macOS also has this feature under the name “Shake mouse pointer to locate”.
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CubitOom@infosec.pub 6 hours agoTheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
kautau@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Yeah I think it been a Mac feature since like 2018, but more newly adopted in KDE. But either way it’s just a help UX idea, and potential aligns with someone’s behavior of just like moving the mouse fast to verify it’s still working
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Apple added it in 2015.
It was on Linux longer. The focus follows the mouse was another that I would like to see native
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
It was on Linux longer.
I’m fairly sure that didn’t become a thing in KDE until 2024 or 25
mrnobody@reddthat.com 4 hours ago
Windows, since 7 (2009ish), had a feature to hit CTRL which zeros in on the mouse to find it if you can’t find it. On my 3x 19" LCDs I had, it was handy to have that 3" circle close in on it.
Naho_Zako@piefed.zip 3 hours ago
HOLY SHIT THAT’S WHY IT DOES THAT?!?!?! I learn something new about Linux on this platform every day.
spitfire@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Same in macOS
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
It’s so well implemented, I sent it to a bunch of my friends saying something like “good accessibility and good design often are the same thing”
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Accessibility causes developers to implement users a choice on design.
The original intent of css was we’d influence pages with out own design but that never happened.
Night mode is accessibility lifted to a feature.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
Still doesn’t help in finding where your cursor is currently.
Even worse when running multiple VMs.
Half a dozen blinking cursors, but only one of them is actually active…
thurstylark@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
My favorite part is that it keeps getting bigger as you continue shaking it, eventually resulting in a big-ass cursor that can’t be contained in one display lol
…What? I was bored…