Smooth Cursor v1.0.0

What it does

Smooth Cursor replaces the default GNOME pointer with a custom graphic object driven by physics.

Internals:

• Hides the system cursor using an invisible theme.
• Reads hardware pointer coordinates and uses Hooke's Law to calculate forces.
• Controls movement, rotation, and click-scale with independent springs to create a physical bounce and drag effect.

Next steps

• Pointer polling overhead: The extension uses a 16ms polling loop to detect clicks because Wayland blocks direct click events. We will optimize this or use event-driven workarounds to reduce CPU cycles.
• Actor lifecycle: We will harden the creation and destruction of click-spark actors to prevent memory leaks over long uptimes.
• Multi-monitor handling: We will refine how the Clutter actor transitions between displays with different scaling factors.