Free Cursors: Another Way to Dress Your Desktop

Stylish Pointers for the Office

If you want to make a personal statement at the office, but you work in a no-nonsense environment, try one of these cursor sets. Slick and unobtrusive, they give your desktop a little pizzazz. And they're practical too, with easy-to-find pointers and text cursors that might make you a bit more productive.

3D Flat

This understated set of animated cursors comes in soothing blue, gold, purple, and rose tones. The basic pointer is a brass triangle, slowly rotating along its axis, and the text cursor is an easy-to-spot I-beam. The designer's sense of humor shows up in the retro "busy" cursor, a light-purple floppy disk.

XP Cursors

Here's a well-designed cursor set. Most of the elements, in kelly green and gray, are animated yet unobtrusive. For example, the text cursor is a small I-beam that changes from blue to green; and the pointer is a nonanimated but easy-to-find stylized green arrow. An executable file installs the cursor set and makes the scheme available for selection in Mouse Properties, Pointers.

XZ-B-One Cursors 1

Don't let the odd name throw you off: This is one terrific cursor set. All of the slate-blue cursors are animated, but the action is limited to a faint shimmer. The pointers are based on a basic blue arrow; when the computer is working, for example, the arrow vibrates. The text cursor--a big translucent I-beam--is easy to find and yet doesn't block your work. The whole set comes in an executable file that makes the scheme available in Mouse Properties, Pointers.