Lars Clausen wrote:
You're talking about the scroll tool (the one whose icon is a four-pointed star and whose pointer is a grabbing hand)? I don't know that "Hand" would be very intuitive -- "Hand" could be understood to be the Modify tool as well.
Hand icon was often used for panning, as early as during Mac Paint days. http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/mc/orient/percom/images/mp02.jpg Krzysztof