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Lammy
on Aug 29, 2022
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90s Cursor Effects
Cursor trails were a godsend for '90s PowerBook users with passive-matrix LCDs where it was very easy to lose the cursor visually as it moved:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_matrix_addressing
See also: Those little widgets like XEyes that always look toward the cursor's current coordinates.
reaperducer
on Aug 29, 2022
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My memory is that this still existed in modern macOS not too long ago, as an accessibility option.
garaetjjte
on Aug 30, 2022
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It still exists on Windows.
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See also: Those little widgets like XEyes that always look toward the cursor's current coordinates.