macOS also has this feature under the name “Shake mouse pointer to locate”.
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CubitOom@infosec.pub 2 months agoTheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 months ago
kautau@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m vaguely sure this was already in MacOS when I got my Macbook in early 2010s.
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
KDE’s is different (and better) in that it seemingly has no cap on the size you can make the cursor. You can get your cursor bigger than your display.
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months 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 2 months 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.
Naho_Zako@piefed.zip 2 months ago
HOLY SHIT THAT’S WHY IT DOES THAT?!?!?! I learn something new about Linux on this platform every day.
derek@infosec.pub 2 months ago
It is also a sexual innuendo.
mech@feddit.org 2 months ago
I wanna put that innuendo in your end-o, if you know what I meANALSEX
luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 months ago
meANALSEX
Subtle as a pounding
mech@feddit.org 2 months ago
That pun went right over my head.
And then moved back and forth rapidly, until I had an orgasm and ejaculated my semen into it.
CubitOom@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months 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…spitfire@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same in macOS
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
KDE Plasma is so fucking good these days it’s amazing to me that people voluntarily use Windows
thurstylark@lemmy.today 2 months 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…