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Fitts's law explains why the menu bar sits at the top
Original: Fitts's law: why the menu bar is at the top
A new blog post explains Fitts's law, the human-computer interaction principle that movement time increases with distance and decreases with target size, and argues it explains why menu bars sit at screen edges. Edge placement gives menus effectively infinite target size, making them faster to hit, a design insight readers are debating.
Why now: Design and usability enthusiasts are sharing and discussing a fresh explanation of a classic interaction-design principle
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- Fitts's law: why the menu bar is at the top · mmilanovic4 · 12
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