<story><title>The iPad&apos;s new cursor and keyboard</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/06/how-apple-reinvented-the-cursor-for-ipad/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>banana_giraffe</author><text>Having used the iPad with a mouse and now a trackpad for a while, I&amp;#x27;ve got to say I don&amp;#x27;t like the mouse cursor turning into the button.  It feels like the cursor gets &amp;quot;trapped&amp;quot; in the button, and often I can lose track of which button has focus since the hint can be rather subtle on some buttons.&lt;p&gt;Mostly, I just want a normal mouse cursor.&lt;p&gt;Of course, Apple isn&amp;#x27;t designing for a user like me, though, I&amp;#x27;m really not sure what user they&amp;#x27;ve designed this mouse cursor for.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>valine</author><text>You can turn off that behavior in accessibility settings, then it behaves like a normal mouse.</text></comment>
<story><title>The iPad&apos;s new cursor and keyboard</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/06/how-apple-reinvented-the-cursor-for-ipad/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>banana_giraffe</author><text>Having used the iPad with a mouse and now a trackpad for a while, I&amp;#x27;ve got to say I don&amp;#x27;t like the mouse cursor turning into the button.  It feels like the cursor gets &amp;quot;trapped&amp;quot; in the button, and often I can lose track of which button has focus since the hint can be rather subtle on some buttons.&lt;p&gt;Mostly, I just want a normal mouse cursor.&lt;p&gt;Of course, Apple isn&amp;#x27;t designing for a user like me, though, I&amp;#x27;m really not sure what user they&amp;#x27;ve designed this mouse cursor for.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ramensea</author><text>It seems like an anti-pattern to me.&lt;p&gt;Also saying Apple reinvented the cursor is a bit much. Highlighting elements, snapping, and changing the cursor weren&amp;#x27;t just invented. The author really bought into Apple&amp;#x27;s marketing here.</text></comment>