What is the difference between .cur and .sixel?
- Extension
- .cur
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- A CUR file is a cursor image or animation used for the Windows mouse pointer. It may be an arrow (for general use), a spinning hourglass (for waiting periods), or an I-bar (for text editing).
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.cur
- Wikipedia
- .cur on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia