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  2. Cursor (user interface) - Wikipedia

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    Cursor is Latin for 'runner'. A cursor is a name given to the transparent slide engraved with a hairline used to mark a point on a slide rule. The term was then transferred to computers through analogy. Cursor on a slide rule. On 14 November 1963, while attending a conference on computer graphics in Reno, Nevada, Douglas Engelbart of ...

  3. Lynx (web browser) - Wikipedia

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    English. Type. Text-based web browser. License. GNU GPLv2. Website. lynx .invisible-island .net. Lynx is a customizable text-based web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals. [4] [5] As of 2024, it is the oldest web browser still being maintained, [6] having started in 1992.

  4. Throbber - Wikipedia

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    A typical throbber animation like that seen on many websites when a blocking action is being performed in the background. A throbber, also known as a loading icon, is an animated graphical control element used to show that a computer program is performing an action in the background (such as downloading content, conducting intensive calculations or communicating with an external device).

  5. Fluent Design System - Wikipedia

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    Fluent Design System (codenamed "Project Neon"), officially unveiled as Microsoft Fluent Design System, is a design language developed in 2017 by Microsoft.Fluent Design is a revamp of Microsoft Design Language (popularly known as "Metro") that includes guidelines for the designs and interactions used within software designed for all Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices and platforms.

  6. Microsoft Edge beta is now optimized for your M1 Mac - AOL

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    Microsoft has released an Edge beta optimized for M1 Macs, promising better performance if you want a Chrome-alike browser. Microsoft has released an Edge beta optimized for M1 Macs, promising ...

  7. History of the Opera web browser - Wikipedia

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    After the page has been open for a while, the eyes of the smiley will follow the cursor around and when the user clicks on the eyes, a JavaScript alert will read "Because just passing is not enough ;)". The changes to the Acid2 code were applied using Opera's browser.js feature, and remain available in a separate User JavaScript file.

  8. Computer mouse - Wikipedia

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    For simple software, when the mouse starts to move, the software will count the number of "counts" or "mickeys" received from the mouse and will move the cursor across the screen by that number of pixels (or multiplied by a rate factor, typically less than 1). The cursor will move slowly on the screen, with good precision.

  9. Pages (word processor) - Wikipedia

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    The "Full Screen" mode (introduced in Mac OS X Lion) and supported in Pages 4.1 hid the menubar and toolbars, allowing users to focus on a single document without being distracted by other windows on the screen; however, after Pages 5, full-screen mode requires the user to manually hide various panes for focused writing and the page thumbnails ...