"After 50 years of pointing and clicking, we are celebrating the nearing end of the computer cursor with a music video where all our cursors can be seen together for one last time."
I don't see any way the cursor dies without the keyboard dying. And I don't see the keyboard dying. Just because tech bloggers and journalists are incapable of writing about any hardware besides tablets and phones doesn't mean that's all we (will) use.
Haven't you heard, the mouse & keyboard has been dying for the last forty years. Much the same as it has been "The year of Linux on the desktop" for the last twenty-two.
I don't see why the mouse should be tied to the keyboard. They're used for different purposes. We use mice to point stuff in a specific place on the screen. It would be much faster to do that by just putting your finger on the screen (and more intuitive, since we already use our fingers like that). I think the time it takes for my hand to move from the keyboard to the mouse is about equal than it would take to move it to the screen.
So assuming you're using a physical keyboard with a separate monitor, you would prefer to extend your arm out to your monitor? I think the mouse would be much faster and a trackpad below the keyboard is faster still. Further, the mouse is more exact, doesn't obscure the image, allows quick access to right-clicking, and doesn't leave smudges on the screen (though I see us solving that problem).
For the first time in my life, I felt as part of a human ant colony. I'm also proud to see other people admit they're asexual during the "Which do you prefer" question with a male on side and a female on the other. A small percentage of arrows flocked to the center in between them... Or maybe that means they were bi... :(
To whoever owns this : If you remove the NSFW bit you will probably get at least 200% more traffic if not more. I almost shared this on Facebook, but for obvious reasons don't want my mother and younger friends seeing this content on my behalf.
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Aside, that was really fun and I laughed quite a few times.
I personally don't see that as NSFW. Well, it is not safe for WORK, but not in the sense you're saying it is : I'd have no problem showing that to my mother or younger people. What part is NSFM (not safe for mum) for you?
This is really amazing, great idea and really well executed.
I know it kinda goes against the whole idea of this, but I think it would have been better if the mouse cursors that didn't "obey" the instructions were filtered out, all the cursors that just stayed in one place, or didn't follow the instructions were a little distracting.
There is one shot that has a small yellow disc. I guess after many iterations people with their mouse pointers have drawn on it a smiley face. That is pretty neat.
Awww, not working for me either. It seems to be frozen on a screen showing lots of cursors that aren't moving anywhere.
Shame, looks like it's a really cool idea.
Facebook remove images of breast even if they are mothers breast-feeding infants.
Youtube doesn't allow breasts.
A US TV outrage happened because of one partially uncovered breast during a sport event.
Yes, some people are shocked by that sort of content. Legitimate is secondary; if they own the computers you're using and they have power to dismiss you it's a good idea to think of their reasonable requests as legitimate.
Sounds like a US centric thing then, most countries in europe AFAIK will allow breasts to be shown in prime time TV as long as the context is not overtly sexual.
I wish the past-cursors were just rendered as dots because the barrage of pointers made it hard to keep track of my own mouse cursor (even with the larger size and contrast).
Well, I didn't express myself correctly, I agree.
I meant, for the purpose it has, it's just random but a NSFW or 18+ thing would have solve everything :) btw if there was a 18+ note I didn't see it. The NSFW has been added after I made my first comment, too.
I don't see any way the cursor dies without the keyboard dying. And I don't see the keyboard dying. Just because tech bloggers and journalists are incapable of writing about any hardware besides tablets and phones doesn't mean that's all we (will) use.