The (sometimes) Invisible Mouse

Sometimes, when I'm on the internet, my mouse disappears when I move it through my bookmarks bar. If I move it around the bookmarks bar and onto the browser window again (say to hit the back button) it's fine. I downloaded a cursor application that has your mouse leave a trail behind it when it moves, and when I put this on it doesn't disappear. This is totally random, and there is no pattern to when it disappears. Help! Thanks!

Hmmm… firstly I would try resetting your toolbar. You can do that by right-clicking on the web address field and selecting "Customize Toolbar…". I would try changing it back to the default and see what happens.
Otherwise, you can try deleting your Safari preferences file…
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
… and see if that makes a difference. The simple thing to do is to quit Safari, move the file to your Desktop and launch Safari. It will create a whole new one. If it fixes the problem then jst reset your preferences otherwise you can put the file back (remembering to quit Safari first) so you get your preferences back.
Apart from that it seems rather weird to say the least.

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so a while ago I started a thread looking for opinions on what mouse to get to replace my HORRIBLE kensington bluetooth optical pilot mouse. incidentally, DO NOT buy one of these mice. they are wrong. I had it for ages because I got it to go with my little PB 12", back then I didn't really know much about what was out there. I liked the small size, it had a good grip and felt good quality. however, it always would drop out of connection, and it was so fickle with tracking, sometimes the pointer would just jump all over the screen, other times it would hardly move at all unless you shook it. I just figured this was the tradeoff for having a wireless mouse and that one was probably just as bad as the next. plus, I wasn't using it with logic, just web browsing and email, so it wasn't really mission critical.
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