CursorFX officially released!

The successor to CursorXP

Published on February 5, 2008 By Frogboy In WinCustomize News

Stardock is pleased to announce the official release of CursorFX. CursorFX is a free program that allows users to customize their mouse cursors in ways far beyond what Windows is capable of doing on its own.

The default Windows mouse cursor technology is the same today as it was in 1993 when Windows NT 3.1 was released. It lacks functionality and visual effects that are easily possible with any remotely modern PC.

CursorFX updates the Windows mouse cursor engine to support fluid animations, alpha blending, effects, real-time shadowing, user-action mouse states, mouse cursor resizing on the fly, color changing, trails, and much more.

CursorFX is a replacement to CursorXP which only ran on Windows XP. CursorFX runs on Windows XP and Windows Vista and includes dozens of new features and tweaks over CursorXP.

A gallery for CursorFX cursor themes is available on WinCustomize.com to download hundreds of free mouse cursors, trails, effects, and more.

CursorFX is a free program. A plus version is available for $19.95 that adds more features. To learn more and to download, visit www.cursorfx.com.

Screenshots:

Download: www.cursorfx.com

Comments (Page 4)

TOMPCpl

on Feb 06, 2008

I don't like it. It's slower than CursorXP, an the interface is different, i liked CursorXP better. CursorXP have a feature that CursorFX doesn't have, you can reset preview animation in CursorXP. I will be using CursorXP.

Bernie D

on Feb 06, 2008

I can find the cursors on my hard drive under program files and look at all of the cursor

XP cursors but the cursors will not work with the new cursor FX. I even downloaded a new

cursor from Stardock and the new downloaded cursor doesn't work. The only cursors that

work are the ones that came with the install.

Bernie D

prickly pear

on Feb 06, 2008

Hi,

I am trying out Cursor FX.....not sure about it yet. How do I return to using my Cursor XP? Do I just uninstall Cursor FX and would everything revert back to Cursor XP? Thank you.

jrolson

on Feb 06, 2008

Thanks stardock, just bought

Daiwa

on Feb 06, 2008

I take it back - CFX Config loads, I can select any of the cursor sets & make any attribute changes I want which are reflected in the Preview pane but clicking Apply has no effect - the cursor set doesn't change. I had a CXP set loaded at the time I installed CFX (and it's still loaded) - would that make a difference? Do I need to revert to Windows Default through Mouse Properties, then reinstall CFX? No release notes on it in SDC & no prompts or instructions anywhere to do anything other than install it.

snake108

on Feb 06, 2008

Sounds like this latest stardock offering has way to many problems. I will steer clear of it till it is sorted.

Bender50

on Feb 06, 2008

Ive been using Cursor XP Plus from the get go.
Is Cursor XP Plus going to be maintained or should i purchase Cursor FX Plus ??

Daiwa

on Feb 06, 2008

CursorXP will continue to work just fine on XP, but not Vista. CursorFX is intended to work on both Vista & XP.

Elsius Saint

on Feb 06, 2008

--- IT IS NOT FREE ---

"Stardock CursorFX Plus includes all of the features of the CursorFX Free Trial"

Based on the quote above, I believe it's only free to try the software with most of its features disable. After the trial, if you decide to buy it, more features will be available. A better way to say it is "A free trial is available."

What is free is ObjectDock! because it's not a trial version. If you are extremely into customizing your desktop as best as possible, then the plus version would be best to have.

I just find it misleading, but Cursor FX is a nice piece of software worth having. I stopped using Cursor XP because when I played games with it, somehow it never did well - the shadow looked bad in games mode.

"HONESTY is the key! better hurt me with honesty than hurt me with lies" ~ Anson

I just like to speak my mind without being negative.

Lantec

on Feb 06, 2008

--- IT IS NOT FREE ---

The "public" version has no time limit. It just doesn't have all the features.

The "free" version of Object Dock has no time limit....It just doesn't have all the features........I fail to see the difference.

Elsius Saint

on Feb 06, 2008

I was making a comparison between the two.

Yes, ObjectDock is free but CursorFX is not - It's a FREE TRIAL

I was about to download CursorFX when I read the first line stated:

"Stardock CursorFX Plus includes all of the features of the CursorFX Free Trial"

Not that it's not worth the money, but it's just not free like ObjectDock

ZubaZ

on Feb 06, 2008

Different pages say different things:

https://www.stardock.com/products/cursorfx/index.asp - "Free"
https://www.stardock.com/products/cursorfx/learn.asp - "Standard Features: Included features from CursorFX free version" (on the Feature tab of Plus)
https://www.stardock.com/products/cursorfx/information.asp - "Free"
https://www.stardock.com/products/cursorfx/downloads.asp - "Free Trial"

Looks like a page or two needs an update

jpkylegirl

on Feb 06, 2008

CursorFX is FREE, CursorFX Plus is $19.95. There is no time period for the free version. I am talking to the person responsible to see about modifying the text "free trial", as that can be misleading. Sorry for any confusion.

Jeff T

on Feb 06, 2008

Excellent. Upgraded from XP and love it.
Have had no problems at all.

RONNIE1958

on Feb 06, 2008

Anyone else having a problem with the Cursor FX control panel not responding when i try with this latest release it just freezes, i`ve used it before ok but i`m having a problem with this new version.

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