Re: [Usability] Locating the mouse pointer when it is on the bottom of the screen?

[David Christian Berg <david sipsolutions net>]

> You forgot to tell us why.

I'm sorry... it was late at night.
Flipping the cursor is very distracting. Take MS Word for example, where
the cursor flips on the left hand side of the document. I always wonder:
"What's going on?" The cursor changes without giving me any information
in the change. Also I believe that an upside-down cursor will look
really ugly.
Since I don't see the benefit (Seriously the fastest way to get to an
item is a straight line and not going to the bottom first and then
moving horizontally. This straight line can be infinitely long since
there is a screen-edge in between) to me it's a bad trade off to have
strange cursor behaviour and looks traded in for nothing.
_If_ this should be introduced, the cursor *must* flip on the right hand
side of the screen as well, since this would be the consistent, expected
behaviour. Then of course you can no longer hide it, which isn't that
much of a problem though.
Hope my point is a little clearer now. I admit it's a very personal
point of view, but I believe there are more reasons supporting this.

Take care!


David