Mouse events... why are they so lame?

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Is it just me, or does this new method of dealing with mouse events (release, press, etc…) plainly stupid? One gripe I have immediately is the loss of the mouse pointer. Instantly I noticed that using the following code:

function clickEvent(event:MouseEvent){
    trace("clicked");
    trace(event);
}
mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, clickEvent);

…had me mousing over my movieclip called “mc” and not showing the mouse pointy-hand like I saw and loved in as2.0…

Is there a way to keep that around, or has Adobe simply left out one of the program’s most user-friendly indication techniques?

-Josh