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20-year-old HCI bubble cursor concept becomes Chrome extension
A developer resurrected the 2005 Bubble Cursor HCI paper as a Chrome extension called MagPoint. It dynamically selects the nearest clickable target using Voronoi-like logic, avoiding sticky gravity cursors. The core algorithm runs in about 30 lines of code, with a 120px max radius and text-input safeguards.
Meridian48 take
A neat implementation of proven research, but its impact depends on user adoption and whether it truly outperforms existing cursor helpers in daily browsing.
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