Ridiculous change to the type tool pointer

The hotspot for the Type Insertion tool (I-bar) and the Type Box tool (I-bar with dotted outline) used to be in the same place: just south of the center. Now in CS6, the hotspot for the Type Box tool has been moved to the upper left corner, causing the I-bar pointer to dance around 14 pixels horizontally and vertically whenever it passes over a text field. This is visually jarring, confusing, and a step backward in usability. Does anyone else find this extremely stupid and annoying?

Hello!
Did you try to reset the text tool? (hit T, then right-click the tool preset icon in the Option bar, and select reset tool)
Usually, to make sure that I can create a new text layer, even if there is already some text, one can hold down the shift key to force the creation of a new text layer.

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