diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e18734b..1121ee6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -208,6 +208,20 @@ See also: - [Conway's Law](#conways-law) +### Fitts' Law + +[Fitts' Law on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law) + +Fitts' law predicts that the time required to move to a target area is a function of the distance to the target divided by the width of the target. + +Diagram: Fitts Law + +The consequences of this law dictate that when designing UX or UI, interactive elements should be as large as possible and the distance between the users attention area and interactive element should be as small as possible, i.e grouping tasks that are commonly used with one another close. + +See also: + +- [The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement.](https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-information-capacity-of-the-human-motor-system-Fitts/634c9fde5f1c411e4487658ac738dcf18d98ea8d) + ### Gall's Law [Gall's Law on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall's_law) diff --git a/images/Fitts_Law.svg b/images/Fitts_Law.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4059d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/images/Fitts_Law.svg @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ + + + + + Layer 1 + + + + + + + + + + + + + Target + + W + + + + + + + + + + D + + + + + + + + + + + + \ No newline at end of file