[mmanfrin]

I had a similar thought with Apple -- El Cap has a feature where if you shake your mouse around, the cursor will momentarily grow in size so you can find where it is.

That does not feel like a top-down design idea, but a bottom-up feature designed by an engineer who was sick of those moments where he/she had lost the cursor.

[ErrantX]

Oh wow! That explains wierd artifacts I've been seeing since El Capitan, when using my trackball mouse. The cursor randomly grows in size, usually when I move it between screens quickly. I expect it's some "random jitter" in my using the trackball that causes it to happen.

[bobbles]

This might help http://www.cultofmac.com/392027/how-to-turn-off-el-capitans-...

[brobinson]

Yeah, I thought I was losing my marbles until I saw someone mention it on HN...

[elwell]

Case in point why the OS is a terrible place to allow a hacky ethos.

[kuschku]

Yes. Popping up a notification the first few times (or the first time after a few months of not using it) would be neat.

[Maxious]

I seem to recall the Microsoft Mouse drivers for Windows 95 had a key shortcut to make lines radiate out of your cursor. Very useful on the low refresh rate LCDs where that cursor would appear like a submarine on the other side of the screen.

[rylee]

You can still do this (at least in Windows 7, the last time I checked.) Just look in the 'Mouse' section of your control panel, and select the one to make <Ctrl> radiate circles around your mouse :)

[techdragon]

I can confirm it still works in Windows 8/8.1

[_smaugh]

also in 10. Didn't know about this feature. Thanks

[hyperchase]

It still has it, I use it because I lose my cursor on my dual monitors all the time.

[dredmorbius]

I liked the "shroom mode" mouse option in one of the hack packs.

Trails, man....

[i336_]

And now I know what I'm using Resource Hacker for later on: changing "Pointer Trails" to "Shroom Mode". Thanks.

[kuschku]

It’s still there – in windows itself even!

[rahimnathwani]

This feature is awesome, and super-discoverable. I didn't need to change my behaviour to discover it, or to use it. I just wiggle my finger like I used to, and it just works.

[qazwse_]

I liked this feature when I found it actually was a feature. For a while I thought it was my Razer mouse drivers messing up.

[sanderjd]

I love that feature.