Ok, I know what it says, but to me it represents a hand holding a mouse and the index 
finger in the click position.
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.

But as I said, I could completely mis the point as I often do ;-)

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From: Mark Stanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 19 January 2004 1:35 PM
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Subject: RE: [WSG] Rave or Valid point



> What do reckon it does represent then? The pointer that is.

>From the spec (http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ui.html#cursor-props):

pointer
    The cursor is a pointer that indicates a link.


Cheers

Mark


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