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Cursor

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What is a Cursor?

A picture that is displayed on the computer's screen that moves whenever the user moves their mouse

A Short History of the Cursor

Proably first seen at Xerox-Parc as part to the research to produce the Star System.

Some unusual shapes of early cursors and their meanings:

Buddha = System not ready for input

Oy_Vey! = Invalid selection

Tracker = Used when dragging borders on page

Eh_Wot? = Puck not on tablet or button depressed redundantly

No_Room = Trying to place object without enough space

KeyBoard = Awaiting user input at keyboard

OK? = Action needs to be confirmed

Standard = Anything else


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