- From: Ilya Streltsyn via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 09:37:55 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
> How is the spec not clear? >> 'pointer' >> The cursor is a pointer that indicates a link. @FremyCompany, people seem to understand the word "indicates" differently: while some people read it as "the cursor _suggests_ that the object under it is a link", [some others](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/3788/default-cursor-on-mouse-over-of-a-button-is-not-a-hand-pointer#comment136649_20985) read it as "it's that hand-with-finger cursor that _usually appears_ when you hover a link". So it seems to be not clear if the "indicates" part is about the _meaning_ of the cursor or just about its _appearance_. I'm afraid that with the new "often-rendered-as" addition the second interpretation can become even more popular. > treating this part as a rule @kizu, from the discussion above and the latest @FremyCompany's and @frivoal's replies I read that it still _is_ the rule (alas)... but not the law:). It's more like SHOULD (NOT) than MAY (i.e., it's OK to set this cursor to buttons if there are really good reasons to do so beyond personal aesthetic preferences, e.g. some A/B testing or usability study data). -- GitHub Notification of comment by SelenIT Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/1936#issuecomment-388005114 using your GitHub account
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