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Is this really some unsolvable problem? Seems like a cool opportunity for UX innovation. That shimmer looks kinda like a moire effect to me, and probably isn't

Is this really some unsolvable problem? Seems like a cool opportunity for UX innovation. That shimmer looks kinda like a moire effect to me, and probably isn't an issue at higher zoom levels? I wonder if there an opportunity here to explore other ways of navigating a spreadsheet, like maybe panning and zooming the UI like a map, almost. The longer you stare at an area, the more it zooms in so you can easily see just a few cells at a time. You can still have a minimap nearby to see the big overview, but your main focus would be on just a few cells.

kevinmalone 3y ago
This is an important point. I’ve found that 45x45 pixel buttons are as low as I’m comfortable putting in my Vision Pro apps, with roughly 10px of padding. The eye tracking is good, but there are certainly limits of precision. A spreadsheet has a LOT going on, and each cell has at least two clickable areas. The bottom right drag area is probably impossible to target right now without accidentally going into the next cell. Spreadsheets have good form for what they’re used for. The new input method (eye and pinch) is going to help people rethink methods of interaction in places where “that’s how we’ve always done it” has been a mainstay. Maybe spreadsheets stay the same, but new approaches to interacting with data come to the surface.