why does my mouse disappear in the blue?

My mouse is obviously allergic to blue spaces on sides,,it disappears in those boxes. generally on the way to scrolling up or down. Why is that?? My mouse only?Or MY settings??

BTW love the site,,it is GREAT!!!

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Feb 08 '09, 08:50 PM

Never heard of anyone else with a problem like this. I'm still not completely understanding what you're telling me, actually.

When you scroll up or down, the mouse pointer disappears? Does that somehow affect your navigation of the site?

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

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Just Don

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Icon_minipost Feb 08 '09, 09:05 PM

the mouse arrow disappears in the dark blue spaces,,both sides of page. Mostly affects scrolling up and down on a page

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

Rob Lawrence

· Rhode Island

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Icon_minipost Feb 08 '09, 09:13 PM

This is very strange indeed.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

Brad Hermansen

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Icon_minipost Feb 08 '09, 09:46 PM

because of the color of the side of the page and the mouse cursor it looks as if it disappears

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

James Hiddle

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Icon_minipost Feb 08 '09, 11:14 PM

The reason it disappears in the blue area because the blue area is a 5th dimension and your cursor gets transported there :mrgreen:

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM by James Hiddle

Ofgift Gift

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Icon_minipost Feb 09 '09, 02:01 AM

At first I thought that was probably a personal problem, :mrgreen: but mine does too! :oops:
Actually, mine doesn't disappear, it turns into the Times New Roman "I". :roll: What next!
Ofgift

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Feb 09 '09, 07:01 AM

What browser are you folks using? That is the strangest thing I've ever heard of!

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

Richard Warren

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Icon_minipost Feb 09 '09, 07:34 AM

I run Internet Explorer and it happens to me too. Nor ealyy a big deal.

:cool:

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Feb 09 '09, 08:29 AM

Is this happening to others with IE? What versions are you using Richard? Everyone else?

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

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Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Feb 09 '09, 08:47 AM

Thanks, Dan.

Guys - if you see a problem, please let me know about it. Unless we hear from you, we can't be expected to know about all the little bugs on the site that appear. However mundane, we want to know.

Thanks!

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

Ofgift Gift

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Icon_minipost Feb 09 '09, 08:47 AM

Mine is IE, too.
Ofgift

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:12AM

Tom C

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Icon_minipost Feb 09 '09, 11:17 PM

I am still on IE 6.0 and I don't have that problem. It sounds like it is an option setting in IE 7.0.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:13AM

Richard Warren

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Icon_minipost Feb 09 '09, 11:18 PM

I'm using IE 7.0

:cool:

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:13AM

Eric W

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Icon_minipost Feb 10 '09, 02:52 AM

It changes from an arrow (cursor) into the text selection tool, as if you have moved your mouse over text and have the option to highlight/select it. It seems to dissappear becuase the grey is very close in color to the blue on the site but it is still there.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:13AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Feb 11 '09, 06:20 AM

Guys . . . I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is a reason why most programmers I know use Firefox instead of IE . . . IE corrupts a LOT of sites and is very buggy.

That said, this problem we're discussing is a bug in the browser interpreting what part of the page is text and what isnt.

We can't do much about it other than to recommend you use a different browser (http://www.GetFirefox.com).

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:14AM

James Hiddle

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Icon_minipost Feb 11 '09, 06:53 AM

That is why I hate IE and use FF. I've been using FF for years and will never go back to using IE.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:14AM

Just Don

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Icon_minipost Feb 11 '09, 11:41 AM

okay,problem solved here when I took your link and downloaded firefox.

I USED to use that on my old puter,,,it was a good product,,shall use it here too.

Thanks for telling the puter challenged (me),, what is a great improvement.

We shall see if it locks up alot like IE did!!

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:14AM

Joshua Dorkin

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Icon_minipost Feb 11 '09, 11:44 AM

Never locks up . . . if it ever crashes for whatever reason, it saves all your tabs, so when you reboot, they are all saved. You can even shut it down with multiple tabs open and choose to save them for next time...... good product!

Only downside is that on the initial load, it takes a little while.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 07:14AM

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