Comment Re:One Word... (Score 1) 355
None of these really break the rules... Fitts law states that, among other things, the size of the target influences the time it takes to click on something. The smaller (or bigger) something is, the longer (or quicker) it takes to move the mouse there.
Each one of these things is at the edges/corners of the screen, so the actual size of these things extend infinetly off the screen. Their effective size is really big, making their time to move to very small. The article calls this "throwing" the cursor.
Now if the button isn't at the actual edge, then yes your point is valid because the size of the thing no longer benifits of that psuedo-infinite width.
The Back button, the most used button is at the upper left because, at least for Westerners, the upper left corner of a page is the first thing the eyes are drawn to when scanning.
To understand why scrollbars are on the right, picture a right handed person scanning a real life piece of paper with a pen in their hand. Where's the pen? Usually along the right, moving down the side as they read down the page.
Each one of these things is at the edges/corners of the screen, so the actual size of these things extend infinetly off the screen. Their effective size is really big, making their time to move to very small. The article calls this "throwing" the cursor.
Now if the button isn't at the actual edge, then yes your point is valid because the size of the thing no longer benifits of that psuedo-infinite width.
The Back button, the most used button is at the upper left because, at least for Westerners, the upper left corner of a page is the first thing the eyes are drawn to when scanning.
To understand why scrollbars are on the right, picture a right handed person scanning a real life piece of paper with a pen in their hand. Where's the pen? Usually along the right, moving down the side as they read down the page.
