The most useless El Capitan feature

[teezy]

Doesn't "appear" to work for me. I'm on a 13" mbp, I reckon if I was using an array of external monitors would it be more visible. Cool feature in that case. I haven't used my TV as a monitor in a little while anywya

 

[bunnspecial]

I use 2 27" screens. While I don't usually lose the normal cursor, it's quite easy to lose the text insertion cursor, as it's "wafer thin" and hard to see overall.

So, not a useless feature at all.

I was actually thinking about this yesterday. My Mac Pro at work at dual 23" Cinemas, and I do occasionally lose the cursor(especially if I'm distracted in the middle of doing something). I have no immediate plans to upgrade to upgrade that computer(I'm happy with 10.9, and it was enough trouble to get it hacked on there in the first place!) but can see the value in the feature.

 

[Te0SX]

Not useless at all! And quite cool I could say. Damn guys, is not "negative", little things like this to exist. Don't forget, if you don't like it, you need 3 seconds to disable it. About speed I need to move it around, I find it nice.

For everyone who run MagicPrefs, it kills this feature. Quit MagicPref and is back. Better go for BetterTouchTool that is also much better and uptodate.

 

[mivara]

The feature that allows two apps running full screen is useless too since the number of supported apps are so low. What a joke.

 

[lagwagon]

Because it was too sensitive. If your pointer speed was set at a certain multiplier it would activate the feature just by moving the cursor. When a feature interferes with normal operation then it doesn’t work well.


Works fine for me, although I have disabled it. You just need to shake your mouse quickly, just practice it for a few minutes.

I personally never had issues with it activating by accident in the early betas (my trackpad/mouse is usually around 3/4 up.) I can understand that some did have issues with it. Apple making it less sensitive was their first "answer" to the problem, and then based on feedback gave the option to totally disable it. But they never reverted their "first fix" after doing so. I don't really have issues with it activating when I want it, but it definitely is harder to do than it was early on, so I can also see why people have issues activating it (especially if their tracking speed is turned down.)