I had noticed this same thing, but thought nothing of it as often I'll hit command tab in order to select from the (rather lengthy list) of open programs with my mouse instead of lots of key strokes if I'm going for something on the far side of the linear list. Although perhaps you are right it's inconsistent if the same thign doesn't happen when you mouse over open programs in the dock.
The metaphors are invading all kinds of interactions, even in our daily lives. Not long ago I often heard people talking about their "bandwidth" when refering to their workload. I think this is neither a welcome nor a bad thing, just part of the change that is part of the world that always has been. -- Aaron Houssian MS Human-Computer Interaction Design IU School of Informatics I check email 2x/day, reach me sooner by clicking to https://www.awayfind.com/aaronh **This will contact me immediately on my phone** My Contact info: Blog: http://designingforexperience.com O:+1.812.650.4050 F:+1.631.885.8958 Skype: ahoussian, GTalk:aaronh, AIM:azonarh What am I doing? http://www.twitter.com/houssian -- Intentional design is what is needed in every area of life, business, and technology On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Guillermo Torres <[email protected]>wrote: > 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? > > Guillermo > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40441 > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
