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CURSOR_INTERACTIONS.md
Verdict: near-zero custom cursor work — by design
Custom cursors (dot followers, magnetic buttons, cursor-morphing) were evaluated and rejected for this site. Reasons, documented so the decision survives future redesign itch:
- Audience mismatch. P1 recruiters on trackpads/mobile never see it; P2 engineering managers disproportionately dislike cursor gimmicks (input latency, hijacked expectations).
- Brand mismatch. "Kontrollrom" promises precision and restraint; a floating blob promises an agency reel.
- Cost. Pointer-following JS is the classic source of main-thread jank — the exact failure mode this site must never exhibit.
What ships instead (native cursor semantics, used correctly)
| Context | Cursor | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Links, buttons, cards, TOC | pointer |
Whole project card = pointer (it's one link) |
| Fact chips (non-interactive) | default |
Honest affordance — no fake clickability |
| Text/prose | text |
Never suppressed |
| Screenshot in lightbox (zoomable) | zoom-in / zoom-out |
The one "delight" allowed |
| Click-to-copy e-mail | copy |
Native, semantically perfect, zero JS cost |
| Diagram nodes with hover-highlight | default + visual highlight |
Hover is enhancement, not interaction — pointer would over-promise |
| Disabled controls | not-allowed |
The single permitted flourish
On the hero, the status dot at the end of the trace shows a crosshair-style precision hover halo (pure CSS, 160ms) revealing a mono tooltip: status: open to work / status: åpen for muligheter. Desktop-only easter egg; invisible to touch, absent under reduced motion, no positional JS. If it ever measures as jank — cut it without debate.