[haiku] Re: the new link cursor, and mouse cursors in general.

  • From: Alex von Gluck <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:23:33 -0500

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:04 -0400, Justin Stressman
<jstressman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Second, and I think more the main point... was that there wasn't as much
of a visual change when you moused over a link as I was used to.

+1. While testing WebPositive, the previous lack of a cursor change drove
me crazy making me second-guess web page links.

> I think it's because the overall shape of the cursor doesn't change, and
> only a smaller part of it does, so it doesn't register as easily.

> Sometimes being different just for the sake of being different isn't
necessarily a good thing.

+1. Completely agree, all modern OS's today change the
size/direction/style of the cursor when over a hyper link. It is definitely
a handy feature, especially while reading and sub-consciously hovering
about looking for links.


-- Alex

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