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

[John Keller <jkeller matchbox fr>]

Christopher Orr wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Not entirely related to this discussion, but this demo from the
> University of Maryland's HCI Lab may be of some interest:
> http://www.cs.umd.edu/~bederson/livecursor/

Ugh. I'm sorry, but I found it that much *harder* to target small 
objects (the resize handles on the boxes).

It was very distracting to have what would normally appear to be a 
straight movement appear as an arc motion. That is: having moved 
downward, the mouse was upside-down. Trying to move straight left or 
right came off as an exaggerated arc motion because the top of the arrow 
(now the tail) arced as the arrow rotated to stay true to my line of motion.

It's an interesting test, but I'm not convinced that it's ready for 
everyday use.

- John