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I made a website that moves your mouse cursor

2021-04-01webeverything-is-brokeni-made-thing

A long-running question on StackOverflow asks: can a website move your mouse cursor? The answer which is marked as ”accepted” unequivocally states ”it isn’t possible”. The most up-voted answer (with 195 upvotes) is even more dramatic:

You cannot move the mousepointer with javascript. Just think about the implications for a second.

Well, I like a good challenge. And guess what? It’s done. Click here to try it for yourself.

Edit: I originally released this as a fun little April’s Fools project. After the mouse moving demo turned out to be popular, I decided to create a mini-game around the mechanic: Ouija Online, a web horror experience.

Last updated 13.05.2024 15:27.