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Nice find. May be correct for Apple - but that isn't why Ubuntu did it, at least not alone. They wrote about it and visual clarity was always a big argument for

by onli 13y ago

Nice find. May be correct for Apple - but that isn't why Ubuntu did it, at least not alone. They wrote about it and visual clarity was always a big argument for them. PS: Hiding the items has nothing to do with Fitts Law, it even destroys its applicability...

micampe 13y ago
Visual clarity is a very different thing from visual appeal.
- onli 13y ago
  Noted and basically agreed. I'd argue that they sometimes are interwoven (clarity can lead to appeal, as far as I remember that is along the line Shuttleworth argued).