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Cursors

Colin Wright
Aug 27, 2024
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Cursors

Colin Wright
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May 28

In the world of user interfaces, a “cursor” is an on-screen indication of where, within the total expanse of potential on-device influence, the user currently has agency. Said another way: a cursor points at (or otherwise shows) on a computer (or other) screen where the person operating that computer is currently able to do things.

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