[sugar] Smaller XO Sugar arrow cursor?

[Alan Kay]

Not a bad idea at all ... would be worth trying out. Might be too 
dynamically distracting, or it could be a real aid.

Cheers,

Alan

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At 12:47 AM 6/27/2007, Ken Ritchie wrote:
>Could size be dynamic?
>
>For example, blooming to an enlarged "attention-getting" size while 
>slewing or moving rapidly, shrinking to a "precision" size (pointer, 
>I-beam, fist, or whatever is appropriate to hovering 
>context)...provided that kind of behavior isn't blocked by some 
>patently obvious patent ;-)
>
>cheers,
>--ken ritchie (atlanta)
>
>
>On 6/26/07, Alan Kay 
><<mailto:alan.kay at squeakland.org>alan.kay at squeakland.org> wrote:
>Hi Folks --
>
>Now that we've had more experience with running things on the XO, I
>feel that the default "big arrow" cursor is too big. It really gets
>in the way of many kinds of "pointing and hitting" operations: text,
>small buttons, etc.
>
>What do you think? Could we make this cursor smaller? Could we make
>its shape a little more pleasing?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Alan
>
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