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I can see them expanding the cursor behavior in iPadOS into macOS, where its magnetic and it's more like a touch surface.

If there was any trackpad to pull that off its the macbook trackpads.



Why would you ever want that in a desktop OS?


It depends on the execution.

It feels super nice on iPad and if you're running a Catalyst app or such on macOS that's designed for it, it could be cool to be able to toggle between the cursors.


> It feels super nice on iPad

Because it's an iPad.

> on macOS

That's a desktop OS with an entirely different ... well, everything. Including precision positioning of the cursor.

I can only see it as an accessibility option (in this case it might work well).


I would agree on the macOS point right now, but big surs design style leans heavily towards a style that would probably work quite well with it.

I would only want it as an option, I would in no way want it to be the only option. I just think the different cursor types could benefit different types of applications.




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