[thelist] radio/checkbox usability

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 26 14:11:31 CST 2001


this part i dig... i understand the application of Fitts's Law here, 
which is why i dig them... i'm trying to determine if their 
*implementation* has any caveats i might not be seeing...

> From: "Brown, Robert" <Robert.Brown at lot21.com>
>
> What you have done is increased the targeting of the checkboxes.
> 
> Don't go changing...
> 
> "The basic idea in Fitts's Law is that any time a person uses a mouse to
> move the mouse pointer, certain characteristics of objects on the screen
> make them easy or hard to click on. The farther the person has to move the
> mouse to get to an object, the more effort it will take to get to. The
> smaller the object is, the harder it will be to click on. "




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