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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Defying all variations of Finn's law,"


Are we talking about Fitts law?

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> it's okay to laugh, if anybody thinks these use cases are funny :D
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 17:14, David Siegel <david.siegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Frederik, try listing a small set of use cases describing exactly what
> > you're proposing.
>
>
> 1. FINDING APPLICATIONS QUICKLY
> Netbookuser47 wants to launch "Zapp" (fictional name) from Applications.
>
> CURRENT METHOD
> Netbookuser47 goes through the tedious work of combing "Applications"
> for what she wants to launch.. finds "Zapp" in Applications >
> Accessories after scrolling a little, since her 10" doesn't show all
> items on one screen without scrolling.
> Defying all variations of Finn's law, Netbookuser47 manages to aim at
> and click the "Zapp" item in the menu, hereby launching the desired
> application.
>
> FAYT METHOD
> Netbookuser47 presses ALT+F1 [1], is instantly offered "find
> something.." and begins typing "Zapp" letter by letter. After typing
> the second letter about 800ms later, "find something.." already pops
> out a app icon she can launch per click or upon pressing ENTER..
>
>
> 2. FINDING FILES AND FRIENDS QUICKLY
> NuRdy wants to send bRainY some photos from last week's night out.
>
> CURRENT METHOD
> NuRdy opens Nautilus, email "Compose" window is already open in the
> background.
> After finding a folder called "DSC92xyz" that most likely contains the
> last photo sync from his mobile phone, he searches it for some recent
> pictures.
> After a lot of distraction, scrolling and zooming, NuRdy arrives at a
> couple of last week's shots.
> Now he selects some, grabs them with the mouse and tries to overcome
> the DnD issues his windowmanager is imposing onto him, by somehow
> dropping the bundle onto the "Compose" window for inclusion in his new
> email to bRainY.
> Nurdy finishes composing and hits send.
>
> FAYT METHOD
> NuRdy hits ALT+F1, starts typing photos and is offered "photos" upon
> the first letter already. presses enter. sees a list of the most
> recent fotos synced onto his computer. selects the ones he likes best
> for impressing bRainY, right-clicks one of them and chooses "send via
> email to..", which brings up a people-search dialog. starts typing
> "bRainY", as "bRainY" already appears upon the second letter, ready to
> be added to "Recipient" in the "Compose" window about to be
> automatically invoked with all selected photos readily attached.
>
>
> 3. FINDING VISITED SITES QUICKLY
> JereMyA## forgot his favourite uncle's photo blog URL
>
> CURRENT METHOD
> JereMyA## opens Mozilla Firefox, his favourite browser, searches the
> bookmarks and to his astoundment doesn't remember what exactly he
> chose to name his uncle's favourite blog in there, before he went on
> his extended holiday.
> JereMyA## knows the shortcut combination CTRL+L > TAB will take him to
> the FAYT google search field in Firefox, so he does it. After typing
> his favourite uncle's full name, he receives suggestions for a famous
> tabletennis player, two popular actors and a bookstore in Wyoming.
> After some more depressing attempts, JereMyA## decides to search his
> browsing history via CTRL-H in Mozilla Firefox. After some more of his
> patience has been consumed by scrollbars and confusing list items,
> JereMyA## find's his uncle's blog page among the recently visited
> items, and launches it.
>
> FAYT METHOD
> JereMyA## hits ALT+F1, starts typing his favourite uncle's name. After
> the third letter, the dialog offers him a large friendly thumbnail of
> his favourite uncle's mugshot, relational information such as blog,
> email address, IM contact(showing availability) and telephone number
> beside it as buttons. JereMyA## selects "blog" and is presented with a
> new tab in his favourite browser, showing his favourite uncle's blog.
>
>
>
> WHATS YOUR SCENARIO??
>
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