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minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoKde’s mouse growing big is actually useful though. Ever lose your mouse? Just a wiggle- which is an action I take anyway to find it- and it gets easier to find, for a moment. Lets me make the mouse tiny.
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYes, and the low-resolution pointer when you do this excessively is just unacceptable. I’m glad they’re finally addressing this pressing concern.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe just added a high res image or whatever rather than scaling it up. Someone probably fixed it in their spare time.
minus-squareShayeta@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat? Why isn’t it just a vector graphic?
minus-squareprogrammerlexi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBecause it uses the XCursor format, which is a quite old standard. Getting apps to switch to a newer standard that has vector graphics is already hard enough. Getting them to do so without burning your GPU is basically impossible.
Kde’s mouse growing big is actually useful though.
Ever lose your mouse? Just a wiggle- which is an action I take anyway to find it- and it gets easier to find, for a moment.
Lets me make the mouse tiny.
Yes, and the low-resolution pointer when you do this excessively is just unacceptable. I’m glad they’re finally addressing this pressing concern.
The just added a high res image or whatever rather than scaling it up. Someone probably fixed it in their spare time.
What? Why isn’t it just a vector graphic?
Because it uses the XCursor format, which is a quite old standard. Getting apps to switch to a newer standard that has vector graphics is already hard enough. Getting them to do so without burning your GPU is basically impossible.