TUAW Tip: Hiding the cursor when zoomed

This is what I do. I zoom into the flash video using Ctrl + Scroll wheel. Then in order to hide the cursor I do a simple Shift + Apple + 4 which turns it into a crosshairs, then I hide it in the corner.

Easy and it works in every program without installing anything extra on your Mac.

Tried this 'tip' in Safari and like the others have said, it only works when you are typing in a text box. Other than that, it's a no go. I know that it will work in Firefox but not everyone is using Firefox. I'll try Cursorceror though. At least this is a good half a tip. I guess they at least did some research on that.

I have to agree with rdas7, this tip is ridiculous. Cursorcerer is great, and I appreciate being pointed to it, but the cursor doesn't auto-hide unless you're in a text field, and this behavior is no different from the way the cursor auto-hides when you're not zoomed. It's not that iTunes isn't "letting the keystrokes through," it's that cursor hiding doesn't work like you think it works.

What program are you in, rdas7? And even if it doesn't work normally, you could always just install Cursorceror.

The cursor moves to another spot, out of the way, and for fast "removal" works just fine in Camino.

I cant get this to work in Safari.

Thanks for the well researched tip, tuaw. The cursor doesn't hide when you hit a key at all. How about another iPhone review instead?

It works in Firefox. When you start typing it jumps to find-mode and the cursor is hidden.

I think the cursor only hides when you're typing in a text field. For example now, when I'm typing this comment in the text field, my cursor hides. But it won't if I'm doing regular browsing.