I have been using a Pikachu cursor on my PC for a long time now. Every time I switch to a new PC, I will reinstall the cursors. Besides the normal pointer, there are also different animated images for the “busy” and “working” pointers.
Recently I installed my Pikachu cursors on my work PC. At first I kept quiet about it, just waiting to see whether there were any reactions to it. Basically, there were none…I didn’t know whether people just didn’t notice, or everyone who had the chance to see it just hid their reactions really well.
One person finally commented the other day; an IT support person to whom I shared my screen. He remarked just a while after I started sharing, “Oh, your cursor is a Pikachu!”
Today I decided it was time to get some feedback. I asked three people that I remembered sharing my screen to, or who came to see something on my PC after I had installed the cursors. Firstly, whether they had seen the Pikachu at all (who knows, they may not have noticed it at all, right?), and secondly, whether it was distracting.
The overall response was that everyone noticed it, and that it wasn’t distracting. But the cherry on top is this response:
It was some time since he had seen the cursor, so at first he said he didn’t see it. Then he recalled it. And then he said that my cursor is easy to locate. So…I guess I have a good reason to use this cursor! :D
If anyone complains, I’ll tell them, “My eyes are not good, I need this to be able to find my cursor.” :P
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