar 18, 2003

TabWorks

in a well actually
Jan 26, 2011

dude, you gotta end it on the rhyme

amazon fire phone

Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...
Facebook phone

Just lol

Wild EEPROM
Jul 29, 2011


oh, my, god. Becky, look at her bitrate.
google nexus q

outhole surfer
Mar 18, 2003

Wild EEPROM posted:

google nexus q

not sure if it was ahead of its time or just marketed wrong, but alexa devices show it wasn't a crazy idea for a device

outhole surfer
Mar 18, 2003

google i/o giving out several hundred dollars in devices to each attendee each year

qsvui
Aug 23, 2003
some crazy thing
screen savers

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually
twitter thread with an interesting reconsideration of 2000s-era sony products and their design philosophy

https://twitter.com/AndrewElmore/status/1539732318541058049

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



qsvui posted:

screen savers

desktop pictures

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome
so my old ridiculous mouse died, then the mx master i bought to replace it died, then i decided I'd replace that with a wireless version of my old ridiculous mouse.

Wild EEPROM
Jul 29, 2011


oh, my, god. Becky, look at her bitrate.
pinky support

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Wild EEPROM posted:

pinky support

thats why its the most comfortable mouse i've ever used. Everything else is just whatever, normal mouse stuff.

Trimson Grondag 3
Jul 1, 2007

Clapping Larry

FMguru posted:

twitter thread with an interesting reconsideration of 2000s-era sony products and their design philosophy

https://twitter.com/AndrewElmore/status/1539732318541058049

this is how I feel about Nokia too, they sure were not afraid to experiment with the format and even bring stuff like the 7280 lipstick to market.

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.


rotor posted:

so my old ridiculous mouse died, then the mx master i bought to replace it died, then i decided I'd replace that with a wireless version of my old ridiculous mouse.



confession time: I have a Logitech g902 gaming mouse and I never use any of the buttons apart from the standard ones even when I'm playing games

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

Trimson Grondag 3 posted:

this is how I feel about Nokia too, they sure were not afraid to experiment with the format and even bring stuff like the 7280 lipstick to market.

yep, i'm a huge sucker for this stuff in the current era of the black rectangle (and more broadly the featureless smoothly geometric shape)

The Saddest Rhino
Apr 29, 2009

Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.



zedge ringtones

Winty
Sep 22, 2007

Javascript to try to prevent you from right-clicking

Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...

rotor posted:

so my old ridiculous mouse died, then the mx master i bought to replace it died, then i decided I'd replace that with a wireless version of my old ridiculous mouse.



Idk what's going on but if you're glitching this bad, you're probably overclocking your house too high. You should probably dial it back a bit before you do permanent damage.

Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...
Her emaillllsssssssss

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



join me as a trackball haver rotor

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Achmed Jones posted:

join me as a trackball haver rotor

i've got an elecom and it's good, i swap between em every now & then to keep the RSI at bay

tk
Dec 10, 2003

Nap Ghost
Oh if we’re talking about mouses I have to recommend the best mouse:

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome
no massive pinky rest, gonna have to pass

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



rotor posted:

i've got an elecom and it's good, i swap between em every now & then to keep the RSI at bay

Kitfox88
Aug 21, 2007

Anybody lose their glasses?
wait there are still modern trackballs that are half decent? :prepop:

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rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Kitfox88 posted:

wait there are still modern trackballs that are half decent? :prepop:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0735584RM/

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