[indiana-discuss] Cursor theme for Indiana

[Glynn Foster]

Stephen Hahn wrote:
> * Patrick Finch <Patrick.Finch at Sun.COM> [2008-01-17 21:26]:
>> Not wanting to apply brakes to anything, but wouldn't this be part of a 
>> process to overhaul the whole desktop look and feel in line with new 
>> branding?
>>
>> I like it too, but shouldn't it be chosen in concert with other elements 
>> of the desktop?  Or is it that easy to change that we might change again 
>> later in the year?
> 
>   It sounds like it's easy to change.  My preference is to try it out,
>   and see where we go next.  (I much prefer the wide text insertion mark
>   ("I-beam") from Glynn's candidate cursor theme to the default X11
>   equivalent.)

I agree with Patrick that we do need to get the whole desktop look and feel
overhauled, but since that isn't going to happen for developer preview 2, then
it makes sense to test out animated cursors and see how people like them.
Certainly not going to harm the user experience this time around IMO.


Glynn