Cursor enhancement effects

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory accessible to the processor, the memory storing instructions that are executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• detecting, at a computing device, a sustained repetitive actuation of a pointing device operatively connected to the computing device, the sustained repetitive actuation being above a threshold magnitude for longer than a threshold period of time, the pointing device being associated with a cursor movable on first and second display screens of one or more output devices operatively connected to the computing device, the threshold magnitude based on distances between extremes of travel of the sustained repetitive actuation;
• responsive to detecting the sustained repetitive actuation, activating one or more cursor enhancement effects associated with the one or more output devices, the activating the one or more cursor enhancement effects comprising changing at a first rate of a visual property of a first display region of the first display screen and changing at a second, different rate of a visual property of a second display region of the first display screen, wherein the cursor is included in the first display region or the second display region;
• moving the cursor within the first display screen after activating the one or more cursor enhancement effects, wherein the movement of the cursor is restricted to prevent movement of the cursor from the first display screen to the second display screen of the one or more output devices while the one or more cursor enhancement effects is activated;
• and
• deactivating the one or more cursor enhancement effects, wherein movement of the cursor from the first display screen to the second display screen is unrestricted responsive to the one or more cursor enhancement effects being deactivated.

A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• detecting, at a computing device, a sustained repetitive actuation of a pointing device operatively connected to the computing device, the sustained repetitive actuation being above a threshold magnitude for longer than a threshold period of time, the pointing device being associated with a cursor movable on first and second display screens of one or more output devices operatively connected to the computing device, the threshold magnitude based on distances between extremes of travel of the sustained repetitive actuation;
• responsive to detecting the sustained repetitive actuation, activating one or more cursor enhancement effects associated with the one or more output devices, the activating the one or more cursor enhancement effects comprising changing at a first rate a visual property of a first display region of the first display screen and changing at a second, different rate a visual property of a second display region of the first display screen, wherein the cursor is included in the first display region or the second display region;
• after activating the one or more cursor enhancement effects, moving the cursor within the first display screen, wherein the movement of the cursor is restricted, by the computing device, to prevent movement of the cursor from the first display screen to the second display screen of the one or more output devices while the one or more cursor enhancement effects is activated;
• and
• responsive to detecting cessation of the sustained repetitive actuation, deactivating the one or more cursor enhancement effects, wherein movement of the cursor from the first display screen to the second display screen is unrestricted responsive to the one or more cursor enhancement effects being deactivated.