Modern extension to classic 2003 article by Joel Spolsky
  • Kevin LydaEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    The mouse pointer background is kinda a dick move. Good article. but the background is annoying for tired old eyes - which I assume are a target demographic for that article.

    • Kevin LydaEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      js console: document.querySelector('.pointers').hidden=true

      • Hazelnoot [she/her]@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thank you for this! You can also get rid of it with a custom ad-blocker rule. I added these to uBlock Origin, and it totally kills the pointer thing.

        wss://tonsky.me
http://tonsky.me/pointers/
https://tonsky.me/pointers/
    • heftig@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      You’re actually seeing mouse pointers of other people having the page open. It connects to a websocket endpoint including the page URL and your platform (OS) and sends your current mouse position every second.