Worst cursor ever?

[KFlint]

Seriously, if you don't want members...

http://www.choicebits.info/index.php


:mellow:

[anon]

http://www.choicebits.info/stuff/choicebits_cheatsheet/cheatsheet.html

Looks like BitHQ started a trend.

[Artemis]

The rest of the stylesheet is pretty amateurishly executed as well, it gets a deeply fugly from me.

[bijoy]

I would rather happily donate a good looking cursor to them. :P

[IdolEyes787]

Until I finally realized that was the cursor I spent a good 15 minutes trying to hit it with a flyswatter.

[mjmacky]

Until I finally realized that was the cursor I spent a good 15 minutes trying to hit it with a flyswatter.

So this was a canuck on canuck crime then? Were any moose injured?

[ca_aok]

I believe the technical term is "meese".

[IdolEyes787]

Meese's Pieces

82634

[zoeygirly]

Wow.
Flyswatter? I was looking for bugspray--that is just messed up...

[bijoy]

Meese's Pieces

82634

:gay:
wtf?

[Tv Controls you]

Damn, That was so ugly I had to make a greasemonkey script, just to put my mind at ease.

// ==UserScript==
// @name Tv's fix...
// @namespace http://www.choicebits.info/*
// @description It was too ugly to let be...
// @include http://www.choicebits.info/*
// ==/UserScript==

var n=document.links.length;
document.body.style.cursor = "auto";

for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
l = document.links[i];
l.addEventListener(
'mouseover',
function(event) {
var link = event.target;
link.style.cursor = "pointer";
if (link.href) document.location.href = link.href;
},
true);
}

[mjmacky]

Damn, That was so ugly I had to make a greasemonkey script, just to put my mind at ease.

// ==UserScript==
// @name Tv's fix...
// @namespace http://www.choicebits.info/*
// @description It was too ugly to let be...
// @include http://www.choicebits.info/*
// ==/UserScript==

var n=document.links.length;
document.body.style.cursor = "auto";

for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
l = document.links[i];
l.addEventListener(
'mouseover',
function(event) {
var link = event.target;
link.style.cursor = "pointer";
if (link.href) document.location.href = link.href;
},
true);
}

Now I'm pretty garbage at coding, scripting and the like, but that looks like a javascript solution to what I thought was a stylesheet problem. I had javascript blocked when I visited and still saw the monstrosity. I also didn't see anything pointing to a .cur .csr or .ani file in the page source, which also made me think it was part of a CSS or similar scheme. Please enlighten

[ca_aok]

Now I'm pretty garbage at coding, scripting and the like, but that looks like a javascript solution to what I thought was a stylesheet problem. I had javascript blocked when I visited and still saw the monstrosity. I also didn't see anything pointing to a .cur .csr or .ani file in the page source, which also made me think it was part of a CSS or similar scheme. Please enlighten
Greasemonkey is a browser extensibility plugin that allows you to use javascript to modify websites of your choice. The changes are often to the CSS, but pretty much anything is possible.

[anon]

I had javascript blocked when I visited and still saw the monstrosity.

Ironically I tried enabling JS to see what this was all about, and I still don't see anything...

[Tv Controls you]

Damn, That was so ugly I had to make a greasemonkey script, just to put my mind at ease.

// ==UserScript==
// @name Tv's fix...
// @namespace http://www.choicebits.info/*
// @description It was too ugly to let be...
// @include http://www.choicebits.info/*
// ==/UserScript==

var n=document.links.length;
document.body.style.cursor = "auto";

for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
l = document.links[i];
l.addEventListener(
'mouseover',
function(event) {
var link = event.target;
link.style.cursor = "pointer";
if (link.href) document.location.href = link.href;
},
true);
}

Now I'm pretty garbage at coding, scripting and the like, but that looks like a javascript solution to what I thought was a stylesheet problem. I had javascript blocked when I visited and still saw the monstrosity. I also didn't see anything pointing to a .cur .csr or .ani file in the page source, which also made me think it was part of a CSS or similar scheme. Please enlighten

Correct, the cursor information for the website is in the CSS file.
http://www.choicebits.info/themes/NB-21/theme.css
The first few lines actually pertain to the cursor.

It actually isn't uncommon to change CSS properties via JavaScript. In fact most CSS properties can be altered via JavaScript

[mjmacky]

And it all connects and clicks in, thanks for clarifying.



I had javascript blocked when I visited and still saw the monstrosity.

Ironically I tried enabling JS to see what this was all about, and I still don't see anything...

You have to use a real browser

[anon]

You have to use a real browser

It's not a bug, it's a feature. Obviously.

[KFlint]

Instead of wasting your time replacing the cursor, as it will remain an ugly site with bad content, may I suggest a simple :


history.go(-1)

... and never go back.

[kingeater]

I don't know if you want to do that. We need somewhere to show how not to make a torrent site better. Besides, you can enjoy the site on its own merits, like watching a really terrible movie :P