[Sigia-l] www.live.com search - a missed opportunity?

[Terence Nelan]

Well, I look at some of the tiny targets that make up much of the user
interface on Live.com and my thought was that Microsoft STILL hasn't
realized what Fitt's Law is. I realize that talking about Fitt's Law
treads dangerously close to advocating a "Best Practice" but it sure
makes a lot of sense to me. 

Fitts' Law: The time to acquire a target is a function of the distance
to and size of the target.

http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html


Also, I have to say, that I really enjoy Ziya's contribution to the
list, and I think it would be a poorer place without him. 

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On the very same day, from the very same person who complains:

> ...most of which have nothing to do with IA and are better suited to 
> other lists devoted to user experience and user interface design.

comes this: 

> From a UI perspective I find the non standard scroll bar less usable 
> than a page flicking mechanism as well.

Mind-boggling. In case anybody's wondering whether this has any merit
beyond personal animosity.

----
Ziya

"Innovate as a last resort."


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