William H. Sherman has worked on that symbol in relation to the manicule; see his book Used Books. Don&#39;t have it with me though so I don&#39;t know what conclusions he comes to. Matt<div><br></div><div><br><br>On Wednesday, April 30, 2014, Jacob Gaboury &lt;<a href="mailto:jacob.gaboury@nyu.edu">jacob.gaboury@nyu.edu</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">A friend is looking for the first use in GUIs of the gloved hand (with three lines) as a mouse cursor. I believe the ungloved hand icon is from Susan Kare&#39;s work on HyperCard, but when it became the more cartoonish glove design is unclear. Anyone happen to know?<br clear="all">



<div><br></div>-- <br>Jacob Gaboury<br>--<br>Doctoral Candidate, New York University<br>Media, Culture, and Communication<br>--<br>Staff Writer, Rhizome.org<br>New Museum for Contemporary Art<br>--<br><a href="http://www.jacobgaboury.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jacobgaboury.com/</a>
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