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Daily Challenge: How big can you get your KDE/Wiggle mouse cursor?(feddit.uk)

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RustyNova@lemmy.world
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I love this game. On multi screen it gets so big

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DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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lmao When they implemented it I first thought this was one of those obscure KDE bugs.

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ahornsirup@feddit.org
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Yeah. It’s one of those things where I’m sure it’s genuinely useful to some people but why on Earth is it on by default?!

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Ephera@lemmy.ml
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Because shaking your cursor to spot it is kind of universal?

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ahornsirup@feddit.org
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Fair. It still should be communicated better though, because it really does feel like a bug when you first encounter it.

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Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
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I don’t think it’s a thing on windows?

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bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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It’s a thing in macOS, however it doesn’t infinitely grow lmao

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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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Re: on by default

IMHO, the problem isn’t that it’s on by default, it’s the fine tuning of the feature. The velocity and pattern needed to trigger it + the lack of a reasonable max scale.

MacOS has had this on by default for a decade, but it feels more intentional when it appears. Meanwhile, I litterally still see KDE threads from people trying to troubleshoot “bugs” about their cursor size.

The KDE cursor needs about 15 min of a motion designer sitting next to the engineer that coded this.

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mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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A bug with smooth af transition?

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pkmkdz@sh.itjust.works
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I thought I’m high

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MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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I legit thought it was making the cursor “closer” because windows were layered on top of each other and it was doing weird depth scaling or something LOL.

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Hemi03@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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I AM NOT ALONE

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fossphi@lemm.ee
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There’s dozens of us!

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Cris16228@lemmy.today
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I’m a normal human then! I thought I was the only one doing it, I’m glad to know I was wrong

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vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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i got it to cover the whole screen once.

It just keeps growing

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Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Ha! I got it to cover my two screens. After that i was pretty beat tho.

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vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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challenge icsiepted! I just need to buy a 3rd monitor

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