A new idea... maybe...

Friday, November 7, 2003 by XX | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

I was thinking about cursor sets. Most times it is pretty basic, in fact, like 90% of cursor graphics can be done with SVG vector format.

How about adding vector support into cursorxp? You could have an amazing program ( what? it's not amazing adready?? ) that has those features:

Cursor that looks very fancy, but under 1k file size.

Want a cursor that's 500x500 pixels or 10x10 pixels but looks as slick as ever? Using the same file for both? It's possible with vectors. I would love to have cursors that I can scale according to my taste or skin.

I know there's adready color support, but vector format SVG has support for color gradients, radial gradients, any color, etc. You can easily change colors on any shape.

Longhorn will come with interface with vector support. Why not cursors too?
XX
Reply #1 Friday, November 7, 2003 4:25 AM
So... What does you guys think of this?
craeonics
Reply #2 Friday, November 7, 2003 8:01 AM
Sounds good to me. Or go even further and have you icon rotate flip and what not.

But er, I know SVG is text based, but what tools are there to create them with in an intuitive fashion?
Stumpy
Reply #3 Friday, November 7, 2003 8:17 AM
Whow would want a 500x500 cursor, when the HotPoint is only one pixel, seems silly to me



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I.R. Brainiac
Reply #4 Friday, November 7, 2003 10:48 AM
scalabilty is what he's looking for.
XX
Reply #5 Friday, November 7, 2003 12:21 PM
Bingo! I have been playing around with Sodipodi and it works pretty well. It's still a beta and sometimes crash, however.
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #6 Friday, November 7, 2003 4:30 PM
Having a great big huge cursor would be kinda funny really if you could get it onto one of your friends computers.
XX
Reply #7 Friday, November 7, 2003 9:23 PM
Lol. Yeah.

Anyway Is pure vector cursors possible? What does you guys think?
MadIce
Reply #8 Saturday, November 8, 2003 6:20 AM
Alberto is not often visiting the message boards. Try posting your request in the CursorXP newsgroup.
XX
Reply #9 Saturday, November 8, 2003 3:03 PM
Where is it? That or I give people permit to post my idea there, as long as it's credited to me.

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