Mouse pointer accuracy has left the building!

harrisonaard1

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Is it me? I now find - amongst the myriad other moans and caveats of the 'super 8' - that the mouse pointer is about half a letter out of accuracy. This is so annoying when editing a letter or modifying a cad, or even simple ppt drawing!
Does anyone know of a program which can allow the honing of EXACTLY where the point of the pointer is pointing to!? On my screen, a typical font thickness is 0.75 - 1.00 mm; this sort of accuracy is fairly acceptable. Not 4 mm.
 

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Here is a cursor I made that I like a lot. It has a very precise 'hot spot' and it animates through some colors so it is easy to find on any background. I use MicroAngelo for this type of stuff. It's great for icons, cursors, etc.

My-Cursor.png
 

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    ... and tons of audio software ...

    I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency
Here is a cursor I made that I like a lot. It has a very precise 'hot spot' and it animates through some colors so it is easy to find on any background. I use MicroAngelo for this type of stuff. It's great for icons, cursors, etc.

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Nice. But I don't need to change the pointer, just have the point of the pointer point to the pixel I point the pointer at. The standard one doesn't do this, but if the one above does, then I'm all ears. I'd point them out but my pointer would probably point to Yorkshire. (I don't live there...)
 

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That's precisely why I made mine. The little 4 pixel white square in the upper right is the so-called 'hot spot'. In the animation this flickers on and off while the rest of the pointer changes color to improve finding it on a busy background.
 

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    Event Studio Precision 6 powered audio monitors;
    Boston Acoustics CS Sub 10 Powered Subwoofer;
    NI Kore controller;
    NI Maschine controller;
    M-Audio Axiom 61 keyboard controller; expression pedal; sustain pedal;

    ... and tons of audio software ...

    I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency
Well, in that case I may well have a go, and post my conclusions afterwards. Is this process clearly documented so that you don't have to exhaustively carry us lame chickens through the process? Better still, you could start another post with an idiots guide to making your pointer do its job properly...? What do you think?
 

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Well, I just use Microangelo to make these things, it has a good manual.
You just draw things like in Photoshop; set layers and intervals for each animation layer and choose a 'hot spot'.
Rather straightforward.
Most cursors are not animated, that's easier.
 

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    ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0
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    16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (4 banks 4GB DIMM DDR3 8-8-8-24 5-32-12-7 1T 1.5V)
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    NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
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    Firewire Focusrite Saffire Pro 14
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    LG W2353V
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2 of Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS (2TB ea.);
    1 of Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 (2TB);
    1 of Hitachi Deskstar HDS722020ALA330 (2TB);
    2 of Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000-1F2168 (4TB)
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    Corsair AX850 Gold
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    Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
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    ThermalTake Silent 1156
    Keyboard
    Logitech K520
    Mouse
    Logitech M310
    Internet Speed
    7Mbps
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    Kaspersky
    Other Info
    Event Studio Precision 6 powered audio monitors;
    Boston Acoustics CS Sub 10 Powered Subwoofer;
    NI Kore controller;
    NI Maschine controller;
    M-Audio Axiom 61 keyboard controller; expression pedal; sustain pedal;

    ... and tons of audio software ...

    I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency
Well, I tried it and made a few to play with. I couldn't get my pointer to point in the other direction as I know you can in previous versions of windows, but maybe I haven't found that bit in the maze just yet...!
It's a nice gimmick, but the point is that the 'active' point needs to be adjustable so that the final pixel or your 'hotspot' - I made one out of one pixel as that was plenty to be highlighted and be seen, and as accurate as one can be. - is bang-on the button; pixel-perfect. If I went to poke you on the nose and poked you in the eye instead, that would not be acceptable...so it is with a pointer-point which is up to eight pixels off the spot. How does one rectify this?
 

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I don't understand the problem you are seeing.

Do you mean to say that if you have a 'hot spot' defined, that the actual click point is about 8 pixels off?
 

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    CPU
    Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.3 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0
    Memory
    16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (4 banks 4GB DIMM DDR3 8-8-8-24 5-32-12-7 1T 1.5V)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
    Sound Card
    Firewire Focusrite Saffire Pro 14
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W2353V
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2 of Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS (2TB ea.);
    1 of Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 (2TB);
    1 of Hitachi Deskstar HDS722020ALA330 (2TB);
    2 of Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000-1F2168 (4TB)
    PSU
    Corsair AX850 Gold
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
    Cooling
    ThermalTake Silent 1156
    Keyboard
    Logitech K520
    Mouse
    Logitech M310
    Internet Speed
    7Mbps
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky
    Other Info
    Event Studio Precision 6 powered audio monitors;
    Boston Acoustics CS Sub 10 Powered Subwoofer;
    NI Kore controller;
    NI Maschine controller;
    M-Audio Axiom 61 keyboard controller; expression pedal; sustain pedal;

    ... and tons of audio software ...

    I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency
Yes, at least. There is no 'inch' (or whatever it is called in micro-language) so as to set the point accurately. It is only really annoying when placing the 'I' cursor over text or using a pencil-type tool (accurate), where the 'I' is halfway over the next letter and the pencil-pointer just needs to be hovered until the right place is found. Have you ever encountered this?
 

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No, the hot-spot always worked perfectly for me.
 

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    CPU
    Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.3 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0
    Memory
    16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (4 banks 4GB DIMM DDR3 8-8-8-24 5-32-12-7 1T 1.5V)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
    Sound Card
    Firewire Focusrite Saffire Pro 14
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W2353V
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2 of Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS (2TB ea.);
    1 of Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 (2TB);
    1 of Hitachi Deskstar HDS722020ALA330 (2TB);
    2 of Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000-1F2168 (4TB)
    PSU
    Corsair AX850 Gold
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
    Cooling
    ThermalTake Silent 1156
    Keyboard
    Logitech K520
    Mouse
    Logitech M310
    Internet Speed
    7Mbps
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky
    Other Info
    Event Studio Precision 6 powered audio monitors;
    Boston Acoustics CS Sub 10 Powered Subwoofer;
    NI Kore controller;
    NI Maschine controller;
    M-Audio Axiom 61 keyboard controller; expression pedal; sustain pedal;

    ... and tons of audio software ...

    I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency
Semi-solved...

Hello again,
Well, after finding where the 'base-reference-point' (where the 'X' marks the spot) is, I successfully made my arrow and later on, made a little bar icon to use whilst typing, which is only 12 pixels high (should be 13, but old-wives tales etc...) and I have found this to be 'spot'-on! Now this only draws one to the conclusion that the '8' system icons were designed by a spoon! (Especially if a person of my non-computer-geekness can make one that IS accurate.)
I'd like to do the overlays and stuff to make the icon flash, a bit like a barber's sign, but I haven't got that far yet, or read the instructions...
I don't see why MS can't actually make a simple program to work simply perfectly and have a decent repair program to run alongside update... and also listen to and read forums (forae?) like this. Sounds a bit like Linux...ho ho.
 

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After some time playing with this, my only caveat now is that the newly made 'default' scheme is never there when I start up again. I have to go back to the 'personalise' - 'change mouse-pointers' to click on the saved scheme and have it be the default again, but it is never there after another startup. Any ideas as to how 'default' can indeed be there every time?
 

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