RFC: Disabling blinking cursor by default

Nicolas Mailhot nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
Thu Feb 5 18:48:58 UTC 2009


Le vendredi 06 février 2009 à 01:52 +0800, Basil Mohamed Gohar a écrit :
> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 17:10 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:07:37PM +0800, Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote:
> > 
> > > Something along these lines would be awesome.  It would work for
> > > whenever you're working, and would disappear when you're not actively
> > > using the computer.  Yes, that's simplistic, but it covers a lot of
> > > complaints.  The specific number, I don't know.
> > 
> > The reason I'm not keen on this idea is that it means the cursor blinks 
> > when you already know where it is and doesn't blink when you don't, 
> > which would appear to defeat the purpose.
> > 
> That's a good point.  I didn't think of that.  So, I change my vote
> (like it matters) to no more blinking, period.

Not really true, a blinking cursor in a just-created input field clearly
conveys to the user the app is waiting for input *now*

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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