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See Fitts'* law [1]. Buttons at the corners you describe can be modelled as having infinite width, making them much easier to aim for. [1] https://en.wikipedia

by Guyag 10y ago

See Fitts'* law [1]. Buttons at the corners you describe can be modelled as having infinite width, making them much easier to aim for. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law

dredmorbius 10y ago
A year or two back, ranting at some website's idiotic abuse of Fitts's law[1], and actually read the background. Fitts, Paul M. (June 1954). "The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement". Journal of Experimental Psychology. 47 (6): 381–391. doi:10.1037/h0055392. PMID 13174710. * * * This shit dates from the nineteen-fucking-fifties. * * * And people fuck it up all the time. This is why we cannot have nice things. ________________________________ Notes: 1. I will be that guy and note you misspelled it. I've done that plenty myself.
- dghf 10y ago
  Is the form with apostrophe 's' definitively the only correct version? If so, do you have a link? In general, opinion seems to be divided as to whether the possessive form of a singular noun ending in 's' takes an apostrophe 's' or just an apostrophe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Singular_nouns_ending_with_an_.22s.22_or_.22z.22_sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Singular_nouns_endi...
  - Guyag 10y ago
    My original was Fitt's, which may make grandparent make more sense.
    - dghf 10y ago
      Ah! All is now clear. Apologies to all.
      - throwanem 10y ago
        > All is now clear. Apologies to all. That'd make a great tombstone.
- coldpie 10y ago
  > * * * This shit dates from the nineteen-fucking-fifties. * * * And people fuck it up all the time. This is one thing that pisses me off about stuff switching to web apps. We had this stuff mostly figured out in the 80s and early 90s, but now web developers are all re-inventing it, often from scratch, or using different or conflicting standards. Now menus close when you mis-point by one pixel, the tab key in forms only sometimes works, drop-downs look different on every single webpage. All the UI work and knowledge of the 70s, 80s, and 90s out the window. Sigh.

by Guyag 10y ago

dredmorbius 10y ago

A year or two back, ranting at some website's idiotic abuse of Fitts's law[1], and actually read the background. Fitts, Paul M. (June 1954). "The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement". Journal of Experimental Psychology. 47 (6): 381–391. doi:10.1037/h0055392. PMID 13174710. * * * This shit dates from the nineteen-fucking-fifties. * * * And people fuck it up all the time. This is why we cannot have nice things. ________________________________ Notes: 1. I will be that guy and note you misspelled it. I've done that plenty myself.

dghf 10y ago
Is the form with apostrophe 's' definitively the only correct version? If so, do you have a link? In general, opinion seems to be divided as to whether the possessive form of a singular noun ending in 's' takes an apostrophe 's' or just an apostrophe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Singular_nouns_ending_with_an_.22s.22_or_.22z.22_sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Singular_nouns_endi...
- Guyag 10y ago
  My original was Fitt's, which may make grandparent make more sense.
  - dghf 10y ago
    Ah! All is now clear. Apologies to all.
    - throwanem 10y ago
      > All is now clear. Apologies to all. That'd make a great tombstone.
coldpie 10y ago
> * * * This shit dates from the nineteen-fucking-fifties. * * * And people fuck it up all the time. This is one thing that pisses me off about stuff switching to web apps. We had this stuff mostly figured out in the 80s and early 90s, but now web developers are all re-inventing it, often from scratch, or using different or conflicting standards. Now menus close when you mis-point by one pixel, the tab key in forms only sometimes works, drop-downs look different on every single webpage. All the UI work and knowledge of the 70s, 80s, and 90s out the window. Sigh.