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minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoYes, and the low-resolution pointer when you do this excessively is just unacceptable. I’m glad they’re finally addressing this pressing concern.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoThe just added a high res image or whatever rather than scaling it up. Someone probably fixed it in their spare time.
minus-squareShayeta@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoWhat? Why isn’t it just a vector graphic?
minus-squareprogrammerlexi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoBecause it uses the XCursor format, which is a quite old standard. Getting apps to switch to a newer standard that has vector graphics is already hard enough. Getting them to do so without burning your GPU is basically impossible.
Yes, and the low-resolution pointer when you do this excessively is just unacceptable. I’m glad they’re finally addressing this pressing concern.
The just added a high res image or whatever rather than scaling it up. Someone probably fixed it in their spare time.
What? Why isn’t it just a vector graphic?
Because it uses the XCursor format, which is a quite old standard. Getting apps to switch to a newer standard that has vector graphics is already hard enough. Getting them to do so without burning your GPU is basically impossible.