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Fixed grammar in Fitts' Law and TFoDC
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@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Fitts' law predicts that the time required to move to a target area is a functio
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. This has consequences on design, such as grouping tasks that are commonly used with one another close.
It also formalises the concept of 'magic corners', the corners of the screen which a user can 'sweep' their mouse too to easily hit - which is where key UI elements can be placed. The Windows Start button is in a magic corner, making it easy to select, and as an interesting contrast, the MacOS 'close window' button is _not_ in a magic corner, making it hard to hit by mistake.
It also formalises the concept of 'magic corners', the corners of the screen to which a user can 'sweep' their mouse to easily hit - which is where key UI elements can be placed. The Windows Start button is in a magic corner, making it easy to select, and as an interesting contrast, the MacOS 'close window' button is _not_ in a magic corner, making it hard to hit by mistake.
See also:
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ Also known as _Fallacies of Networked Computing_, the Fallacies are a list of co
The first four items were listed by [Bill Joy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Joy) and [Tom Lyon](https://twitter.com/aka_pugs) around 1991 and first classified by [James Gosling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gosling) as the "Fallacies of Networked Computing". [L. Peter Deutsch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Peter_Deutsch) added the 5th, 6th and 7th fallacies. In the late 90's Gosling added the 8th fallacy.
The group were inspired by what was happening at the time inside [Sun Microsystems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems).
The group was inspired by what was happening at the time inside [Sun Microsystems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems).
These fallacies should be considered carefully when designing code which is resilient; assuming any of these fallacies can lead to flawed logic which fails to deal with the realities and complexities of distributed systems.