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wow. everyone should read this. i had one of those "holy crap i just learned something new and interesting" moments. what it has to say will probably surprise m
by myoung8 19y ago
wow. everyone should read this. i had one of those "holy crap i just learned something new and interesting" moments. what it has to say will probably surprise most of you.
my only question is, what's the best practice for designing websites using Fitt's Law?
We can't use the upper or lower screen edges because of the OS's menu bars and it seems like it would look odd to have the menu aligned flush with the left side of the screen...
Thoughts?
- joshwa 19y agoBigger targets if you have to slow down to reach the edge of the window, I'd imagine.
- webwright 19y agoUrm-- lots of web sites have left aligned nav... lefthand nav was fairly dominant in the early web-- upper nav seems to be all the rage nowadays.
- myoung8 19y agoyeah, but how many are aligned flush with the side of the screen? it can't even be one pixel away for it to be super-usable.
- DougBTX 19y agoAnd you have to set body {border: 0} or some such or they'll just click on the browser chrome. We had complaints from users when we broke this in our app :-)