hi there ;) On 2010-07-02, Lance <lbsol...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I would add that my first annoyance with this behavior is that I often use > the mouse pointer to "point out" something in a screenshot. Now I must stay > physically active to do so rather than just setting the screenshot delay > time properly, positioning the pointer, and waiting. > > It just seems like more work to me :^) > > What exactly are the benefits? > > --- On Thu, 7/1/10, David Callé <dav...@framli.eu> wrote: > > From: David Callé <dav...@framli.eu> > Subject: [Ayatana] Some thoughts about unclutter > To: "ayatana" <ayatana@lists.launchpad.net> > Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 5:26 PM > > As a non native english speaker, this mail won't be long. I will just > share some assertions that I believe being true for a vast majority of > users. > > 1) When I see my mouse cursor on my desktop, it means my computer is > ready for action. > > 2) When the mouse cursor is acting strange (like disappearing or slowly > moving), it means that there is something wrong with my computer. > > 3) My mouse cursor is my virtual hand. When I don't use my real hands, I > move them away and I wouldn't want them to "disappear" whenever I don't > use them. > > 4) Interacting with my computer include relying on several states of my > mouse cursor (busy, active, ready to grab or to interact). Make it > disappear and I have lost an indicator of an essential state of my > computer : its ability or not, to do things. > > 5) When I don't see my cursor before moving it, it's like not seeing my > taskbar and having to alt-tab. > > And the last two, maybe the most important ones : > > 6) When I see my mouse cursor, I instinctively know the amount of > movement my hand or finger will need to take it to another place of the > screen. > > 7) It's easier to define the future trajectory of an immobile object, > than having to catch a moving object with my eye first, then redefining > it's trajectory. > > That's why I think having unclutter by default is not such a good idea > (even if the omnipresence of the mouse cursor is a challenging usability > and design problem). We should try to think about redesigning it (the > hard way), before deciding to give it an invisible state when idle (the > easy way). > > Thanks for reading! > Davidc > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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