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*cursor ?*
*noun* (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light
(an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to
commands or screen positions
On 12/6/07, Bert Freudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What term is recommended to use instead of mouse
Not bad, although then we could simply use pointer, too. It would
avoid confusion with the text cursor.
Other ideas?
- Bert -
On Dec 6, 2007, at 18:21 , paz wrote:
cursor ?
noun
(computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light
(an icon) on a visual display; moving it
Technically, the insertion pointer or text cursor is known as the
caret, though I'm not sure how familiar or useful of a term that is.
It works when everyone knows that caret means the insertion pointer and
cursor means the mouse pointer, but given that some new ground is being
broken here,
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 23:31 -0800, Sameer Verma wrote:
Not sure what the reason is for making rotated prong design, but will
something like this address the spacing issue?
Because we've found both in southern Brazil and Peru that almost all
power strips are optimized for 90 degrees rotation
Not bad, although then we could simply use pointer, too. It would
avoid confusion with the text cursor.
Other ideas?
I suppose you could call it an arrow (provided you ignore the other
cursor shapes and arrows in the Sugar environment).
-- Joe
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I keep forgetting to reply to the mailing list, but what about Arrow
cursor?
2007/12/6, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Not bad, although then we could simply use pointer, too. It would
avoid confusion with the text cursor.
Other ideas?
I suppose you could call it an arrow
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