Firefox 3.6.x mouse hand cursor is low resolution?

I'm having a weird issue that I can't believe I can't find on Google. I have a brand-new MacBook Pro with 10.6.4 installed. I installed Firefox 3.6.8 and when I hover over a link, the "hand cursor" denoting a hyperlink is not grey; it's completely black and white. I have this problem with Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony too; it is as if these applications don't honor a higher resolution cursor set or something.
When I use Safari 5, the hand cursor appears totally normal; grey with shading to make it look more multidimensional. Does anyone else have an issue like this?

Bump.
I'm having the same... "issue".
I'd like to have a shadow on the hand cursors - like Safari links - that appear in all "flash" objects on the Mac. It appears that it is 2D and has no shadow when running certain applications. Firefox's hand cursor for links are always 2D and this annoys me.
I hope someone has... a solution to this.

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