no, dunno what computer you work on but on a 5 years old laptop starting applications does the spinning cursor for a few seconds, the probability that an user has to aim on a spot just after starting something and can't wait for the application to start is very low, it's a corner case and not a bug, the other alternative would be to have no spinning cursor and indication that some is starting, it would be annoying over what supposed issue it would solve
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659794 Title: Ball shaped cursor while starting apps makes pointing hard Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: compiz I booted the live environment from an USB stick, using the ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso When I start a program from the menu or the panel (like Firefox) the mouse pointer changes shape to the spinning ball. While in that shape it is hard to click smaller items on the screen as there is no point of the cursor. For example resizing existing windows is next to impossible, as a narrow area most be hit, but the pointer is a big ball and the user does not see where the hotspot is , also the ball covers are that the user is trying to aim at. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: compiz 1:0.8.6-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,move,resize,place,decoration,dbus,mousepoll,gnomecompat,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,wall,snap,animation,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,fade,session] Date: Wed Oct 13 09:24:14 2010 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite L500 PackageArchitecture: all PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series] [1002:9553] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) ProcCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/hostname-10.10-desktop-i386.iso splash quiet -- ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9~git20100924-0ubuntu2 libdrm2 2.4.21-1ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.12.0-1ubuntu5 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.1-1ubuntu5 SourcePackage: compiz XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.bios.version: V2.10 dmi.board.name: KSWAA dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.board.version: 1.00 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: * dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV2.10:bd05/06/2010:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteL500:pvrPSLJ3E-01801FY4:rvnTOSHIBA:rnKSWAA:rvr1.00:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Satellite L500 dmi.product.version: PSLJ3E-01801FY4 dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.35-22-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/659794/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
