On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203(a)freenet.de> wrote:
Brian Wheeler wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 01:27 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>>
>> seth vidal wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:53 -0500, Dimi Paun wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:09 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I fail to see how a solid cursor is that much harder to find than
>>>>> a blinking one. Unless you're only entering solid boxes as text?
>>>>
>>>> There's a reason it's been like this in like ... forever.
>>>> Doesn't it strike you as strange to change one of the
>>>> longest established conventions on a whim?!?
>>>
>>> Tradition is not an argument in fedora.
>>
>> Sometimes traditions have good reasons - There are reasons why wheels are
>> shaped round and not rectangular.
>
> Just as a nitpick, wheels are round for a technical reason, not because
> of tradition.
A matter of perspective. Some will say cursors are blinking for technical
reasons.
Hey, the guy's name is "Wheeler". If anyone ought to know why they're
round, it's him. ;-)
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