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Archive for May, 2004

Implications Of Fitt’s Law

Sunday, May 9th, 2004
Tuesday design rant. Fitt’s Law (discovered in 1954![1]) is a simple formula that describes the amount of time that will be needed for the average user to click on a target on the screen. From the UsabilityFirst.com glossary: T = k log2(D/S + 0.5), k ~ 100 msec. T = time to move the hand [...]

Exposé For Windows Part 2

Saturday, May 8th, 2004
An update from my previous review on Exposé (or Expose) for Windows: two new programs. But first… I mentioned in the review for WinPlosion that it had a number of bugs, and that I would try to reach technical support in order to get them fixed. I made two attempts to reach them and never [...]