Reply 600 of 743, by Daniël Oosterhuis
Sat down and went through some Google searches, and I finally figured out how to disable it with Stylish. As I expected, there's a single(!) line of code that makes the website hard to access to those with visual impairments using browsers that do not disable custom cursor by themselves.
You're going to have to install an addon called Stylish. It does allow you to upload stylesheets for specific sites to its library, so other can easily install them, which is what I intended, but their website is currently very slow and unstable, and my submission is seemingly not going through. I spent about half an hour just messing with that already, so I apologize, but this will likely be a manual operation. You can also use Stylus, or any other custom CSS addon. I think Firefox also allows for a custom CSS script that will override any site, where you could try and put the code into to disable gimmick cursors across the web, so accessibility will always be priority. You can of course also make scripts for other sites who do the same.
When you have installed Stylish to your browser, click the extension icon once you're on Vogons. If in the library "Disable VOGONS Cursor" does not appear as an installable option, click the three dots, and hit "Create New Style". On the page that will now appear, give the style any name, then in the code field, copy and paste this:
* {cursor:auto !important}
a, a * {cursor:pointer !important}
Now, you can specify it specifically for URLs (in this case I'd recommend to add two entries, "URLs starting with" "https://vogons.org", and "URLs starting with" "https://www.vogons.org"), or you can just leave it on Everything, and have it apply this across the web. It should work everywhere.
I hope this can help out those who rely on custom cursors for accessibility. I do admit that in my previous replies, I got too heated about this, but this is genuinely something that I am passionate and driven about. Having autism and ADHD myself, I know all too well how it can be when things can be set up in a way that seems novel and fun to NT people, but can be incredibly limiting to us non-NTs. And this is something far worse to those with visual impairments, relying on accessibility features. I also hope this quells any baseless conspiracy theories on my intentions.