This is part 1 of a 3-part series. Here’s part 2 and part 3. There’s a belief that the hand (pointer) cursor means clickable, but this is wrong and potentially problematic. The hand does not mean clickableIt’s no accident that browsers don’t give buttons (and other elements) a pointer cursor — it’s because they’re not meant to. See the following screenshot: Google’s search page on Chrome on Mac OS
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