I think that relying on mouse cursors as notifications is a scary idea. With the advent of new input methods (and old ones becoming more popular) such as touch-screens, the role of the mouse cursor does not have a 100% rock-solid future. Why put the effort into something that may not be there five years down the road?
Also, I don't know about you, but I am rarely actually looking at my mouse cursor. I am looking at the screen behind it. If I am trying to actively click something, I use my peripheral vision to tell my hand where it needs to go, then when it comes into view over where I need it, *bam* I click. I don't want to have to focus on my actual cursor, which could be well away from where I am actually working. This is even more true when I am not actively using the mouse, for example while I am typing this e-mail, I have no clue where the mouse pointer is, because I have no use for it. If I am watching a video, I may even intentionally push the mouse cursor off the edge of the screen so that it doesn't get in the way. In all of these situations, I won't see whatever an app is trying to tell me through the mouse cursor. -S On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Shane Fagan <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey all, > > Since we are looking to innovate for 10.10 how about something as > fundamental as the mouse cursor. Ok at the moment we have very simple > and old school but maybe we can do some indications with the mouse > cursor, im doing something, you can type here...etc. > > What im thinking is that if something is going on in the background that > may not need a notification but a user may want to go to like an app > opening or just that the app needs attention. So my idea is that the > mouse cursor displays the icon of the app (for a few seconds) that needs > attention if its not focused. I know that the window list at the bottom > of the screen indicates that the app needs attention but the user always > has an eye on the mouse so it makes sense to put some indications there > too. > > What do you all think? I know its a little bit out there but its just a > little idea. > > -fagan > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Scott Armitage, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. candidate Space Flight Laboratory University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies 4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5T6
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