Comments on: Cursors As State Indicators

By: Jakub Linowski

Jakub Linowski — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:22:59 +0000

Thanks Theresa for sharing. The cursor icons look great!

By: Theresa Neil

Theresa Neil — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:31:59 +0000

Cool- I figured I wasn't the only one doing this :o)

I finally broke down and made a cursor stencil for Omni Graffle after 3 years of having to go hunt down a pointer or busy cursor to paste in.

It is at Graffletopia if you need it:
http://graffletopia.com/stencils/450

By: Jakub Linowski

Jakub Linowski — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:03:47 +0000

Happy it helped! :) Cheers

By: Kaelig

Kaelig — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:31:57 +0000

I used it recently in a google-like interface. The wireframes were really telling a usability story. Very effective.

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Cursors Actions › Wireframes Magazine — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:40:45 +0000

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By: Tyeshasnow

Tyeshasnow — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:59:30 +0000

I'm going to use this today. Thanks Jakub.

Sherrod- I like what you're describing. Let's see a sample.

By: Sherrod

Sherrod — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:13:02 +0000

I show clicks in my wireframes by drawing three concentric circles around the tip of the cursor. Taking a cue from comics, I also represent a gesture or movement with the canonical three lines indicating the direction. Little things like these allow for cursors to represent more states that just "here" or mouse over.