Please Stop Circling Your Mouse!

Have you ever seen a demo where the presenter circles their mouse around and around and around (and around and around) a screen element? One circle can be helpful; each additional circumnavigation is simply annoying!

And eventually, that constant gyration actually tires audience members’ eyes, forcing them to look away!

¿Solución?

Move your mouse smoothly and deliberately to the screen element you wish to highlight. Circle it no more than una vez, then stop your mouse so that the pointer points directly at the element. For most cursors that means your mouse should stop slightly below and to the right of the desired element.

Practice this: It may take a while to make it an unconscious, consistent habit!

For an amusing true story about overenthusiastic mousing, see “That’s a Zippy Mouse!” in Suspender la incredulidad: Una colección de historias de ventas, preventas y marketing (y lecciones aprendidas) aquí: https://tinyurl.com/yc7rsrmy