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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Example</title>
  <style>
    body {
      height: 3000px;
    }
    .dot {
      width: 2px;
      height: 2px;
      background-color: black;
      position: absolute;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
<script>
(function() {
    "use strict";
    var mousePos;
​
    document.onmousemove = handleMouseMove;
    setInterval(getMousePosition, 100); // setInterval repeats every X ms
​
    function handleMouseMove(event) {
        var eventDoc, doc, body, pageX, pageY;
​
        event = event || window.event; // IE-ism
​
        // If pageX/Y aren't available and clientX/Y are,
        // calculate pageX/Y - logic taken from jQuery.
        // (This is to support old IE)
        if (event.pageX == null && event.clientX != null) {
            eventDoc = (event.target && event.target.ownerDocument) || document;
            doc = eventDoc.documentElement;
            body = eventDoc.body;
​
            event.pageX = event.clientX +
              (doc && doc.scrollLeft || body && body.scrollLeft || 0) -
              (doc && doc.clientLeft || body && body.clientLeft || 0);
            event.pageY = event.clientY +
              (doc && doc.scrollTop  || body && body.scrollTop  || 0) -
              (doc && doc.clientTop  || body && body.clientTop  || 0 );
        }
​
        mousePos = {
            x: event.pageX,
            y: event.pageY
        };
    }
    function getMousePosition() {
        var pos = mousePos;
        
        if (!pos) {
            // We haven't seen any movement yet, so don't add a duplicate dot 
        }
        else {
            // Use pos.x and pos.y
            // Add a dot to follow the cursor
            var dot;
            dot = document.createElement('div');
            dot.className = "dot";
            dot.style.left = pos.x + "px";
            dot.style.top = pos.y + "px";
            document.body.appendChild(dot);
        }
    }
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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