Bug 12711 – Prettier and more distinct cursors

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: CSS

[Lars Næsbye Christensen]

* The use of the old 'wait' cursor is discouraged : http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGCursors/chapter_15_section_2.html
We should instead use an arrowless version of our progress cursor (ie just the Aqua beachball).
* The crosshair cursor is quite smallish and dull compared to the rest of the standard cursors. MacOS X already has a crosshair (allegedly available through Carbon)
* The 'not allowed' and 'no-drop' are mapped to the same cursor image - but should be different, with the 'not-allowed' cursor being without the arrowhead.
* The NWSE and NESW resize cursors are too wide compared to their 'siblings' - my fault from a previous patch, sorry!

[Lars Næsbye Christensen]

Created attachment 13085 [details]
suggested cursor images update

[Maciej Stachowiak]

Looks neat, but not really appropriate during our stabilization cycle. Will let UI type people decide.

[Timothy Hatcher]

Comment on attachment 13085 [details]
suggested cursor images update

This is almost good to land.

The resize cursors are fine, along with the not allowed cursor and crosshsir.

The wait cursor should change, but it needs to animate. We should use the blue animated version with the arrow.

[Lars Næsbye Christensen]

Created attachment 13141 [details]
new patch without waitCursor changes

OK, here's a version without the changes to the waitCursor. We don't have a 'good' cursor animation routine at the present (I'll look into it). When it comes, the wait and progress cursors should definitely be animated, I agree.

[Adam Roben (:aroben)]

Comment on attachment 13141 [details]
new patch without waitCursor changes

r=me, although it would be great if you could upload a new version with svn:mime-type set to image/png on the new images before this gets landed.

[Lars Næsbye Christensen]

Created attachment 13149 [details]
patch with mime-types set correctly

:-) certainly!

[Adam Roben (:aroben)]

Comment on attachment 13149 [details]
patch with mime-types set correctly

r=me!

[Adele Peterson]

Committed revision 19682.