I remember when everyone was customizing their mouse cursors like they were ringtones.
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Windows used to have a left handed pointer unless I am mandala’d again
Close.
*Mandela
On the left margin of word documents, your cursor changes to left handed, to help the mouse not cover content when selecting stuff near the border.
You can still change the mouse pointer to be this way by default, as well
Side note, I watched a video about how Mandela effect is maybe the most American concept ever. So many people kinda ignored/forgot that a guy won the Nobel Prize and was president of a major country for several years, or were never taught it because he's black. Even more couldn't be bothered to pay close enough attention to the spelling of a popular author's name (also foreign). People would rather think that there is some supernatural mystic shared memory gap experience rather than believe we're idiots.
I thought the whole Mandela effect/Berinstain Bears thing was tongue in cheek satire about our faulty memories, but then again I thought flat earth was tongue in cheek satire.
That's how I treat it. I often use the phrase when I'm surprised to learn I remembered something wrong. I don't actually believe I've traveled to an alternate dimension.
I hope you guys are right and most people use it that way, and some small instances it's kinda funny. But I fear the danger of being able to handwave away more important information as "it's weird how our brains do that!" instead of crap, I need to pay more attention. Maybe a case by case thing I dunno.
It actually made me curious, and apparently you can download cursor packs that point the other way :3 so that's neat
I’m left-handed, but I’ve always used a mouse with my right hand... and now I’m wondering if I was unconsciously influenced by the orientation of the pointer.
Mouse with your off hand means your main hand can do other things - type or such. Most keyboards have a numberpad to the right, so the left is the more ergonomic place for a mouse.
I have two computers, and two keyboards and two mice. I keep a mouse on each side. (I tried a KVM and didn't like it). YMMV.
I know they assume right-handedness with the pointer's orientation, but I dont see how they assume the method of locomotion. Nothing about the cursor itself would matter if you're using a mouse, a trackball/pad, a controller, etc. 🤨
I don't know if Windows still has this, but you used to have a shitton of options for the style of your cursor, including left-handed oriented pointers. And you could also download more. I used to have my hyperlink pointer as a middle finger instead of the default index finger. 😌
I have a coworker who's also left-handed (as am I), but he actually uses a Logitech MX Master 3 (which is very much designed to be held with a right hand), with his left hand. No idea why, it's uncomfortable and he can't use half the buttons correctly.
The arrow doesn't make sense...?
Oh! You have a tiny hand graphic for mouse pointer?
Not much of a shower thought.
That's like saying the color green is green
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