On Monday, January 19, 2004, at 02:50 PM, Taco Fleur wrote:
Ok, I know what it says, but to me it represents a hand holding a mouse and the index finger in the click position.
NO! That may be what the icon looks like for YOU in YOUR ENVIRONMENT but it may look completely different on another OS, or even on a system which has a theme installed.
You'll note that the W3 doesn't say:
pointer
The cursor is a pointer that indicates a link, and
should look like a finger holding a mouse.What happens in 5 years time when the concept of a mouse is forgotten in favour of speech, touch screens with pens, or some technology that hasn't even been invented yet???
I reckon this icon is chosen so that it creates clarity for a user in regards to the object being a clickable object.
I button in that matter to me is also a clickable object.
It's also part of the standard OS interface (in general), so each instance of a button should behave like the others.... again, only my opinion.
We don't have to agree :)
Justin
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