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It's called Fort's law in the usability research. It is very basic usability principle. Not following it means designers are either idiots, as you learn this on
by miohtama 5y ago
It's called Fort's law in the usability research. It is very basic usability principle. Not following it means designers are either idiots, as you learn this on the first university course, or make design for the sake of design.
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/fitts-law https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/fitts-l...
- pvitz 5y agoAssuming you mean the linked "Fitt's law", I don't see how this would apply here. If the icon size and the distance are the same, this law wouldn't differentiate between the button being in the middle or on the left of the taskbar.
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- 1_player 5y agoIt does: if it's in the middle of the taskbar, the area is infinitely long only on one axis, you still have to move your mouse on the correct place on the X axis (as determined by the icon size). If it's on the far left, the target area is infinitely large on both axes, just throw your mouse somewhere down left and you'll land on target 100% of the time.
- PascLeRasc 5y agoMicrosoft did not follow it when they designed Edge. They copied Chrome’s leftmost tab spacing, but didn’t copy how Chrome counts that as a clickable target for the leftmost tab.