Don't hijack my mouse pointer
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Re: Don't hijack my mouse pointer
#2> For example it can be as simple as this, to something completely unacceptable as this.
I can't see any difference between these in terms of UX - I got annoyed just looking at them.
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#3Unless it’s Ratty
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#4ublock may be able to help, perhaps something like
##*:style(cursor: auto !important)
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#5Wait...what year is it again?
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#6Not nearly as nasty as scroll hijacking so the page moves at a different speed than what I've instructed it to move at. Or pastejacking - when you're trying to copy a piece of text and the page makes you grab an entirely different string to what you'd highlighted and selected.
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#7I like it how the author says how busy he is and how he finally snatched a few minutes out of this busy life to bring us this edict: don't hijack mouse pointers, or else!
What next, don't use blink or marquee elements?
Or else!
Standard issue cursors are not that great in all environments, sometimes making the cursor massively big or doing other daft things to it make sense. It is all about context and golden rules don't help.
Re: Don't hijack my mouse pointer
#8Not nearly as nasty as scroll hijacking so the page moves at a different speed than what I've instructed it to move at. Or pastejacking - when you're trying to copy a piece of text and the page makes you grab an entirely different string to what you'd highlighted and selected.
I'd add preventing text selection, right-clicking or pasting from the clipboard to the list. I hate when websites do that.
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#9> For example, making it slightly tilted because it was easier to draw on old screens.
No. Some older systems actually had straight pointers. The slightly tilted design is, I assume, a result of wanting to point to something while still being able to see what is to the immediate left of the pointer; useful for left-to-right text.
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#10I can count on my left hand the number of acceptable times to change my cursor motion or shape. This is one: https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/