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(DIR) Post #AV1NLUEeiQWSoY3InI by mjg59@nondeterministic.computer
2023-04-25T20:12:23Z
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Why is https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3438/jiggle/ not core gnome-shell functionality
(DIR) Post #AV1OBe9V5dz8d4Vqka by Specialist_Being_677@hachyderm.io
2023-04-25T20:22:10Z
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@mjg59 thank you that looks great! Not sure how I missed seeing this extension before!
(DIR) Post #AV1OK2NetSHk5Z8V0q by indrora@social.sdf.org
2023-04-25T20:22:59Z
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@mjg59 because the core tenant of Gnome's UX team seems to be "Fuck users, amirite?"
(DIR) Post #AV1QFiaIkjETRU7MsC by mattdm@hachyderm.io
2023-04-25T20:45:20Z
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@mjg59 Might be something that we can get in there as part of a11y initiatives....
(DIR) Post #AV1S8dc32UrHu5gcVc by mjg59@nondeterministic.computer
2023-04-25T21:06:18Z
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@mia It's repeatedly saved me on MacOS
(DIR) Post #AV1Ss96OoCKEb8aByC by funkylab@mastodon.social
2023-04-25T21:11:07Z
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@mattdm @mjg59 don't know whether I like seeing two timers for every 10 ms in JS to fill a position history FIFO, which then gets put through the gamma function (I bet there's a good reason for a gamma function, but, also, wat.), Every time completely although only one element is added, and summed up, to decide whether a cursor shake happened. In JavaScript, that is critical to the responsiveness of my system.
(DIR) Post #AV1Ss9xZcUrNG3Sequ by mjg59@nondeterministic.computer
2023-04-25T21:14:49Z
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@funkylab @mattdm I'm going to make no arguments about whether the implementation is good, I just want the functionality!
(DIR) Post #AV1TrM6z3QiQbv2kG8 by funkylab@mastodon.social
2023-04-25T21:25:41Z
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@mjg59 @mattdm absolutely! I'm not a reasonably good JS dev myself (I do signal processing, which is why I immediately dove into that to see how it achieves the feature), so my code reviews wouldn't be productive, but I do think the feature is cool, and with actual language know how and a bit of review, this world be super cool It's just that I'm very hesitant about upstreaming code that looks logically suspicious.
(DIR) Post #AV1YUngGt0rvE1c3w8 by daimarstein@bolha.us
2023-04-25T22:17:19Z
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@mjg59 genuine question, how is it better than the integrated a11y setting to highlight the cursor when tapping CTRL?
(DIR) Post #AV1Yfw9XjAGkgccBMG by mjg59@nondeterministic.computer
2023-04-25T22:18:53Z
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@daimarstein Because I'm looking at the screen, not the keyboard
(DIR) Post #AV1Z4jBT5C4FhgKvFQ by ebassi@mastodon.social
2023-04-25T22:21:38Z
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@mjg59 Likely because we're still using the "press Left Control to locate the pointer" option in the accessibility settings; the wobble would be a nice addition, though, and it would probably be easier to implement in the shell. Make sure to open an issue!
(DIR) Post #AV1bnpFBbAS1RChvaS by projectgus@aus.social
2023-04-25T22:54:18Z
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@mjg59 I saw this and immediately searched for "jiggle plasma". I'm not sure what I thought I was going to find with that search.
(DIR) Post #AV1kU5nRFKuMZPOVAe by snowcrashmike@hachyderm.io
2023-04-26T00:31:43Z
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@mjg59 @mia low key one of my favourite features, especially as a multi-monitor kind of guy who frequently loses track of which display the pointer's on, never mind where on that display it is.
(DIR) Post #AV1u78hJIDrMRuDnMm by justinz@social.opendesktop.org
2023-04-26T02:21:21Z
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@projectgus @mjg59 there's an inbuilt option called Track Mouse in Desktop Effects which has a similar function making it easy to locate the cursor.
(DIR) Post #AV1uQjRit2K5vPH0Fs by projectgus@aus.social
2023-04-26T02:24:52Z
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@justinz @mjg59 Thanks! I did find this and tried turning it on.Similar to the default Gnome one, I'm not sure in the moment I'll remember to go to my keyboard and press Meta+Ctrl (or whatever other key combination is configured), but maybe I will.Jiggling the mouse is already my go-to when I lose the mouse pointer, so augmenting that process seems naturally lower friction.(I had been thinking of trying to do some KDE development, so maybe trying to implement a mouse trigger for Track Mouse is a good place to start...)
(DIR) Post #AV50gcnaYFI18oLGKm by scottytrees@mastodon.social
2023-04-27T14:17:03Z
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@mjg59 personally I would disable that if it was default behavior
(DIR) Post #AV55WQXflZDs0Dr1Bg by cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family
2023-04-27T15:10:08Z
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@mjg59 oh nice, we were talking about this somewhat recently on a design call; I didn't realize there was an extension. There's also the "tap Ctrl to locate pointer" thing in accessibility settings but this macOS-like behavior might be more discoverable.
(DIR) Post #AV57YrhHyViAi5dt0C by calebccff@fosstodon.org
2023-04-27T15:34:06Z
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@mjg59 probably patented
(DIR) Post #AV57nWptoni8M1f67k by dottorblaster@fosstodon.org
2023-04-27T15:37:11Z
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@mjg59 just came across the yelling about it not being compatible with GNOME 43 because the maintainer apparently disappeared into the darkness ._.
(DIR) Post #AV58ygWaElTJXfVils by luana@tech.lgbt
2023-04-27T15:49:43Z
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@mjg59 You can ask that for basically all basic desktop features that aren’t included in Gnome and require extensions in order to be used
(DIR) Post #AV5IAa1n7HgYSIr3Me by amxmln@mastodon.design
2023-04-27T17:32:43Z
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@mjg59 I was looking for something like this a couple years back, so glad to see it finally exists. 😊 Although I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out Apple had a patent on it or something. 😒