Also, are malware-free cursor applications still a thing? Or does it make me an old man to want to do it in 2023?
Who uses a mouse? I function all applications with just a keyboard, my custom arch based distribution doesn’t even support mice because I removed all drivers from the kernel. /s
You use a keyboard? Cringe. I just pull up a virtual keyboard on screen and click every button that I need to type.
It's 2023, gramps.
Ahhh, the steam deck experience, I relate.
You mean double touchpad typing superiority?
Uh, excuse me, but the steam controller was actually the first Valve hardware to do this.
Unbelievably, it’s better
signature look of superiority
Do you use a keyboard? All the cool kids use punch cards
neck beard intensifies
You feel a tingle in the back of your mind. You want to change your mouse cursor. Authority.
Anything for a True Soul! Changing it now, boss.
Change the OS cursor, i don't know about mac but you can do that on windows and linux
Am I misremembering, but did Baldur's Gate, Warcraft 2, or something ship with a cursor package for windows?
I didn't have Internet back then, but I recall finding out that you could change the cursor to a gauntlet from one of those games, much to the chagrin of my parents.
It is possible, some games like to have some extras like wallpapers, custom icons, etc, specially back them. I would love to see more of that, the last time i've seem was with yakuza kiwami with some avatars, wallpapers and animated arts to use on steam.
I think I might actually do this
On windows it's Settings > Themes, then click the "Mouse pointers" item. That should bring up the Pointers tab of the Mouse Properties window. Then it's just a matter of getting .ani or .cur versions of the pointers you want.
I'm using the Wow cursors at work
Yeah you could save a picture of whatever you want in the right size and format for a custom pointer. Idk what those are off the top of my head though.
You can find some on deviant art, that's where I got mine. https://www.deviantart.com/tag/cursors
https://www.deviantart.com/topic/customization
I think this is the one I settled on? It just looks better than default windows lol https://www.deviantart.com/spysees/art/Mac-Os-X-El-Capitan-Cursor-Pack-For-Win-By-SeeS-573756719
This seems legit? I haven't tried it but the firefox extension for it has a lot of users https://custom-cursor.com/products/custom-cursor-for-windows
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/custom-cursor/XPFF8Q4ZP7Q321
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/the-custom-cursor/
Whoa, I didn't know deviant art also had useful stuff like this on it. Thanks!
It's next when you click and the printer finger moves. Serotonin please
i'm not very sure about Windows aside from DeviantArt, RealWorld and similar galleries, but for KDE you can get a catalogue built into the cursor settings
No problems in Windows, you can download and use a ton of cursors from Deviantart and a lot of other sitees, there are even some Cursor Manager, with which you can change the cursor set with one clic, also some editors to make your own sets. The cursor image format is the same for Linux and Windows.
On Linux you can install whatever cursor pack you want and then select it… all in the terminal!
And also out of the terminal if you'd prefer graphical settings on desktops like Plasma and XFCE, for example.
theres malware on cursor applications? isnt it possible to just change the cursor with the .cur files if youre on windows?
I'd always heard it was one of those common ways that people get malware on their PCs. That and toolbars.
I don't know how common it is anymore, but it definitely was a few years back. You knew a computer was infected with everything when you saw a stupid cartoon dinosaur or something as the mouse cursor as soon as the pc booted to windows... I think it was more about what was bundled in the download from scummy websites doing the damage though, not the actual cursor files. I still cringe though if I see a non-standard cursor in windows, like PTSD-esque flashbacks...
Yeah especially when cursors come as a .cur file but the download is an EXE that 'installs the cursor' for you
Listen is I want Banzai Buddy to mess with nuclear launch codes on my government laptop then that's his right.
Don’t install cursor applications, just add cursor packs for your respective operating system.
Depends on the platform i guess? Windows cursors vs. Linux cursors.
I have dreams of the RuneScape dragon scimitar cursor
I was so happy when I found out RuneLite has this as a plug-in
You know a game is good when it does this.
Ooh, the top left ones are from Ultima Online. Haven't seen those cursors in a long while.
Switch to Linux and you can change your mouse cursor to always be a gauntlet.
Can't you do that with windows too?
Ofc, it's just not nearly as straightforward as many Linux DE's.
I might not switch on my current daily driver, but I'm seriously thinking of converting an extra PC I have lying around and seeing what all the fuss (foss) is about.
Hand of a lil guy :)
It's beautiful
I have been chosen by the big metal hand in the sky!
Brings me back to the MapleStory days. That little white glove brings back such happy memories.