January 2010
4 posts
iPhone and Nexus One
I’ve finally figured out why I like the iPhone better than the Nexus One. It’s because the iPhone is truly innovative, while the Nexus One is a me-too product.
Google is playing catch-up. They should be playing leapfrog.
Fitts's Law for Asymmetric Targets (Like Tabs)
(Originally posted on my old blog on June 29th, 2009)
Since I started putting together my entry for the Mozilla Labs “Reinventing Tabs” challenge, I have been thinking about Fitts’s Law. Here’s what I have been thinking: does the shape of the click target affect the ease of acquisition?
More simply put, is it easier or more difficult to acquire a rectangular target that is (say) three times...
Here’s a quick example of stop-motion video that I created using Chris Neale’s excellent Animationizer.