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| From | dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.comm |
| Subject | Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field |
| Date | 2015-01-11 17:42 +1100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <do_ray_me-ECA0EC.17422111012015@aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <100120152126001125%michelle@michelle.org> <do_ray_me-5C9658.16081211012015@aioe.org> <2015011021183119195-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
In article <2015011021183119195-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2015-01-11 05:08:12 +0000, dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> said:
>
> > In article <100120152126001125%michelle@michelle.org>,
> > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I noticed this in Yosemite, but don't recall seeing it in previous
> >> versions.
> >>
> >> If you press the option key when the mouse pointer is in the address
> >> field (the one where you enter a URL or search item) in Safari, it
> >> changes to a + shape. Anyone know why it does this?
> >
> > Does this in the last Safari for Snow Leopard too. You have to click
> > in the address bar, then it changes to a + with option. Does this in a
> > few browsers (not FF though).
>
> To what purpose?
If I knew, I would have said. I suspect it is a bug or some sort of
useful feature in other contexts and a programming leftover in a
context where it has no use, bit like your appendix, human.
--
dorayme
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+ shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-10 21:26 -0700
Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 16:08 +1100
Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-01-10 21:18 -0800
Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-01-11 17:42 +1100
Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 05:44 +0000
Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-01-11 00:22 -0800
Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 14:21 +0000
Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-01-11 13:20 +0100
Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-11 14:20 +0000
Re: + shaped mouse pointer in Safari's address field Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-01-11 23:16 +0100
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