Fitt's Law

[Erik Harrison]

On 4/17/05, Joe Crawford <joetainment at gmail.com> wrote:
> Another suggestion for XFCE usibility.
> 
> I've noticed that the main menu on the panel isn't by default at the
> extreme corner of the screen.
> 
> The main menu should be at the absolute corner of the screen. That
> makes it extremely easy to hit. This is in accordance with Fitt's Law.
> 

Yeah, this has always irritated me, but at the moment, the barrier is
the move handles,

-Erik

> Also, if there's other really common things we think the user will hit
> a lot, perhaps we should consider putting them in the other extreme
> corners.
> 
> There's a really good article here:
> 
> http://benroe.com/files/gui.html
> 
> Obviously the user should be able to move stuff around, but a default
> setup like that could make more sense.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Joe Crawford
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