Issue 4498 - Cursors are hard to see and unattractive
Summary: Cursors are hard to see and unattractive
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: ui
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.0
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2002-05-04 22:50 UTC by bps7j
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:36 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Calc with different formats (10.00 KB, application/vnd.sun.xml.calc)
2005-04-11 21:36 UTC, leooo 		no flags Details
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Description bps7j 2002-05-04 22:50:55 UTC 
I don't want to hurt any feelings, but I think the cursors are hard to see and
quite unattractive. I don't like sharply angled cursors, I like ones like the
default KDE cursors. To me, they should be easy to see and simple, because you
spend a lot of time following them with your eyes.

The default pointer icon and the hand are particularly hard to see and use.
Comment 1 stefan.baltzer 2002-10-01 16:50:04 UTC 
Reassigned to Christian.
Comment 2 christian.jansen 2003-03-24 07:49:50 UTC 
Reassiged to Bettina.
Comment 3 ralphie 2003-05-30 16:19:54 UTC 
I think it is very annoying that OOo touches my arrow pointer
cursor at all. There used to be a time in the early 90ies, when
many Unix/X programs did this (toggling Arrow left/right etc.).

It simply is unacceptable today. Changing the cursor shape draws
attention to itself -- in this case for no real reason. 

If it is not possible to use the default Cursors from the platform
in all cases, then Unix builds should at least use the default
X cursors from XFree86/X Consortium to minimize irritation.

/ralph
Comment 4 leooo 2005-04-11 21:36:47 UTC 
Created attachment 24938 [details]
Calc with different formats
Comment 5 leooo 2005-04-11 21:40:26 UTC 
With the attachment you could try easily:




Select whole Column C, right-click on format-cell, default is number, click on 
OK, nothing is changed!


Select C1:C3, same steps => format is changed!


Select C1:C25, same steps => nothing is changed!




I personally guess, it's not checked if the default-value has any change-effects 
and therefore ignores the OK, although the format of indiviual cells would be 
affected.
Comment 6 bps7j 2007-08-03 02:37:21 UTC 
I have no problems with this on the newest Ubuntu releases anymore.  I think the
look and feel are native now.  Perhaps this issue can be closed.
Comment 7 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 15:02:08 UTC 
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".