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The new cursor in 10.7.3

Do you like the new cursor?

  • I like it!

    Votes: 20 32.3%

  • I hate it!

    Votes: 5 8.1%

  • It's tolerable.

    Votes: 6 9.7%

  • I don't care.

    Votes: 31 50.0%
  • Total voters
    62
Prodo123

Prodo123

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Put your mouse over the MacRumors logo, and look at your icon.
If you're on OS X 10.7.3, your hand should have a slanted index finger as opposed to the previous straight finger.

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What are your opinions on this new "slanted finger" cursor?

(personally that slanted finger makes me think that the finger is broken)
 
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iMac-do you?

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Dec 6, 2010
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The slanted finger is following human anatomy I think. Extend your index finger on your right hand, and curl up your other fingers, as per the cursor. Your index finger does slant to the left a little (or mine does at least!). :)
 
Prodo123

Prodo123

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iMac-do you? said:
The slanted finger is following human anatomy I think. Extend your index finger on your right hand, and curl up your other fingers, as per the cursor. Your index finger does slant to the left a little (or mine does at least!). :)
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Then I must be an anomaly...
 

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Krazy Bill

Krazy Bill

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Jolly Jimmy said:
As if there weren't more important things that need doing in Lion...
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Exactly. Of all the crap to mull over about Lion... :D

Honestly, I hadn't noticed until this cursor thing got front page exposure somewhere. Amazingly, I haven't slept any better or worse since its discovery.
 
tkermit

tkermit

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Prodo123 said:
Then I must be an anomaly...
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Nice hand - Apple might have a job for you. ;)

Which one of these hand positions looks more natural though, i.e. for which one do you think the user would have felt most comfortable?

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Not that any of this really matters... :p
 
Prodo123

Prodo123

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tkermit said:
Nice hand - Apple might have a job for you. ;)

Which one of these hand positions looks more natural though, i.e. for which one do you think the user would have felt most comfortable?

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Not that any of this really matters... :p
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The one to the right.
It would be quite painful to touch the iPad's screen with the side of your finger all the time...
 
thejadedmonkey

thejadedmonkey

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I think the bigger issue is how this shows how rushed Lion was. You don't go about changing little things like this in point releases of an OS, these are things that should be decided upon when you decide on the feature set.

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srf4real said:
My main concern has always been, how do left handed people cope with the hand cursor at all?
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Try using stacks on the dock, with your left hand. It goes the opposite direction of the natural arc that your hand makes. I filed a bug report on it in Leopard, and closed it as "by design". :mad:
 
David085

David085

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Nov 9, 2009
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I haven't noticed until I see this post about it to me is this a cursor doesn't really matter to me it doesn't look too different from the previous one
 
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1woman

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Sep 16, 2011
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Mouse Cursor 10.7.3

Help! What about left-handed folks like me? How to turn the cursor to the right would be helpful information.
 
fisherking

fisherking

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am left-handed, but...stopped thinking about that a long time ago.

who cares about the slight changes in the cursor? am busy looking at what the cursor is POINTED AT...
 
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