Big cursors tested and worked in Dapper, I guess I didn't get this on a wiki. They have been replaced as the old cursors in X were not dynamic and required a restart of X to appear. Big-cursor package creates the new cursor but must be specified in the font files, etc.
I have the link you have bookmarked from past research. I found those to be good for low vision use. I also feel the xcursor-themes to be pretty good. As a low vision user I can pop into the largest red and at least have better luck than the small black/white ones by default. Maybe I just can't see the transparency? On a clean install of ubuntu, I have a number of accessibility packages I install. The mouse cursors you described below (xcursors and the ones in the link) as well as luke's gnome-mag package. Definitely add whatever we can! If you build it, they will come. Jason Grieves -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henrik Nilsen Omma Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:44 AM To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com; ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Large high-contrast mouse cursors With the high-visibility boot option on the Live CD we should include a large cursor theme (as well as the high contrast theme). So I've tried the 'big-cursor' package, which doesn't seem to do anything (no new cursors appear in Mouse Preferences -> Pointers (it installs a cursor font -- is this an outdated method that doesn't change the cursors in gnome?) 'xcursor-themes' results in very many choices (too many really) of red and white cursors. Trouble is that these are quite transparent, which while it is a cool effect, is probably not ideal for those who need high contrast. Looks like these might be more suitable: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=20568 Can we package these for dapper? - Henrik -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
