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Mouse Cursor History (and why I made my own)

Posy · 3M views · 2018-11-05 · 15:09

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Overview

Posy gives a short history of the computer mouse cursor, from early straight pointers to the tilted arrow, comparing Apple and Windows designs. He then explains why he designed his own cursor set and offers it as a free download.

On Hacker News

HN treats it as the definitive, short, well-made video on mouse cursors and pulls it out whenever cursor design, pixel perfection or the tilted arrow comes up.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2022–2026

Topics

GUI, HCI & interface historyGraphic design & typographyHistory of computing
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mouse cursorgui designpixel artmacoswindows

What people said

vintagedave · 2026-05 · Strong recommendation

The best video on mouse cursors I've seen, by Posy: [VIDEO] It doesn't exactly answer the question, but I -- someone who doesn't watch video and wants text, articles -- have watched this video twice over. It's worth it :)

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vintagedave · 2024-02 · Strong recommendation

Time for one of my favourite Youtube videos, by Posy (Michiel de Boer.) 'Mouse cursor history (and why I made my own).' [VIDEO] It runs through the history of mouse cursors, as well as problems with some of the standard ones, and shows, among other things, historical cursors which were straight and not tilted. It is one of those amazing videos that make the internet worthwhile, is short, and is by the author of Posy's Cursor Pack, [LINK]

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baxuz · 2024-02 · Strong recommendation

I was just about to say that. There's an amazing video by Posy documenting mouse cursor history, and even provides his own cursor pack: [VIDEO] [LINK]

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