Comet Cursor

Pros: Cute...for about three seconds
Cons: Slows things down, pointless

Surfing the web used to be fun. Ah yes, back in the day, before people figured out they could make a quick tenth of a cent by having some porn site pop up when you enter or leave their sites. While it may seem unbelievable to the less experienced web...

Pros: Trains and planes
Cons: Brittney and 98 Degrees

Yes, you have seen them. They are everywhere. Mark McGwire, Britney Spears, the Gingerbread Man, Jaws, The Rock, Pokemon, firefighters, Dragonball Z, slot machines, Santa Claus and even the ever so loveable Dilbert.

These faces and many more...

Pros: Cute, changing cursors
Cons: Impossible to uninstall, annoying, spyware

Comet cursor, at first glance seems like a relatively harmless piece of software. After all, you get a bunch of cute little cursors at various sites that support the comet cursor. Thus, you get "pleasantly" surprised to see that your old,...

Pros: None anymore..
Cons: Forces a program onto your PC without asking.

I really used to love this and even spent way way too much time trying to figure out how they did it so I could make my own custom cursors to use in my web pages.

There really are plenty of selections available but I still wanted something...

Pros: free, adds creativity to your desktop, fun if the Cursor Library has the picture you want
Cons: limited selection, the website doesn't tell you in advance what they have in their cursor library--you only find out after you've installed it, they made kevin spacey into a cartoon!!

Prologue...My One-Sided Love Affair with Kevin Spacey

I am in lust with Kevin Spacey. I think there is something so suave and sexy about him. The way he moves, the way he talks...Oh boy! I get a rush seeing his face. After I watched...

Pros: Free & Easy
Cons: Sometimes has a mind of it's own

Comet Cursor... ahh what a piece of software. This wonderful invention turns your boring arrow of a cursor into anything you desire. With just a swift click of the mouse your arrow is magically transformed into a fish, a political candidate, a festive...

Pros: cute pictures, not available for AOL, Netscape, or MSN Explorer
Cons: bad idea, annoying, you have to download them

Back in my early Epinions surfing days, I read an opinion stressing the importance of a creative profile. I decided to do everything I could to make my page memorable...fonts, links, graphics, and a comet cursor. It certainly made my profile memorable...

Pros: it's pointless, so it requires little maintenance
Cons: it's pointless

Some people still don't realize that content is what counts on a web site, not a snazzy looks. Those people use Comet Cursor.

Comet Cursor is a silly little plug in that some web sites use. It pops up and asks you if you want to install it...

Pros: None that I can see.
Cons: Installs itself on your computer without asking, spyware, nagware at its worst.

I am "reviewing" this "product" because I have been assaulted by it, unasked, multiple times in the past few years. You never know when it will happen. You go to some random website and BOOM you suddenly have this weird thing installed on your computer...

Pros: Unique arrows to choose from
Cons: none

How many of you are tired of your white arrow that you lead around with your mouse? This is a way to spice up your screen. It doesn’t cost a thing, but you do have to download it.

I got on the computer about a month ago. I noticed that...

Pros: Fun, tons of cursors, free, easy to use
Cons: Some stupid cursors, umm what exactly is the point?

I got my Comet Cursor unintentionally. As do most people. When you enter a web site that uses Comet Cursor, you immediately start to download the program. Comet Cursor is basically a free program that lets you change the cursor of your mouse to...

Pros: It is a cool place to get fee cursor for your computer
Cons: you can only look at the diffrent cusors on line

What kind of cursor can you find on this sight you might be asking well let me cover that.
well you have a choice from a cursor library in that library you well find these different topics to choose from
Animals, what you find under animals is...

Pros: Well, it was a neat idea...
Cons: ...that turned out to swamp my computer.

It was a great idea at first. I mean, custom cursors for my webpage! People would like to see characters on their mouse cursor! Of course, it may slow loading and they'd have to install a plug-in, but it was going to be worth it. I ended up forgetting...

Pros: "Cute" cursors??
Cons: Spyware invades your privacy!

As a computer consultant with almost 34 years' experience,
I deal with computer security a lot, and Comet Cursor is one of the most insidious software installations I've ever seen. It's something called "spyware" which allows Comet to track your...

Pros: Fun for your computer
Cons: nothing

Sure a cool screensaver or fun wallpaper can make your computer more fun to look at but when you are using your computer how often do you get to see them. With Comet Cursor you can make your cursor fun. No matter what you a into there is something for...