If you are on a mac and press command-Tab to switch apps, you will see your cursor will change from the arrow to a pointing hand. We know this cursor is good for pointing out links or buttons, particularly for the web. At first I blamed the inconsistency on an oversight, which is common on web apps (Gmail only changes the cursor for underlined text, Reader doesn't). But this cursor is rarely used at the OS level; someone had to make the decision to make the switch. Do you know why? I can't. Now that the web is invading the desktop and applications are going online, is it time to ditch the hand, or keep it?
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