where is your cursor?
A cursor is typically thought of as the dot or arrow that points to what you want to click... or is it ?
In early computers, there was not GUI (graphical user interface) and as such there was no need for a mouse. Early computers were only ever used for work, research work, and as such it was only ever really meant to be used by professionals who used arrow keys and shortcuts to navigate a text cursor much like the one you see when you write something on a computer or even your phone.
as computer technology grew, companies which were quick to notice the potential of this technology, developed the GUI to make it easier for the average person to use this new technology. Apple was amongst one of the first to popularize this technology.
so what IS a cursor, well, its the thing that points to the screen to the thing you want to click... but is it really?
well it's hard to say, the mouse is just an image on a screen, it can be controlled many different ways, it can be controlled by code, through a mouse, or a tablet. its position is calculated by the computer and it then checks to see if its hovering on something when you click.
Hovering is an interesting word. the screen isn't a 3D thing, it's flat, at least that's what it tries to represent but the computer is lying to you.
the computer does have layers, those layers then have an order in wherein the pixels of the bottom layer are overwritten by the layers above it, since, like we said before, the screen can't REALLY be 3D which means that as time passes and things on the layers change, the screen must redraw the whole things. This is the reasons why screen manufacturers boast about how fast they can do that measured in refreshes per seconds.
so really a mouse is just an idea of the physical action of pointing to something, a visual anachronism which through it's usefulness and intuitive design, humanity has accepted this symbol to mean "here"
so next time you're playing a rhythm game based on clicking circles to the beat of some Japanese music, point to the cursor because, despite everything... you are "here"
and as always, thanks for watching!
anime girl related
A cursor is typically thought of as the dot or arrow that points to what you want to click... or is it ?
In early computers, there was not GUI (graphical user interface) and as such there was no need for a mouse. Early computers were only ever used for work, research work, and as such it was only ever really meant to be used by professionals who used arrow keys and shortcuts to navigate a text cursor much like the one you see when you write something on a computer or even your phone.
as computer technology grew, companies which were quick to notice the potential of this technology, developed the GUI to make it easier for the average person to use this new technology. Apple was amongst one of the first to popularize this technology.
so what IS a cursor, well, its the thing that points to the screen to the thing you want to click... but is it really?
well it's hard to say, the mouse is just an image on a screen, it can be controlled many different ways, it can be controlled by code, through a mouse, or a tablet. its position is calculated by the computer and it then checks to see if its hovering on something when you click.
Hovering is an interesting word. the screen isn't a 3D thing, it's flat, at least that's what it tries to represent but the computer is lying to you.
the computer does have layers, those layers then have an order in wherein the pixels of the bottom layer are overwritten by the layers above it, since, like we said before, the screen can't REALLY be 3D which means that as time passes and things on the layers change, the screen must redraw the whole things. This is the reasons why screen manufacturers boast about how fast they can do that measured in refreshes per seconds.
so really a mouse is just an idea of the physical action of pointing to something, a visual anachronism which through it's usefulness and intuitive design, humanity has accepted this symbol to mean "here"
so next time you're playing a rhythm game based on clicking circles to the beat of some Japanese music, point to the cursor because, despite everything... you are "here"
and as always, thanks for watching!
anime girl related