[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 52263] New: Replace custom "hourglass" pointer/cursor by the operating system's default wait pointer everywhere

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52263

             Bug #: 52263
           Summary: Replace custom "hourglass" pointer/cursor by the
                    operating system's default wait pointer everywhere
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 3.5.5.3 release
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Mac OS X (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: bugs at eikota.de


Created attachment 64386
  --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=64386
This is the terrible pointer I am talking about (file copied from LibreOffice
3.5.5.3)

On some operations, e.h. when I save a very big .odt file (like in attachment
64232), LibreOffice shows a custom "hourglass" pointer/cursor; in the MacOS X
version, the image file is at
   LibreOffice.app/Contents/Resources/hourglass.png

My request is simple:
Please don't use this custom pointer anymore, use the operating system's
default wait pointer everywhere (I suppose that there is a default wait pointer
on each operating system, at least there is one on MacOS and Windows: the
spinning ring on Windows Vista/7, the spinning ball in MacOS X, and the
system's [! not our own one!] hourglass on Windows XP).

Rationale:
This is an old-styled black-and-white pointer which reminds us terribly of the
1980s or early 1990s; the pointer does not even change its image to suggest the
ongoing processing, as wait pointers used to do then. To make LibreOffice look
up-to-date, we should move to modern pointer some day. In this case, which is
IMHO the most important one (because this is the most outdated looking
pointer), this is very _simple_: we don't need to come up with yet another wait
pointer, we can just use the operation system's default wait pointer, as most
applications do.

So please give the coup de grâce to this senile monster ;-)

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